Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Direct regional quasi-geoid determination using EGM2008 and DEM: A case study for Mainland China and its vicinity areas
Abstract Earth's gravity model (EGM) helps people better determine the figure of Earth, which is generally represented by a global geoid. For a considerable amount of practical applications, people use quasi-geoid to approximate the geoid, thus the...
2015 / Jin Li, WenBin Shen, Xuhua Zhou -
Modelling the morphodynamics of gravel beaches during storms with XBeach-G
Abstract This paper presents an extension of the XBeach-G numerical model with a sediment transport and morphology module, which includes the effect of groundwater ventilation and flow inertia on sediment transport, to simulate the morphodynamic...
2015 / R.T. McCall, G. Masselink, T.G. Poate, J.A. Roelvink, L.P. Almeida -
Soluble iron dust export in the high altitude Saharan Air Layer
Abstract Every summer huge amounts of desert dust particles are exported from the hyperarid subtropical Sahara to the North Atlantic the so-called Saharan Air Layer (SAL), a dry, warm and dust-laden corridor that expands from the North African coast ...
2016 / L.M. Ravelo-Pérez, S. Rodríguez, L. Galindo, M.I. García, A. Alastuey, et al. -
Challenges, insights and perspectives associated with using social-ecological science for marine conservation
Abstract Here, we synthesize conceptual frameworks, applied modeling approaches, and as case studies to highlight complex social-ecological system (SES) dynamics that inform environmental policy, conservation and management. Although a set of “good...
2015 / Pierre Leenhardt, Lida Teneva, Stuart Kininmonth, Emily Darling, Sarah Cooley, et al. -
Constraints on southern hemisphere tropical climate change during the Little Ice Age and Younger Dryas based on glacier modeling of the Quelccaya Ice Cap, Peru
Abstract Improving the late Quaternary paleoclimate record through climate interpretations of low-latitude glacier length changes advances our understanding of past climate change events and the mechanisms for past, present, and future climate...
2015 / Andrew G.O. Malone, Raymond T. Pierrehumbert, Thomas V. Lowell, Meredith A. Kelly, Justin S. Stroup -
Post break-up tectonic inversion across the southwestern cape of South Africa: New insights from apatite and zircon fission track thermochronometry
Abstract The south-west African margin is regarded as an example of a passive continental margin formed by continental rifting following a phase of lithospheric extension and thinning. Recent attention focused on this margin has included theoretical ...
2015 / Mark Wildman, Roderick Brown, Ron Watkins, Andrew Carter, Andrew Gleadow, et al. -
A microsimulation model for the development and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
Abstract Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a chronic lung disease that is thought to affect over one million people in Great Britain. The main factor contributing to the development of COPD is tobacco smoke. This paper presents a...
2015 / Emma Tan, Ruud Boessen, David Fishwick, Rinke Klein Entink, Tim Meijster, et al. -
Living on the Margin in the Anthropocene: engagement arenas for sustainability research and action at the ocean–land interface
The advent of the Anthropocene underscores the need to develop and implement transformative governance strategies that safeguard the Earth's life-support systems, most critically at the ocean–land interface — the Margin. The seaward realm of the Margin is the new...
2015 / BC Glavovic, K Limburg, K-K Liu, K-C Emeis, H Thomas, et al. -
Toward improved simulation of river operations through integration with a hydrologic model
Abstract Advanced modeling tools are needed for informed water resources planning and management. Two classes of modeling tools are often used to this end–(1) distributed-parameter hydrologic models for quantifying supply and (2) river-operation...
2016 / Eric D. Morway, Richard G. Niswonger, Enrique Triana -
Hybrid x-space: a new approach for MPI reconstruction2016 / A Tateo, A Iurino, G Settanni, A Andrisani, P F Stifanelli, et al.
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Fisson-track constrains on superposed folding in the Beishan orogenic belt, southernmost Altaids
Abstract The Hongyanjing inter-arc basin, is located at the central part of Beishan Orogenic College (BOC), Gansu Province, northwest China. Thick sequences of Permian sediments were strongly folded, forming extremely spectacular superposed folds....
2015 / Zhonghua Tian, Wenjiao Xiao, Zhiyong Zhang, Xu Lin -
Diurnal variability of polycyclic aromatic compound (PAC) concentrations: Relationship with meteorological conditions and inferred sources
Abstract Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) and their nitro and oxy derivatives have been sampled every three hours over one week in winter at two sites in Birmingham UK. One site is heavily influenced by road traffic and is close to residential ...
2015 / Mohammed S. Alam, Ian J. Keyte, Jianxin Yin, Christopher Stark, Alan M. Jones, et al. -
Relating simple drivers to snow instability
Abstract Snow layers form during and after accumulation due to the interaction of meteorological and physical processes. It is known that the vertical structure and also the lateral continuity of layers depend on these processes and the boundaries...
2015 / Benjamin Reuter, Alec van Herwijnen, Jochen Veitinger, Jürg Schweizer -
Poorest countries experience earlier anthropogenic emergence of daily temperature extremes2016 / Luke J Harrington, David J Frame, Erich M Fischer, Ed Hawkins, Manoj Joshi, et al.
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A chemical analyzer for charged ultrafine particles2013 / S. G. Gonser, A. Held
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Monitoring boreal forest biomass and carbon storage change by integrating airborne laser scanning, biometry and eddy covariance data
Abstract This study presents a comparison and integration of three methods commonly used to estimate the amount of forest ecosystem carbon (C) available for storage. In particular, we examine the representation of living above- and below-ground...
2016 / C. Hopkinson, L. Chasmer, A.G. Barr, N. Kljun, T.A. Black, et al. -
Controlling effect of fractures on gas accumulation and production within the tight sandstone: A case study on the Jurassic Dibei gas reservoir in the eastern part of the Kuqa foreland basin, China
Abstract Using Dibei tight sandstone gas reservoir in the eastern part of the Kuqa foreland basin as an example, this paper discusses tight sandstone reservoir fractures characterization, its effect on storage space and gas flow capacity, and its...
2016 / Hui Lu, Xuesong Lu, Junjia Fan, Mengjun Zhao, Hongxing Wei, et al. -
Artificial ultra-fine aerosol tracers for highway transect studies
Abstract The persistent evidence of health impacts of roadway aerosols requires extensive information for urban planning to avoid putting populations at risk, especially in-fill projects. The required information must cover both highway aerosol...
2016 / Thomas A. Cahill, David E. Barnes, Leann Wuest, David Gribble, David Buscho, et al. -
Estimating operability of ships in ridged ice fields
Abstract A method for estimating ship's resistance caused by sea ice ridge keels is revised and used as a part of a method for predicting performance of ships in ridged ice conditions. The resistance method is based on a continuum plasticity model...
2016 / Lauri Kuuliala, Pentti Kujala, Mikko Suominen, Jakub Montewka -
An algorithm to detect sea ice leads by using AMSR-E passive microwave imagery2012 / J. Röhrs, L. Kaleschke