Download or read book Assessment of the Risk of Amazon Dieback written by Walter Vergara and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Amazon basin is a key component of the global carbon cycle. Not only is the old-growth rainforests in the basin huge carbon storage with about 120 billion metric tons of carbon in their biomass, but they also process annually twice the rate of global anthropogenic fossil fuel emissions through respiration and photosynthesis. In addition, the basin is the largest global repository of biodiversity and produces about 20 percent of the world s flow of fresh water into the oceans. Despite the large CO2 efflux from recent deforestation, the Amazon rainforest is still considered to be a net carbon sink or reservoir because vegetation growth on average exceeds mortality. However, current climate trends and human-induced deforestation may be transforming forest structure and behavior. Amazon forest dieback would be a massive event, affecting all life-forms that rely on this diverse ecosystem, including humans, and producing ramifications for the entire planet. Clearly, with changes at a global scale at stake, there is a need to better understand the risk, and dynamics of Amazon dieback. Therefore, the purpose of the book is to assist in understanding the risk, process and dynamics of potential Amazon dieback and its implications.
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Download or read book Modeling in Materials Processing written by Jonathan A. Dantzig and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2001-11-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mathematical modeling and computer simulation are useful tools for improving materials processing. While courses in materials processing have covered modeling, they have been devoted to one particular class of materials--polymers, metals, or ceramics. This text offers a new approach, presenting an integrated treatment of metallic and non-metallic materials. The authors show that a common base of knowledge--specifically, the fundamentals of heat transfer and fluid mechanics--unifies these seemingly disparate areas. They emphasize understanding basic physical phenomena and knowing how to include them in a model. The book also includes selected numerical methods, a wealth of practical, realistic examples, and homework exercises.
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Download or read book Modeling of Casting Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes written by Steve L. Cockcroft and published by Wiley-TMS. This book was released on 2009-06-07 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These proceedings encapsulate the progress made in modeling casting processes and liquid-solid phase transformations over the years. The papers presented provide a clear picture of the modeling activities for processes involving solidification, covering continuous casting, welding, remelting, semi-solid, and shape and ingot casting processes. Other topics related to casting technologies, such as liquid metal treatment and casting tools (e.g., mold manufacturing and life time), are also examined. These proceedings bring together leading academic research that brings up to date information from the industry. Classical studies of structure and segregation formed upon solidification as well as new in-situ observation techniques are addressed. A collection of papers from the 12th International Conference held in Vancouver, British Columbia June 7th-14th, 2009.
Download or read book Jim Evans Honorary Symposium written by Ben Q. Li and published by Wiley-TMS. This book was released on 2010-02-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This symposium represents Jim Evans, Professor of Metallurgy Emeritus and the P. Malozemoff Professor Emeritus in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, which he joined in 1972. He is the author/co-author of three books and over 300 papers. His research deals with rate phenomena governing the productivity of processes for producing metals and other materials. This has involved investigations of wide ranging technologies such as aluminum reduction cells, electromagnetic casters, chemical vapor deposition, fluidized bed electrodes and batteries. His current projects include mathematical modeling of the treatment of molten metals, wireless monitoring of the electrolytic cells used for producing aluminum, recovery of water and copper from semiconductor industry waste streams, modeling of new technology for producing titanium and lithium batteries for energy storage in wireless technology. Abstracts included from the following areas: Materials production Fluid flow in materials production Mass transport in materials production Modeling of materials production Electrochemical phenomena in materials production Electromagnetic phenomena in materials production Sensors and measurement of physical parameters in high temperature and hostile environments Control of environmental impact of materials production Novel cells for aqueous electrolysis Novel cells for molten salt electrolysis Mathematical modeling in light metals production Novel batteries Novel leaching reactors
Download or read book Modeling of Casting Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes VIII written by Brian G. Thomas and published by Tms. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 1267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sponsored by the Engineering Foundation, this conference series has documented the advance of casting models. The Eighth International Conference on Modeling of Casting, Welding and Advanced Solidification Processes proceedings cover most casting processes that involve liquid-solid phase change in metals, describing models of phenomenon important to casting and using a wide range of modeling tools and commercial software.
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