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... 70.2) and the time of arrival of the signal reflected from the end of the probe (t2 in Figure 70.2) The TDR waveform in Figure 70.2 shows the recommended way of estimating the two times The intersection ... constant, the presence of structure changes only the shape of the curve and not the value of us ß 2006 by Taylor & Francis Group, LLC storage of fluids (liquids, gases) in the soil profile The sizes ... measured with the FO method The WARR and CMP methods not rely on an accurate measurement of t0 or picking of the leading edge of the ground wave; they only depend on the slope of the peak arrival...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 02:23

... Amount of water within the soil profile of the system (i.e., the given size of the rhizosphere) obtained from underground water table, i.e. ,the unknown item of the balance, U, was calculated from the ... conditions The experimental site is situated near the small town of Lednice in the southernmost part of Moravia (district Breclav) in the alluvium of the Dyje river (elevation of 160 ± m) The site ... overlapping crowns of trees of different height creating multi-layer systems in the forest That is why ground plan area of the model tree was taken as the proportion of the tree in the entire stand...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... the psychometric constant, s (Pa K–1) is the rate of change of saturating vapour pressure with temperature, A (W m–2) is the available energy of the forest canopy, ρ (kg m–3) is the density of ... with a lower LAI (

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:22

... vernacular of many of those providing the information and of many of the ultimate users of the study results Figure A presents a simplified model of the fate and transport of science in environmental ... pedestrian As a group, the cases tend toward the “high-profile” end of the distribution of EPA decisions Nevertheless, among the case studies, there is some variability in the political and economic ... structure of the residual lignin would largely be destroyed by oxidation in the bleach plant Berry et al (1991) add, however, that further investigation of the environmental fate of this fraction of the...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 05:20

... northern Vietnam and estimated their soil water retention Selected forest types are representative of the different levels of forest degradation in the same area (Fig 2.2) The soil moisture of the ... understanding of these scientific debates 1.1 Research Objectives Each of three main chapters in this dissertation was designed independently from the others The general objective of these chapters ... causalities of the tsunami of December 26, 2004, Kathiresan et al., (2005) highlighted the effectiveness of mangrove forest in reducing the impact of waves Human death and loss of wealth decreased...

Ngày tải lên: 03/04/2014, 12:22

... production system of the users If the risk of production failure of the new technique is too high compared with proven techniques, or the labour requirements of the new The basic principles of water harvesting ... transport of stones, maintenance of the structures, etc will provide an indication of the cost of the scheme Usually these labour requirements are high Most water harvesting structures are built in the ... surfaces The purpose of the techniques described in this Agrodok is water harvesting for plant production The basic principle of these water harvesting techniques is illustrated by Figure The techniques...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 02:20

... runoff The amount of runoff depends on the absorbtion capacity of the soil and the amount of rain The amount of rain which falls in a certain period of time on the soil is called the rainfall intensity ... 10 1-5 The size of the mineral particles of a soil determines the size of the open spaces between the particles, the soil pores Water infiltrates more easily through the larger pores of a sandy ... the soil from the raindrop impact, reduces sealing of the soil and increases the infiltration rate Both the root system as well as organic matter in the soil increase the porosity and hence the...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 02:20

... layout The distance between the bunds depends on the gradient of the slope The top of one bund should be at the same height as the bottom of the bund above it (Figure 16) The steeper the slope, the ... out the position of the bund of each structure using a string The string has a length equal to the radius of the structure Mark out the centre point (the point in the middle of the tips of one ... water requirements of the trees in account to decide on the size of the microcatchment Ridge design The height of the earthen bunds depends on the slope gradient and the size of the micro-catchment...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 02:20

... Width of strip 40-50 m 30-40 m 15-30 m 10-30 m Where machinery is used, the width of the strips depends on the size of the machinery The width of the strip will be an exact multiplication of the ... usually 20-30 cm The ridges are as wide as the furrows The distance between ridges varies from 1.5 to 10 m, and depends on the crop grown, the steepness of the slope and the climate The distance ... fertility of the soil Layout The width of the strips depends on the slope gradient and the infiltration capacity of the soil Table below gives guidelines for the width of strips on reasonably permeable...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 02:20

... water in the tube of Pole will fall, and the water in the tube of Pole will rise (Figure 40B) The difference in height between the two points on the ground is equal to the sum of the drop in water ... which are put into the tins The tube is filled with water by sucking one end of the tube with the other end dipped in water, until the water level reaches the guide mark on the pole at 1.5 m Appendix ... lines 89 The water level in both ends of the tube remains the same, as long as they are standing on two points at the same level However, when Pole is placed lower down a slope, the water in the tube...

