Earth and related environmental sciences topic list of research papers
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Seismic evidence for crustal underplating beneath a large igneous province: The Sierra Leone Rise, equatorial Atlantic
Abstract Wide-angle seismic profiles reveal anomalously thick crust with a high-velocity (>7.3kms−1) zone under the Sierra Leone Rise, a major mid-plate elevation in the Atlantic lying between the Cape Verde platform and the Cameroon Volcanic...
2015 / E. John W. Jones, George A. McMechan, Xiaoxian Zeng -
Sensitivity of SWAT simulated streamflow to climatic changes within the Eastern Nile River basin2012 / D. T. Mengistu, A. Sorteberg
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Incidental nutrient transfers: Assessing critical times in agricultural catchments using high-resolution data
Abstract Managing incidental losses associated with liquid slurry applications during closed periods has significant cost and policy implications and the environmental data required to review such a measure are difficult to capture due to storm...
2016 / Mairead Shore, Phil Jordan, Alice R. Melland, Per-Erik Mellander, Noeleen McDonald, et al. -
Disaggregated N2O emission factors in China based on cropping parameters create a robust approach to the IPCC Tier 2 methodology
Abstract China accounts for a third of global nitrogen fertilizer consumption. Under an International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Tier 2 assessment, emission factors (EFs) are developed for the major crop types using country-specific data. IPCC...
2015 / Anita Shepherd, Xiaoyuan Yan, Dali Nayak, Jamie Newbold, Dominic Moran, et al. -
Association between pulmonary function and daily levels of sand dust particles assessed by light detection and ranging in schoolchildren in western Japan: A panel study
Abstract Background An important aspect of sand dust emissions in association with respiratory disorders is the quantity of particulate matter. This is usually expressed as particulate matter less than 10 μm (PM10) and 2.5 μm...
2015 / Masanari Watanabe, Hisashi Noma, Jun Kurai, Kazuhiro Kato, Hiroyuki Sano, et al. -
Emissions from residential combustion considering end-uses and spatial constraints: Part I, methods and spatial distribution
Abstract This study describes a framework to attribute national-level atmospheric emissions in the year 2010 from the residential sector, one of the largest energy-related sources of aerosol emissions. We place special emphasis on end-uses, dividing ...
2015 / Ekbordin Winijkul, Laura Fierce, Tami C. Bond -
Evaluation of the APSIM model in cropping systems of Asia
Abstract Resource shortages, driven by climatic, institutional and social changes in many regions of Asia, combined with growing imperatives to increase food production whilst ensuring environmental sustainability, are driving research into modified ...
2017 / D.S. Gaydon, Balwinder-Singh, E. Wang, P.L. Poulton, B. Ahmad, et al. -
Microscale anthropogenic pollution modelling in a small tropical island during weak trade winds: Lagrangian particle dispersion simulations using real nested LES meteorological fields
Abstract Tropical islands are characterized by thermal and orographical forcings which may generate microscale air mass circulations. The Lesser Antilles Arc includes small tropical islands (width lower than 50 km) where a total of one-and-a-half...
2016 / Raphaël Cécé, Didier Bernard, Jérome Brioude, Narcisse Zahibo -
Monitoring a 120-kg CO2 Injection in a Coal Seam with Continuous Gas and Microseismic Measurements (European RFCS CARBOLAB Research Project)
Abstract INERIS has monitored a CO2 injection test performed in a coal seam. Both passive seismic monitoring and gas monitoring have been performed prior, during and after the injection test. Gas migration was not monitored in coal because leakage...
2014 / Stéphane Lafortune, Francis Adelise, Franz Lahaie, Benoît Beaufils, Gaëtan Bentivegna, et al. -
An assessment of the Arctic Ocean in a suite of interannual CORE-II simulations. Part III: Hydrography and fluxes
Abstract In this paper we compare the simulated Arctic Ocean in 15 global ocean–sea ice models in the framework of the Coordinated Ocean-ice Reference Experiments, phase II (CORE-II). Most of these models are the ocean and sea-ice components of the...
