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Natsumi Oyamaguchi, Hiroyuki Tajima and Isamu Okada
Although exploring the principles of resource allocation is still important in many fields, little is known about appropriate methods for optimal resource allocation thus far. This is because we should consider many issues including opposing interests be...
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Yi Xin, Yu Guo, Meijing Sun, Gang Yu, Zhenhua Ma, Kun Pei and Chuanxin Qin
Environmental DNA (eDNA) analysis is a useful tool for monitoring the distributions of aquatic species. eDNA can produce quantitative estimates of fish abundance, but its accuracy depends on the species and system. Therefore, its performance must be eval...
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Jia-Qiao Wang, Yi-Jia Shih, Liang-Ming Huang, Jun Li, Wei-Wen Li, Chun-Han Shih and Ta-Jen Chu
The quantitative evaluation of restocking and stock replenishment is essential for providing operational feedback and implementing adaptive management for future restoration projects. Since 2010, approximately 700 million juvenile shrimp (Penaeus penicil...
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Vincent S. Neary, Seongho Ahn, Bibiana E. Seng, Mohammad Nabi Allahdadi, Taiping Wang, Zhaoqing Yang and Ruoying He
Best practices and international standards for determining n-year return period extreme wave (sea states) conditions allow wave energy converter designers and project developers the option to apply simple univariate or more complex bivariate extreme valu...
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Mario López, Noel Rodríguez and Gregorio Iglesias
To mitigate the effects of wind variability on power output, hybrid systems that combine offshore wind with other renewables are a promising option. In this work we explore the potential of combining offshore wind and solar power through a case study in ...
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Mikhail Petrov
An expert network is a community of professionals in a specific field, united by an information system, in which different tasks are solved. One of the main tasks in expert networks is the selection of specialists with specified competencies for joint pr...
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Gordon Rae, Gareth Erfort
In the context of the Anthropocene, the decoupling of carbon emissions from electricity generation is critical. South Africa has an ageing coal power fleet, which will gradually be decommissioned over the next 30 years. This creates substantial opportuni...
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Chantelle May Clohessy, Gary Sharp, Johan Hugo, E. van Dyk
The drive to reduce fossil fuel dependency led to a surge in interest in renewable energy as a replacement fuel source, which provided research opportunities for vastly different domains. Statistical modelling was used extensively to assist in research. ...
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F. Lubbe, T. Harms, J. Maritz
Gathering quality wind speed data can be time-consuming and expensive. The present study established whether interval-deficient wind speed data could be rendered useful for wind power assessments. The effect of interval deficiency on the quality of the w...
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Yosoon Choi, Jangwon Suh and Sung-Min Kim
In this study, geographic information system (GIS)-based methods and their applications in solar power system planning and design were reviewed. Three types of GIS-based studies, including those on solar radiation mapping, site evaluation, and potential ...
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Jassiel V. Hernández-Fontes, Angélica Felix, Edgar Mendoza, Yandy Rodríguez Cueto and Rodolfo Silva
The Atlantic and Pacific coasts of Mexico offer a variety of marine energy sources for exploitation. Although the Mexican government has made important efforts to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, national participation in clean energies is still li...
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Li Dong
A new approach for wind resource assessment in the Southern Plains of the US is proposed here. This new approach establishes the baseline frequency of occurrence of large-scale atmospheric circulations (weather regimes) by cluster analysis, using 38-yr N...
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James Bleeg, Mark Purcell, Renzo Ruisi and Elizabeth Traiger
Measurements taken before and after the commissioning of three wind farms reveal that the wind speeds just upstream of each wind farm decrease relative to locations farther away after the turbines are turned on. At a distance of two rotor diameters upstr...
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Hyun-Goo Kim, Jin-Young Kim and Yong-Heack Kang
This study evaluated the applicability of long-term datasets among third-generation reanalysis data CFSR, ERA-Interim, MERRA, and MERRA-2 to determine which dataset is more suitable when performing wind resource assessment for the ?Southwest 2.5 GW Offsh...
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Sandra Fatoric and Erin Seekamp
Climate change challenges cultural heritage management and preservation. Understanding the barriers that can impede preservation is of paramount importance, as is developing solutions that facilitate the planning and management of vulnerable cultural res...
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Leticia Palazón and Ana Navas
The new challenges in assessment of water resources demand new approaches and tools, such as the use of hydrologic models, which could serve to assist managers in the prediction, planning and management of catchment water supplies in view of increased de...
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Leticia Palazón, Ana Navas
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The new challenges in assessment of water resources demand new approaches and tools, such as the use of hydrologic models, which could serve to assist managers in the prediction, planning and management of catchment water supplies in view of increased de...
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Jessica E. Halofsky, David L. Peterson, Kerry L. Metlen, M. Gwyneth Myer and V. Alaric Sample
Climate change will likely have significant effects on forest ecosystems worldwide. In Mediterranean regions, such as that in southwestern Oregon, USA, changes will likely be driven mainly by wildfire and drought. To minimize the negative effects of clim...
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Nara Somaratne
Karstic groundwater basins are characterized by both point and diffuse recharge. This paper describes the hydrologic characteristics of point recharge and their influence on recharge estimation for four groundwater basins. Point recharge is highly transi...
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Timothy J. Sullivan
Land management and natural resource public policy decision-making in the United States can benefit from two resource damage/recovery concepts: ecosystem service (ES) and critical load (CL). The purpose of this paper is to suggest an integrated approach ...
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