A key step in the processing of satellite imagery is the radiometric correction of images to account for reflectance that water vapor, atmospheric dust, and other atmospheric elements add to the images, causing imprecisions in variables of interest estimated at the earth’s surface level. That issue is important when performing spatiotemporal analyses to determine ecosystems’ productivity. In th...

Electron microscopic morphometric techniques were used to measure accurately the cytoplasm and frustule volumes of 12 naturally occurring planktonic diatoms in the Laurentian Great Lakes. In addition, cytoplasm volumes were measured in 6 other algal species. Estimates of carbon content were then made by converting measured cytoplasm volumes to carbon biomass. From these measurements and convers...

Flux balance analysis (FBA) in combination with the decomposition of metabolic networks into elementary modes has provided a route to modeling cellular metabolism. It is dependent, however, on the availability of external fluxes such as substrate uptake or growth rate before estimates can become available of intracellular fluxes. The framework classically does not allow modeling of metabolic re...

A mathematical model was developed to predict the self-heating and self-ignition processes of relatively dry biomass during storage, considering in detail effects moisture exchange behaviour, low-temperature oxidation reaction associated heat mass transfer. Basket heating tests on fir pellets powder at temperatures 180–200 °C were conducted observe process determine kinetics chemical for valida...

A large part of arid areas in tropical and sub-tropical regions are dominated by sparse xerophytic vegetation, which are essential for providing products and services for local populations. While a large number of researches already exist for the derivation of wall-to-wall estimations of above ground biomass (AGB) with remotely sensed data, only a few of them are based on the direct use of non-...

Real-time weather data were used in the simulation to promote renewable energy utilisation in the smart grid approach. The case study was conducted for the 11 cities in the Tochigi prefecture to show the suitability of renewable energy and to determine the regions that might use it. Solar power had the highest capability of producing electricity, followed by biomass, hydropower, and wind power....

Roadside trees are effective natural solutions for mitigating climate change. Despite the usefulness of to carbon sequestration, there is a dearth information on estimation biomass and stock roadside in study area. This aimed estimate dioxide equivalent trees. A complete enumeration was carried out Kétou, Pobè Sakété within communes Plateau Department, Bénin Republic. Total height diameter at b...