Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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A New Instrument for Measuring the Reflectance Distribution Function of Solar Reflector Materials
Abstract During the last years, the importance of correctly measuring the reflectance properties of solar reflector materials has increased due to the fact that more and more different kinds of materials compete on the market. Customers and...
2014 / S. Meyen, F. Sutter, P. Heller, A. Oschepkov -
Assessment of urbanization encroachment over Al-Monib island using fuzzy post classification comparison and urbanization metrics
Abstract Nile River has about 144 islands from Aswan to the Mediterranean Sea. In this research remotely sensed images have been used for the assessment of land cover changes in the Al-Monib island as part of an ongoing sustainable development of...
2014 / Lamyaa Gamal El-Deen Taha -
Heavy Metal Contamination in the Surface Sediments of Representative Limnetic Ecosystems in Eastern China2014 / Wenzhong Tang, Baoqing Shan, Hong Zhang, Wenqiang Zhang, Yu Zhao, et al.
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A database of worldwide glacier thickness observations
Abstract One of the grand challenges in glacier research is to assess the total ice volume and its global distribution. Over the past few decades the compilation of a world glacier inventory has been well-advanced both in institutional set-up and in ...
2014 / I. Gärtner-Roer, K. Naegeli, M. Huss, T. Knecht, H. Machguth, et al. -
Warming Up to Solar Cooking – A Comparative Study on Motivations and the Adoption of Institutional Solar Cookers in Developing Countries
Abstract In many developing countries people rely on firewood as a primary energy source which has negative health and environmental consequences. Solar cooking offers a solution to overcome those problems. The promotion of solar cookers has become...
2014 / Pia Piroschka Otte -
Damage Detection with Streamlined Structural Health Monitoring Data2015 / Jian Li, Jun Deng, Weizhi Xie
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The GOME-type Total Ozone Essential Climate Variable (GTO-ECV) data record from the ESA Climate Change Initiative2015 / M. Coldewey-Egbers, D. G. Loyola, M. Koukouli, D. Balis, J.-C. Lambert, et al.
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A Subgrid Parameterization for Wind Turbines in Weather Prediction Models with an Application to Wind Resource Limits2014 / B. H. Fiedler, A. S. Adams
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Reliability of the Granger causality inference2014 / Douglas Zhou, Yaoyu Zhang, Yanyang Xiao, David Cai
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Scenario Analysis on Climate Change Impacts of Urban Land Expansion under Different Urbanization Patterns: A Case Study of Wuhan Metropolitan2013 / Xinli Ke, Feng Wu, Caixue Ma
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Changes in Surface Wind Speed over North America from CMIP5 Model Projections and Implications for Wind Energy2014 / Sujay Kulkarni, Huei-Ping Huang
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Dynamic Response of Underground Circular Lining Tunnels Subjected to Incident P Waves2014 / Hua Xu, Tianbin Li, Jingsong Xu, Yingjun Wang
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Small-scale home composting of biodegradable household waste: overview of key results from a 3-year research programme in West London2009 / S. R. Smith, S. Jasim
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Spatial variations of pulmonary tuberculosis prevalence co-impacted by socio-economic and geographic factors in People’s Republic of China, 20102014 / Xin-Xu Li, Li-Xia Wang, Hui Zhang, Shi-Wen Jiang, Qun Fang, et al.
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Guided wave observations and evidence for the low-velocity subducting crust beneath Hokkaido, northern Japan2014 / Takahiro Shiina, Junichi Nakajima, Genti Toyokuni, Toru Matsuzawa
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Crustal structure in the northwestern part of the Izu collision zone in central Japan2014 / Ryuta Arai, Takaya Iwasaki
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Contributions of poroelastic rebound and a weak volcanic arc to the postseismic deformation of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake2014 / Yan Hu, Roland Bürgmann, Jeffrey T Freymueller, Paramesh Banerjee, Kelin Wang
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Enhancing scientific response in a crisis: evidence-based approaches from emergency management in New Zealand2015 / Emma E H Doyle, Douglas Paton, David M Johnston
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Inferring the in situ stress regime in deep sediments: an example from the Bruchsal geothermal site2014 / Jörg Meixner, Eva Schill, Emmanuel Gaucher, Thomas Kohl
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A dynamic continental runoff routing model applied to the last Northern Hemisphere deglaciation2011 / H. Goelzer, I. Janssens, J. Nemec, P. Huybrechts