The evaluation of site quality for mixed forests is a comprehensive approach to analyzing forest site conditions and tree species growth performance. Accurate site quality assessment is crucial for understanding and enhancing the ecological functions...
The site quality evaluation of plantations has consistently been the focus in matching tree species with sites. This paper studied the site quality of Chinese fir (Cunninghamia lanceolata) plantations in Lin’an District, Zhejiang Province, Chin...
Modifying the stand dynamic functional determinates of structural stand density management models (SSDMMs) through the incorporation of site-specific biophysical height-age equations enabled the simulation of the effects of increasing mean temperatur...
Septic-derived nitrogen (N) sources have harmful effects on water resources, humans, and ecosystems in several countries. On Jeju Island, South Korea, the rapid increase in personal sewage treatment facilities (PSTFs, also known as on-site septic sys...
Bacterial pollution in the water comes in particular from Escherichia coli and fecal coliforms, responsible for gastroenteritis and diarrhea, intestinal streptococci or enterococci (urinary tract infections and peritonitis), salmonella which can caus...
Site-specific forage management (SSFM), comprising growth observation, impact assessment, and timely strategic response to small variations in sericea lespedeza (SL; Lespedeza cuneata (Dum-Cours.) G. Don) production, has been envisioned as a life-cha...
Background: Model quality assessments via computational methods which entail comparisons of the modeled structures to the experimentally determined structures are essential in the field of protein structure prediction. The assessments provide means t...
Off-site reservoirs use water from other watersheds to supplement their water quantity. Water quality is usually better in off-site reservoirs than in onsite reservoirs, because in comparison to onsite reservoirs, watershed areas are smaller and fewe...
The objective of this study was to develop the models that predict both timber and branch volumes of Norway spruce (Picea abies/L./Karst.), the most abundant tree species in Europe, and determine the relationships among timber and branch volumes and...
Urban air pollution continues to represent a primary concern for human health, despite significant efforts by public authorities for mitigating its effects. Regulatory monitoring networks are essential tools for air pollution monitoring. However, the...
Accurate estimation of forest stand carbon storage is critical for assessing ecosystem functions and informing sustainable forest management. Most existing models depend heavily on stand age, a strategy that is often unreliable in natural forests, an...
Site quality evaluation is an important foundation for decision-making and planning in forest management and provides scientific decision support and guidance for the sustainable development of forests and commercial plantations. Site index and site...
Cultural tourism has become an increasingly significant phenomenon in urban areas, especially in cities rich in heritage sites. However, when the number of visitors exceeds sustainable capacity thresholds, both the physical and psychological comfort...
Panoramic images in indoor construction sites are gaining attention as valuable tools for process monitoring and quality assessment. However, despite the environmental complexity and the demand for high segmentation performance in indoor construction...
Despite their productivity, fir and beech forests in Greece lack site index curves. In this work, site index curves for Fagus sylvatica and Abies borisii-regis in central Greece were developed. Thirty plots were randomly established in the mixed stan...
(1) Background: Urban traffic micro-environments show strong spatial and temporal variability. Short and intensive campaigns remain a practical approach for understanding exposure patterns in complex environments, but they need clear and interpretabl...
Budapest, the capital of Hungary, has been facing serious air pollution episodes in the heating season similar to other metropolises. In the city a dense urban air quality monitoring network is available; however, air quality prediction is still chal...
A comparison between a puff atmospheric dispersion model (hereafter: PuM) and a Lagrangian particle model (hereafter: LPM) was conducted for a real case of emissions from an industrial plant, in the context of a complex and coastal site. The PuM&rsqu...
Pinus patula and Pinus tecunumanii play an important role in the forestry sector in the tropics and subtropics and, in recent decades, members of the International Tree Breeding and Conservation Program (Camcore) at North Carolina State University ha...
Construction site monitoring is currently performed through visual inspections and costly selective measurements. Due to the small overhead in construction projects, additional resources are scarce to frequently conduct a metric quality assessment of...
This study presents a model for estimating forest productivity based on a sample of 2048 permanent field plots covering a wide range of growing sites in Mexico. Our state-space approach assumes that the growth behavior of any stand over time can be e...
Atmospheric ozone (O3) in the surface level plays a central role in determining air quality and atmospheric oxidizing capacity. In this paper, we review our comprehensive results of simultaneous measurements of surface ozone (O3) and its precursor ga...
The Eagle Creek watershed, a small subbasin (125 km2) within the Maumee River Basin, Ohio, was selected as a part of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI) “Priority Watersheds” program to evaluate the effectiveness of agricultural...
This study proposes a new method for predicting air quality in major industrialized cities around the world. In some big cities, multiple air quality measurement stations are deployed at different locations to monitor air pollutants, such as NO2, CO,...
