SOIL MOISTURE AND ITS INFERENCE 
.... started in the mid-1970's using Skylab, other satellites, and aircraft; and "the essential relationship between emissivity and
surface soil moisture was ....
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Global Warming: The Albedo Effect
.... Also of interest is the variability in the albedo of a given earth
surface.
Soil albedos, for instance, vary due to the different varieties of soils and ....
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Mars Pathfinder
.... Studies of the geology and
surface morphology hope to provide us with a basic understanding of the
surface and near-
surface soil properties and a sense of the ....
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Dust Storms in Asia
.... Specifically, an accretionary
surface soil or "grey sand" containing Aeolian-derived particles was found to be developing on stabilized dunes at a mean rate of ....
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Risks, Costs & Benefits of Nuclear Power
.... In addition, ant hills near old coolant water disposal ponds contain three times the radioactivity of normal
surface soil samples. ....
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Remote Sensing and Clay
.... Direct linkages between remote sensing observations and
soil properties involve the measurement of radiation emitted or scattered from the
soil surface. ....
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Deserts of California
.... The high temperatures of the air,
surface, and
soil, combined with the low humidity of the deserts limits plant life to species adapted to harsh conditions ....
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Manure and Groundwater Supplies
.... If the manure stayed on the
surface of the
soil it would produce some olfactory unpleasantness but it would not introduce harmful substances into the
soil (http ....
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SLEEPING BEAR DUNES NATIONAL LAKESHORE
.... materials. The dunes at the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore comprise a part of the
soil and
surface materials at the park. ....
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Acid Rain
.... There is considerable evidence that acid deposition has a damaging effect on terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems,
soil,
surface water and even people. ....
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LEACHATE CONTROL FOR SANITARY LANDFILLS
.... transport" layer of sand, yet again above a coarse-grained
soil material presents a very effective means for slowing infiltration from the
surface and trapping ....
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Environmental Engineering
.... for undergraduates, but it covers "the representation of the various characteristic quality processes that occur in the air,
surface water, and
soil" (S & S ....
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Contour Farming
.... more because of their effectiveness in preventing erosion from
soil washed away .... also provides the benefit to farmers of increasing land
surface area "Terracing ....
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Snowflakes
.... As a filter, it is a collector of contaminants and chemical tracers from the atmosphere, which enter
surface and
soil water when the snow melts. ....
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Snowfake Formation
.... As a filter, it is a collector of contaminants and chemical tracers from the atmosphere, which enter
surface and
soil water when the snow melts. ....
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1989 LOMA PRIETA EARTHQUAKE
.... topography associated with the area, the thick
soil and possibly the forest cover not allowing the bedrock to rupture and propagate to the ground
surface area. ....
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Importance of Public Access to Wildlife Area
.... the top for reasons of water drainage and protection of the underlying
soil from erosion .... It is a more natural
surface for them to cross than one of concrete or ....
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Natural Environment and Climate
.... of cloud cover (or cover in general) The nature of the
surface of the .... in many areas of the world increasing population numbers are causing the
soil to erode ....
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Mining in the Southeastern Saskatchewan
.... The machines used in
surface mining tend to be quite large. Their compaction of the
soil must be limited if rainwater runoff rates and erosion are to be ....
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Global Warming as a Threat to Life on Earth
.... Plants and
soil absorb the sun's light. .... Scientists believe that greenhouse gases are responsible for keeping the earth's
surface at an average temperature of ....
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Slash-and-burn Agriculture
.... Low till farming is a method in which fields are tilled less, and 30 percent or more of a season's crop residues are left on the
soil surface each fall. ....
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Forensic Entomology
.... proximity to the body, ground temperature body
surface temperature, under-body interface temperature, maggot mass temperature and
soil temperature immediately ....
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Lichens
.... Lichens can grow in almost any location that is stable and has a reasonably well-lit
surface. This includes on the
soil, on rocks, and on the sides of trees. ....
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Global Ecology
.... Recent changes to the land
surface hydrology as a result of tropical .... Koohafkan, P., Niemeijer, D., and Mazzucato, V. Discrepancies about
soil degradation. ....
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Water conservation
.... and "shall not be applied above the land
surface or allowed to
surface and should .... to flat areas of the garden and delivered directly onto the
soil, not sprayed ....
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The Mars Global Surveyor
.... spacing, and profile of Martian dunes as well as
surface composition, ascertained .... includes an ambitious program for studying the Martian
soil and atmosphere ....
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Toxic Substances
.... Radon is a radioactive gas formed in the
soil within a few feet of the
surface, and it then percolates up through the
soil to the air. ....
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Forest Fires
.... second phase of forest fire oxidizes any residual carbon at the
surface. In most forests, the ground is covered by layers of duff. Duff consists of
soil and a ....
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Effect of Forest Fires in Eastern No. America
.... second phase of forest fire oxidizes any residual carbon at the
surface. In most forests, the ground is covered by layers of duff. Duff consists of
soil and a ....
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Creative Writing Science Story
.... little time and expense because it does not require processing large volumes of
soil to search out artifacts. The simplest survey technique is
surface survey. ....
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