Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications

Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment: Advances and Applications
Author: William L. Steffen
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 497
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3642738451

This volume arises from an International Symposium on Flow and Transport in the Natural Environment held in Canberra, Australia, in September 1987. The meeting was hosted by the CSIRO Division of Environmental Mechanics (now the Centre for Environmental Mechanics) to mark the opening of the second stage of its headquarters, the F.C. Pye Field Environment Laboratory, twenty-one years after the opening of the first stage. Those twenty-one years have seen much progress in our understanding of the physics of the natural environment and the occasion provided an ideal opportunity to review advances in our knowledge of flow and transport phenomena, particularly with regard to flow and transport in soils, plants and the atmosphere. The contents of this volume are based very closely on the Symposium's program. Undoubtedly, our choices of topics were idiosyncratic, but we believe that those we have selected exhibit progress, innovation, and much scope for practical application. Rather than being encyclopaedic, we have sought to deal with thirteen selected topics in depth.

Poromechanics

Poromechanics
Author: J.F. Thimus
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 676
Release: 2020-12-18
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1000150917

This text features 105 papers dealing with the fundamentals and the applications of poromechanics from the Biot conference of 1998, held in Louvain-la-Neuve. Topics include: wave propogation; numerical modelling; identification of poromechanical parameters; and constitutive modelling.

The Forests Handbook, Volume 1

The Forests Handbook, Volume 1
Author: Julian Evans
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2008-04-15
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 0470756829

The future of the world's forests is at the forefront of environmental debate. Rising concerns over the effects of deforestation and climate change are highlighting the need both to conserve and manage existing forests and woodland through sustainable forestry practices. The Forests Handbook, written by an international team of both scientists and practitioners, presents an integrated approach to forests and forestry, applying our present understanding of forest science to management practices, as a basis for achieving sustainability. Volume One presents an overview of the world's forests; their locations and what they are like, the science of how they operate as complex ecosystems and how they interact with their environment. Volume Two applies this science to reality; it focuses on forestry interventions and their impact, the principles governing how to protect forests and on how we can better harness the enormous benefits forests offer. Case studies are drawn from several different countries and are used to illustrate the key points. Development specialists, forest managers and those involved with land and land-use will find this handbook a valuable and comprehensive overview of forest science and forestry practice. Researchers and students of forestry, biology, ecology and geography will find it equally accessible and useful.

Boundary-Layer Meteorology 25th Anniversary Volume, 1970–1995

Boundary-Layer Meteorology 25th Anniversary Volume, 1970–1995
Author: John R. Garratt
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 434
Release: 1996-09-30
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780792341918

The journal Boundary-Layer Meteorology was started in 1970 and has become the premier vehicle for the publication of research papers in its field. Dr R.E. Munn served as Editor-in-Chief until recently. The special 25th Anniversary volume, on which this book is based, was compiled from review and other articles solicited and selected as a `Festschrift' to honour Ted Munn's achievement as editor of the journal over that time. Articles by leading contributors to the field include reviews of field studies (Askervein, HEXOS, Cabauw) and their impacts; numerical modelling (large-eddy simulation of the surface layer, frontal structures); analyses and critical discussions (of the von Karman constant, bulk aerodynamic formulations, air-sea interaction, vegetation canopies); and reviews or previews of progress in our understanding of the atmospheric boundary layer, turbulence simulation, Lagrangian descriptions of turbulent diffusion and remote sensing of the boundary layer. The collection provides an excellent perspective on the state of the subject and where it is headed. It should provide fascinating and stimulating reading for researchers and students of boundary-layer meteorology and related areas.

Advanced Petrophysics: Dispersion, interfacial phenomena

Advanced Petrophysics: Dispersion, interfacial phenomena
Author: Ekwere J. Peters
Publisher: Greenleaf Book Group
Total Pages: 277
Release: 2012
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 1936909464

A practical, fast-paced approach to teaching the concepts and problems common in petroleum engineering that will appeal to a wide range of disciplines Petrophysics is the study of rock properties and their interactions with fluids, including gases, liquid hydrocarbons, and aqueous solutions. This three-volume series from distinguished University of Texas professor Dr. Ekwere J. Peters provides a basic understanding of the physical properties of permeable geologic rocks and the interactions of the various fluids with their interstitial surfaces, with special focus on the transport properties of rocks for single-phase and multiphase flow. Based on Dr. Peters's graduate course that has been taught internationally in corporations and classrooms, the series covers core topics and includes full-color CT and NMR images, graphs, and figures to illustrate practical application of the material. Topics addressed in volume 2 (chapters 5-8) include - Dispersion in porous media - Interfacial phenomena and wettability - Capillary pressure - Relative permeability Advanced Petrophysics features over 140 exercises designed to strengthen learning and extend concepts into practice. Additional information in the appendices covers dimensional analysis and a series of real-world projects that enable the student to apply the principles presented in the text to build a petrophysical model using well logs and core data from a major petroleum-producing province.

Environmental Mechanics

Environmental Mechanics
Author: P. A. C. Raats
Publisher:
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2002
Genre: Groundwater flow
ISBN:

CD-ROMs contain: John Philip's 1995 interview with Steve Burges --A recent address-in-print by Philip -- Bibliography of his work.

Topographic Effects in Stratified Flows

Topographic Effects in Stratified Flows
Author: Peter G. Baines
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 559
Release: 2022-01-27
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1108481523

Explore the nature of density-stratified flow over and around topography, including applications to the flow of the atmosphere and ocean.

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows

Atmospheric Boundary Layer Flows
Author: J. C. Kaimal
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1994-01-06
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0195362772

Boundary layer meteorology is the study of the physical processes that take place in the layer of air that is most influenced by the earth's underlying surface. This text/reference gives an uncomplicated view of the structure of the boundary layer, the instruments available for measuring its mean and turbulent properties, how best to make the measurements, and ways to process and analyze the data. The main applications of the book are in atmospheric modelling, wind engineering, air pollution, and agricultural meteorology. The authors have pioneered research on atmospheric turbulence and flow, and are noted for their contributions to the study of the boundary layer. This important work will interest atmospheric scientists, meteorologists, and students and faculty in these fields.

Soil and Environmental Analysis

Soil and Environmental Analysis
Author: Keith A. Smith
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 650
Release: 2000-10-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0824745361

"Reviews a wide range of methods for soil physical analysis. Considers applications, accuracy, measurement time, and cost of equipment. Provides examples of applications."