Ngày tải lên: 04/07/2014, 02:20

... consequence of the presence of the trees but the cause of tree distribution in dehesas, as Geiger et al [13] have described for some Sahelian savanna-trees Irrespective of the origin of the improved ... positive effect of the tree The improved water holding capacity beneath the canopy could be explained by the observed increase in soil organic matter and clay content, and the improvement of the soil ... the determination of θ, in order to get the dry weight of soil A total of 1290 determinations were done Aliquots of three randomly selected trees per plot were used for the determination of the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 16:21

... 2001 Over the 1971–2001 period, the normal precipitation was 552 mm 1999 was therefore the driest year and 2000 the wettest Figure Monthly normals of PET (average of each month over the 1971–2001 ... several consecutive days, the slope of the regression between PET and transpiration of an oak of same SA was used to rebuild the series Transpiration of ring-porous species was then estimated as follows: ... 1.52 Table V For the stand, the trees, the forest floor (herbs), the pedunculate oaks (Oak), the ring- and the diffuse-porous species, the ratio between transpiration measured in the thinned plot...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 00:22

... the aim of the present work was to compare the results obtained in the measurement of soil-water contents obtained using a NP and TDR At the same time, the temporal and spatial evolution of the ... the end of the probe, or at the interface between regions of different permittivities, part of the signal is reflected back and the apparatus detects and processes this signal The speed of propagation ... propagation of this wave depends on the dielectric soil permittivity of the medium (Km): 1/2 t = 2LK m ¤ c (1) where t is the round-trip time, L is the wave-guide length, and c is the velocity of the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... through the leaf with a pressure difference of 0.1 MPa The water flow was determined by measuring the changes of the leaf weight when the flow became constant The specific conductibility of the leaf ... trees growing in the valley of the Drac river The experiments were carried out in the last days of July 2000 Data are the means of ten determinations (± SD) from two trees ψwp is the predawn leaf ... whatever the extent of the drought From these data, it may be concluded that the root system of the A opalus is more efficient with respect to water uptake than that of ash trees Facilitation of water...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... 99 plots were The color of wood is an important quality criterion and is often the decisive one for consumers In furniture or other interior equipment, wood is competing with other materials ... decorative papers Wood is often favored because of its aesthetic properties, particularly color A survey of wood-using professionals by Mazet and Janin (1990) showed that lightness is the most important ... result supports the hypothesis that wood color is related to extractives because the heartwood is much darker and redder than the sapwood Extractive content decreases from the outer to the inner heartwood...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 19:21

... Professional Engineer in Pennsylvania, and a Diplomate of the American Academy of Environmental Engineers Dr Dzombak was elected a Fellow of the American Society of Civil Engineers in 2002 Other ... before any understanding of the chemistry of this family of compounds was known Traitorous Egyptian priests of Memphis and Thebes were poisoned using the pits of peaches [5] In the 20th century, HCN ... Figure 1.2 illustrate the polymerization of HCN, to form adenine, and the reaction of HCN and formaldehyde (another compound formed from the reaction of the constituents in the primitive earth’s...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... [4] The aim of this chapter is to provide an overview of the common physical and chemical forms of cyanide that occur in water and soil systems In the following sections, the cyanide species of ... cyanide, in the presence of sulfide compounds in the case of thiocyanate Both of these species are anionic for the environmental pH range, and form complexes with metals Finally, there are organocyanide ... complexes, based on the strength of the bonding between the metal and the cyanide ion Complexes with greater strength of the metal–cyanide bond are more stable in aqueous solution, that is, they dissociate...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... and carbon The quantity of cyanide produced in the coking of coal has been reported to be about 1.5 to 2.0% of the nitrogen content of the coal [3] A portion of the cyanide remains in the coke ... consisting of 99% sodium cyanide The manufacturing process includes the evaporation of water and crystallization of the sodium cyanide Control of the process is critical to maximize the average ... flow diagram of the Andrussow process This diagram shows the recovery/recycle of ammonia and waste heat-design features that improve the efficiency and economy of the process Details of the process...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... was hypothesized that the free cyanide was oxidized to cyanate on the surfaces of clay components of the soil, and that the process was enhanced with the addition of copper and nickel to the system ... comparable reaction stoichiometry, the higher the value of the formation equilibrium constant (K), the greater is the energy of formation and the stability of the metal–cyanide complex Fe (III) ... 7, the existence of the method speaks to the facile oxidation of a number of weak metal–cyanide complexes In some cases, the presence of weak metal–cyanide complexes can enhance the rate of free...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20

... 5) Of the metal–cyanide complexes, iron– cyanide complexes often predominate in surface waters because of the abundance of iron and the high affinity of CN− for Fe2+ and Fe3+ (Chapter 5) Most environmentally ... studies [28,29] The data of Gomez et al [12] are at the high end (lesser toxicity) of the rest of the estimated doses for birds It is possible that the cyanide in cassava used in the Gomez et al ... at the mid and highest concentration (NOAEL of 5.9 mg CN/kg BW and LOAEL of 8.1 mg CN/kg BW) There was a discrepancy in the paper regarding the cyanide concentration units; the tables in the...

Ngày tải lên: 11/08/2014, 20:20