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Shu Wu, Momcilo Markus, David Lorenz, James R. Angel and Kevin Grady
Many studies have projected that as the climate changes, the magnitudes of extreme precipitation events in the Northeastern United States are likely to continue increasing, regardless of the emission scenario. To examine this issue, we analyzed observed ...
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Huiying Ren, Z. Jason Hou, Mark Wigmosta, Ying Liu and L. Ruby Leung
Changes in extreme precipitation events may require revisions of civil engineering standards to prevent water infrastructures from performing below the designated guidelines. Climate change may invalidate the intensity-duration-frequency (IDF) computatio...
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Christian Tulungen and Soni M. Pradhanang
A combination of annual peak water demand due to seasonal population spikes along with small and shallow aquifers has prompted an assessment of the region?s watersheds as operating at a net water deficit. This study uses the Soil and Water Assessment Too...
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Jian Xu, Yujia Qian, Bingyue He, Huixuan Xiang, Ran Ling and Genyu Xu
To effectively combat environmental challenges, it is necessary to evaluate urban residential building carbon emissions and implement energy-efficient, emission-reducing strategies. The lack of a specialized carbon emission monitoring system complicates ...
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Merideth Kelliher, Diana Bogueva and Dora Marinova
Although Australia remains committed to the Paris Agreement and to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, it was late in joining the 2021 Global Methane Pledge. Finding suitable methane (CH4) mitigation solutions for Australia?s livestock industry should...
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Gamil Gamal, Pavol Nejedlik and Ahmed M. El Kenawy
Understanding long-term variations in precipitation is crucial for identifying the effects of climate change and addressing hydrological and water management issues. This study examined the trends of the mean and four extreme precipitation indices, which...
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Feng Cheng, Shuchun Jia and Wei Gao
In order to tackle the issue of carbon emissions in logistics and distribution, a vehicle routing model was proposed with the aim of minimizing the overall cost, which includes the vehicle?s fixed cost, transportation costs, and carbon emission costs. An...
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Max Käding and Steffen Marx
Acoustic emission monitoring (AEM) has emerged as an effective technique for detecting wire breaks resulting from, e.g., stress corrosion cracking, and its application on prestressed concrete bridges is increasing. The success of this monitoring measure ...
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R. J. Roosien, M. N. A. Lim, S. M. Petermeijer and W. F. Lammen
To reduce the carbon footprint of transport, policymakers are simultaneously stimulating cleaner vehicles and more sustainable mobility choices, such as a shift to rail for short-haul flights within Europe. The purpose of this study is to determine the c...
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Li Li, Gyumin Lee and Doosun Kang
A model that computes the per-unit process energy consumption, energy intensity, CO2 emission, and CO2 intensity of water treatment plants is developed. This model is used to estimate the total energy consumption of six water treatment plants in Seoul Me...
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