Site and climate conditions are the key determinants controlling dominant height growth and forest productivity, both independently and interactively. Secondary natural oak forests are a typical forest type in China, especially in Hunan Province, but...
An accurate estimate of the site index is essential for informing decision-making in forestry. In this study, we developed site index (SI) models using stem analysis data to estimate the site index and the dominant height growth for Larix gmelinii va...
We developed a model for estimating the carbon storage and volume of entire forest stands at the provincial level, aiming to improve the accuracy of regional productivity assessments. Based on data from the branches, roots, leaves, and trunks of eigh...
The evaluation and monitoring of the ecological environment quality of heritage sites can help provide sustainable and healthy development strategies for heritage management organizations. In this study, an ecological evaluation model based on the re...
Different site quality levels in Araucaria angustifolia (Bert.) O. Kuntze plantations may influence the soil organisms and the interaction between litter and soil chemical properties by providing habitats and nutrients in different pathways. Our aim...
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In this paper, we propose a coupled method to optimize the surface water quality monitoring sites for a huge freshwater lake based on field investigations, mathematical analysis, and numerical simulation tests. Poyang Lake, the largest freshwater lak...
Empirical growth models are widely used to predict the growth and yield of plantation tree species, and the precise estimation of site quality is an important component of these models. The most commonly used proxy for site quality in growth models i...
Jeju Island is one of the most prominent ecotourism destinations in South Korea and has steadily been the subject of land-use development. In this study, the economic value and benefits of habitat quality changes on Jeju Island were estimated through...
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Compared with developed countries, emerging economy countries are facing more severe environmental challenges. Therefore, effective disclosure of corporate environmental information is an important concern for emerging economies to cope with environm...
The present article provides long-term (1967–2019) water temperature data collected from Delaware water quality monitoring sites. In Delaware, there are approximately 140 water quality monitoring sites in Piedmont, Delaware Bay, Chesapeake Bay, and I...
Stand dominant height has a close relationship with stand productivity and is not much affected by stand density and thinning within a reasonable density range, making it an excellent indicator for estimating stand site quality. Topographic factors (...
Satellite remote sensing provides a powerful instrument for mapping and monitoring traces of historical settlements and infrastructure, not only in distant areas and crisis regions. It helps archaeologists to embed their findings from field surveys...
Because identifying the factors affecting water quality is challenging, water quality assessment of an individual component based on the arithmetic mean method cannot adequately support management policies. Therefore, in this study, we assessed the w...
Several studies have shown the economic value of various ecosystem services provided by the forest. However, the economic value of how site-specific ecological conditions interact with other functions provided by the forest, such as timber value and...
The air quality prediction is a very important and challenging task, especially PM
Unlike developed countries, China has a nationally unified water environment standard and a specific watershed protection bureau to perform water quality evaluation. It is a major challenge to assess the water quality of a large watershed at a wide s...
The single-site lightning detection system can provide timely and effective information on lightning activity in areas where a multi-site lightning network cannot be built. Using deep learning, the single-site lightning detection achieves better perf...
Judging and predicting tree suitability is of great significance in the cultivation and management of forests. Background and Objectives: Due to the diversity of tree species for afforestation in China and the lack of experts or the limitations of ex...
Field calibration of low-cost air quality (AQ) monitoring sensors is essential for their successful operation. Low-cost sensors often exhibit non-linear responses to air pollutants and their signals may be affected by the presence of multiple compoun...
We have used high-resolution digital terrain models (DTMs) of two rover landing sites based on mosaicked images from the High-Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) camera as a reference to evaluate DTMs based on High-Resolution Stereo Camera...
Traditional approaches to modular construction progress monitoring and quality control with stringent and tight tolerances for on-site and off-site assembly processes are usually based on 3D laser scanning, but the high equipment costs associated wit...
Output data from the Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) model are frequently used in air quality modeling for scientific, practical and regulatory purposes. Therefore, it is crucial to determine whether the accuracy of WRF predictions is suitable...
Maintaining permanent forest canopy cover and eventually harvesting timber by predetermined target diameter are often considered as a prototype for future management of the oak natural forest. However, target diameters and harvest age based on averag...
The accurate prediction of total phosphorus (TP) is crucial for the early detection of water quality eutrophication. However, predicting TP concentrations among canal sites is challenging due to their complex spatiotemporal dependencies. To address t...
With the growing demand for aquatic products, aquaculture has become a prominent means of meeting this demand. However, the selection of suitable sites for aquaculture remains a key factor in the success of any aquaculture operation. While various me...
The increasing frequency of structural failures on construction sites emphasizes the critical role of rigorous supervision in ensuring the quality of both construction processes and materials. Current regulatory frameworks mandate the production of d...
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