ISLSCP Initiative II global data sets: Surface boundary conditions and atmospheric forcings for land-atmosphere studies

2006 ◽  
Vol 111 (D22) ◽  
Author(s):  
Forrest G. Hall ◽  
Eric Brown de Colstoun ◽  
George J. Collatz ◽  
David Landis ◽  
Paul Dirmeyer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
Surface Boundary Conditions ◽  
Atmospheric Forcings ◽  
Global Data Sets ◽  
Global Data

Modeling Active Layer Depth of Permafrost Changing Surface Boundary Conditions

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
MODI ZHU ◽  
Jingfeng Wang ◽  
Husayn Sharif ◽  
Valeriy Ivanov ◽  
Aleksey Sheshukov
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Active Layer ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
Layer Depth ◽  
Surface Boundary Conditions

Advanced Geodynamics

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
David T. Sandwell
Keyword(s):  
Plate Tectonics ◽  
Driving Forces ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Earthquake Cycle ◽  
Mathematical Methods ◽  
Graduate Course ◽  
Field Development ◽  
Linear Partial Differential Equations ◽  
Global Data Sets ◽  
Global Data

David Sandwell developed this advanced textbook over a period of nearly 30 years for his graduate course at Scripps Institution of Oceanography. The book augments the classic textbook Geodynamics by Don Turcotte and Jerry Schubert, presenting more complex and foundational mathematical methods and approaches to geodynamics. The main new tool developed in the book is the multi-dimensional Fourier transform for solving linear partial differential equations. The book comprises nineteen chapters, including: the latest global data sets; quantitative plate tectonics; plate driving forces associated with lithospheric heat transfer and subduction; the physics of the earthquake cycle; postglacial rebound; and six chapters on gravity field development and interpretation. Each chapter has a set of student exercises that make use of the higher-level mathematical and numerical methods developed in the book. Solutions to the exercises are available online for course instructors, on request.

scholarly journals Energy Pile Field Simulation in Large Buildings: Validation of Surface Boundary Assumptions

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Ferrantelli ◽  
Jevgeni Fadejev ◽  
Jarek Kurnitski
Keyword(s):  
Boundary Conditions ◽  
Single Point ◽  
Ground Surface ◽  
Thermal Mass ◽  
Heat Equations ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Surface Boundary ◽  
Geothermal Heat ◽  
Soil Medium ◽  
Surface Boundary Conditions

As the energy efficiency demands for future buildings become increasingly stringent, preliminary assessments of energy consumption are mandatory. These are possible only through numerical simulations, whose reliability crucially depends on boundary conditions. We therefore investigate their role in numerical estimates for the usage of geothermal energy, performing annual simulations of transient heat transfer for a building employing a geothermal heat pump plant and energy piles. Starting from actual measurements, we solve the heat equations in 2D and 3D using COMSOL Multiphysics and IDA-ICE, and discover a negligible impact of the multiregional ground surface boundary conditions. Moreover, we verify that the thermal mass of the soil medium induces a small vertical temperature gradient on the piles surface. We also find a roughly constant temperature on each horizontal cross-section, with nearly identical values if the average temperature is integrated over the full plane or evaluated at one single point. Calculating the yearly heating need for an entire building we then show that the chosen upper boundary condition affects the energy balance dramatically. Using directly the pipes’ outlet temperature induces a 54% overestimation of the heat flux, while the exact ground surface temperature above the piles reduces the error to 0.03%.

scholarly journals DYNAMIC OF LAND DEGRADATION NEUTRALITY BASELINE INDCATORS IN THE REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

2019 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 39
Author(s):  
Dusko Mukaetov Mukaetov ◽  
Ivan Blinkov ◽  
Hristina Poposka
Keyword(s):  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Land Cover ◽  
Land Degradation ◽  
Natural Capital ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Land Productivity ◽  
Status And Trends ◽  
Global Data Sets ◽  
Global Data

Land degradation neutrality (LDN) is defined as a "state whereby the amount and quality of land resources nec-essary to support ecosystem functions and services and enhance food security remain stable or increase within specified temporal and spatial scales and ecosystems". The baseline is expressed as the initial (t0) estimated value of each of the three indicators, used as proxies of land-based natural capital and the ecosystem services that flow from that land base: land cover/land use change, land productivity status and trends, soil organic carbon status and trends. The baseline of LDN was calculated with estimation of the average values across the 10 years baseline period of the following indica-tors: Land Cover/Land Cover change (LC/LCC), Land Productivity Dynamics (LPD) and Soil Organic Carbon (SOC). Three tier approaches for computation of the selected indicators were used: Tier 1: Global/regional Earth observation, geospatial information and modelling; Tier 2: National statistics (only for LC/LCC) and Tier 3: Field survey. Most sig-nificant changes in LC for the period 2000/2012 are in the categories of Forest land and Shrubs/grasslands. According the global data sets used for analysis of LPD, the total affected area with depletion of Land productivity for the period 2000/2010 is identified on a only 2.35 % of the country territory. The available global data sets gives a model SOC lev-els for the period 2000/2010. According these data, the total loss of SOC in our country is estimated on 3951 t.

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