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Showing 1 to 20 of 111 for “"field observation"”.
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Snowfall Characterization by Field Observation and Atmospheric Sounding
… a surface weather station within one mile of the Observation Site. Atmospheric soundings produced by the National Weather Service, less than two miles distance from the Observation Site, aids in the approximation of the ice crystal's life history.
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Anthropogenic impacts on recharge processes and water quality in basin aquifers of the desert Southwest : a coupled field observation and modeling study
… m³ of recharge. These results are supported by field observations. Cores collected beneath agricultural land document changes in water content and pore water chemistry that imply increased downward flux of moisture and solute, and NO₃- and Cl- inventories beneath irrigated land are distinct in …
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An evaluation of strategic management of landfill sites: A case study of Thohoyandou Block J. landfill site, Vhembe District Municipality, Limpopo Province
… through a questionnaire, an interview and field observation, using an observation checklist. Secondary data were obtained from ArcGIS Desktop Help 9.2 and documented materials from the Thulamela Local Municipality and the TBJ landfill site, the Integrated Waste Management Plan, Integrated …
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Aerodynamics study of the flowfield at a shelterbelt
… of an effective agrometeorological method of field microclimate management and yield enhancement. Whether performing a wind tunnel test, conducting a field observation, or implementing a numerical simulation to investigate shelterbelt effects, researchers are more interested in an optimum …
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Spectral Mixture Analysis for Monitoring and Mapping Desertification Processes in Semi-arid Areas in North Kordofan State, Sudan
… endmembers. interpretation of ancillary data and field observation was adopted to verfiy the role of human impacts in the temporal changes in the study area. The findings of the study proved the powerfull of remotely sensed data in monitoring and mapping the desertification processes and come out …
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Poaching of encephalartos transvenosus, in the Limpopo Province, South Africa
… poached cycads. For these specific objectives, field observation and open-ended questionnaire were used to collect the data. Field observations and questionnaires were conducted to investigate which part of the cycad is poached, Open-ended questions were used to evaluate the challenges that lead …
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Obtaining design information from full-scale structures
… occasions on which the aims and objectives of field observation and measurement have been analysed to establish principles that should be followed in future exercises of this type. 1.2 1.3 Tropical residual soils display certain differences in their behaviour from transported soils. This paper …
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The Age and Fertility of Lignite Strip Mine Spoils from the Darco Mine, Harrison County, Texas
<p>Field observation of lignite strip mine spoils from the Darco mine near Marshall, Texas, revealed that gray spoil materials of various ages were devoid of vegetation. Within the same sites, spoil materials which were non-gray supported several conditions of revegetation. Analysis of spoil …
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Vegetative filter strip assessment in the state of Iowa
… To determine the effectiveness of VFS by visual field observation and validation by flow mapping procedures in ArcGIS 9, (2) To compare the area ratios and percentage of flow along each stream segment at various resolutions for different sizes of the survey data sets, (3) Compare the flow routing …
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Formatted entertainment in China: change in television production practices
… rich data through qualitative methods such as field observation and semi-‐structured interviews. The results of the various analyses in the thesis demonstrate, in different ways, how Chinese professionals perceive the development of their practices and that of the whole television industry …
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Cycling in the Crescent City: An exploration of the spatial variation in bicycle commuting in New Orleans
… of the built environment using maps and field observation; and interviews to assess residents’ attitudes about and experiences with transportation bicycling. In the end, this thesis should be helpful in pinpointing variables influencing bicycle commute rates and in determining the types …
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Feeding facilitation, the hidden interaction in mammalian herbivore assemblages?: a case-study on rabbits (Oryctolagus cuniculus L.) and large grazers
… vegetation composition. By conducting field observation, semi-controlled field experiments up to entirely controlled feeding experiments, we tried to test several aspects of the main hypothesis. From our results, we conclude that the main hypothesis could not be affirmed, although some …
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Understanding the later prehistoric field systems of the Yorkshire Dales
… Of particular interest are a number of coaxial field systems, which cover hundreds of hectares and exhibit significant time-depth, yet remain little studied and poorly understood in relation to comparable resources elsewhere in Britain and north western Europe. This research aims to address this …
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Contexts of Exchange and the Pricing of Art
… same firm or industry. Through interviews and field observation with artists and gallery owners in a local art market, I discover that this is also true of the pricing of visual art. In addition, individual artists often take more than one approach to pricing decisions, either at different …
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Analysis of long-term changes in populations of the Clanwiliam Cedar (Widdringtonia cedarbergensis) using repeat photography
… evaluation of 115 photosets was combined with field observation and environmental data to determine the age class and degree of foliage cover, as well as fire frequency, rockiness of habitat, altitude, aspect of slope, annual mean temperature and annual precipitation for each tree viewed in …
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Millennials as second-person witnesses of the Holocaust : a case study on the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site
… methods were used, including field observation, journaling, focus groups, semi-structured interviews, and surveys. My research findings speak to how Millennial visitors move within a new form of memory – the zone of transitional memory of the Holocaust. Keywords: Zone of …
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Role of Visual Affordance of a Spatial Layout on Human Interactions at a Work Environment
… data was collected by means of a controlled field observation (video-taping) and administration of a survey questionnaire. This study discovered that 1) visual control is an important issue to be considered in the design of work environments; 2) the theory of space syntax can be regarded as a …
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Exploring Indonesia's Capital City Relocation As a Model for Multidimensional Conflict Resolution
… mapping, interviews, focus group discussions, field observation, document analysis, survey data, land-use/land-cover change assessment, and Soft Systems Methodology (SSM). SSM tools, including rich picture analysis, CATWOE, Root Definition, a Conceptual Activity Model, and 3E indicators, were …
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Riverine flooding using GIS and remote sensing
… computation iterations and calibration; multiple field observation, which may be constrained with time and resources to get reasonable output.
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Hydrodynamics, sediment transport and morphodynamics at inlets and river mouths: a numerical investigation
… Using NearCoM-TVD, the model is validated with observations of waves and currents at 30 locations, including in a recently dredged navigation channel and a shallower channel, and on the ebb tidal deltas, for a range of flow and offshore wave conditions during May 2012. Model results reveal the …
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