The partitioning of canopy transpiration (Ec) and soil evaporation (Es) is often important to estimate evapotranspiration for hydrologic, ecologic, forest, and agricultural applications. Although Shuttleworth-Wallace (SW) model can estimate the partitioning of Ec and Es, some parameters due to...

Recently, Ord and Getis (Ann Reg Sci 48:529–539, <CitationRef CitationID="CR15">2012</CitationRef>) developed a local statistic <InlineEquation ID="IEq1"> <EquationSource Format="TEX">$$H_i$$</EquationSource> <EquationSource Format="MATHML"> <math xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> <msub> <mi>H</mi> <mi>i</mi> </msub> </math> </EquationSource> </InlineEquation>, called local spatial heteroscedasticity statistic, to identify boundaries of clusters and to describe the nature of heteroscedasticity within clusters. Furthermore, in order to implement the...</equationsource></equationsource></inlineequation></citationref>

Breaking tests on homogeneous earth-rock-fill dams destroyed by overtopping flow are presented. Two types of shear erosion are found: wetting shear erosion and quick shear erosion; the water level-discharge process is divided into “sharp rise and drop of flow” and “slow change of flow”...

The exploration and development of oilfield results in damages to land resources. Along with the further development of petroleum in the Gurbantunggut Desert, the fragile ecological environment and land resource was suffering much more damage. Vegetation degradation and desertification become...

This paper explores the inter-firm linkages of China's 3G market players by applying the strategic network paradigm. The 3G strategic network mainly consists of mobile operators, content/application providers, service providers, handset manufacturers, mobile phone dealers, network equipment...

Due to limited energy density of batteries, energy management has always played a critical role in improving the overall energy efficiency of electric vehicles. In this paper, a key issue within the energy management problem will be carefully tackled, i.e., maximizing the power usage of...

Estimation of state of charge (SOC) is of great importance for lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries used in electric vehicles. This paper presents a state of charge estimation method using nonlinear predictive filter (NPF) and evaluates the proposed method on the lithium-ion batteries with different...

A parsimonious percolation model for stock market is proposed, of which the avalanche dynamics agree with the real-life one as well. We have also investigated how the interaction parameter p affects the price dynamics. Simulation results about the formation of the bullish/bearish market and...

An Atkinson cycle engine with geometrical compression ratio (GCR) of 12.5 has been designed by maximizing fuel economy at full load operating conditions based on the Artificial Neural Network Method [1]. However, the Atkinson cycle engine generally operates at part load conditions especially in...