2016 / Mehmet Ilıcak, Helge Drange, Qiang Wang, Rüdiger Gerdes, Yevgeny Aksenov, et al. -
An assessment of the added value from data assimilation on modelled Nordic Seas hydrography and ocean transports
Abstract The Nordic Seas is a hotspot both in terms of climate related processes, such as Atlantic–Arctic heat exchange, and natural marine resources. A sustainable management of the marine resources within the Nordic Seas, including the...
2016 / Vidar S. Lien, Solfrid S. Hjøllo, Morten D. Skogen, Einar Svendsen, Henning Wehde, et al. -
Filling the observational void: Scientific value and quantitative validation of hydrometeorological data from a community-based monitoring programme
Summary This study shows how community-based hydrometeorological monitoring programmes can provide reliable high-quality measurements comparable to formal observations. Time series of daily rainfall, river stage and groundwater levels obtained by a...
2016 / David Walker, Nathan Forsythe, Geoff Parkin, John Gowing -
Lithostratigraphy of Masol paleonto-archeological localities in the Quranwala zone, 2.6Ma, Northwestern India
Abstract Since 2008, the ‘Siwaliks’ Indo-French Program of Research has surveyed the north of the Chandigarh anticline (Siwalik Frontal Range [SFR], northwestern India) in the Masol inlier known for its Plio-Pleistocene transitional fauna (2.6Ma)....
2016 / Cécile Chapon Sao, Salah Abdessadok, Alina Tudryn, Anne Dambricourt Malassé, Mukesh Singh, et al. -
Short-period volcanic gas precursors to phreatic eruptions: Insights from Poás Volcano, Costa Rica
Abstract Volcanic eruptions involving interaction with water are amongst the most violent and unpredictable geologic phenomena on Earth. Phreatic eruptions are exceptionally difficult to forecast by traditional geophysical techniques. Here we report ...
2016 / J.M. de Moor, A. Aiuppa, J. Pacheco, G. Avard, C. Kern, et al. -
Analyzing numerics of bulk microphysics schemes in Community models: warm rain processes2011 / I. Sednev, S. Menon
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Defining a quantitative framework for evaluation and optimisation of the environmental impacts of mega-event projects
Abstract This paper presents a novel quantitative methodology for the evaluation and optimisation of the environmental impacts of the whole life cycle of a mega-event project: construction and staging the event and post-event site redevelopment and...
2016 / Olga Parkes, Paola Lettieri, I. David L. Bogle -
Modelling Deposition and Erosion rates with RadioNuclides (MODERN) – Part 2: A comparison of different models to convert 239+240Pu inventories into soil redistribution rates at unploughed sites
Abstract Sheet erosion is one of the major threats to alpine soils. To quantify its role and impact in the degradation processes of alpine grasslands, the application of Fallout Radionuclides (FRN) showed very promising results. The specific...
2016 / Laura Arata, Christine Alewell, Elena Frenkel, Annette A’Campo-Neuen, Andra-Rada Iurian, et al. -
The effect of the induced magnetic field on the electron density vertical profile of the Mars׳ ionosphere: A Mars Express MARSIS radar data analysis and interpretation, a case study
Abstract We report the indirect detection of an induced magnetic field in the ionosphere of Mars and its effects on the electron density behaviour. The observations were made by the Mars Advanced Radar for Subsurface and Ionospheric Sounding...
2016 / M. Ramírez-Nicolás, B. Sánchez-Cano, O. Witasse, P.-L. Blelly, L. Vázquez, et al. -
Effect of elevated [CO2] and nutrient management on wet and dry season rice production in subtropical India
Abstract The present experiment was conducted to evaluate the effect of elevated [CO2] with varying nutrient management on rice–rice production system. The experiment was conducted in the open field and inside open-top chambers (OTCs) of ambient...
2015 / Sushree Sagarika Satapathy, Dillip Kumar Swain, Surendranath Pasupalak, Pratap Bhanu Singh Bhadoria -
Telling better stories: strengthening the story in story and simulation2012 / Eric Kemp-Benedict