The temporal and spatial scaling concepts related to basic physical and ecological lake processes and the associated non-dimensional parameters that govern the various flow regimes, developed in lakes and reviewed in Part 1 of our companion paper (Papadimitrakis, 2011), are applied to lakes Pamvotis...

Scaling concepts, related to basic physical transport and mixing processes and other ecological aspects in lakes, are reviewed in an ecohydrodynamic perspective; the length and time scales as well as the non-dimensional parameters governing the various flow regimes and relevant to these processes...

In catchment hydrology, it is in practice impossible to measure everything we would like to know about the hydrological system, mainly due to high catchment heterogeneity and the limitations of measurement techniques. These limitations and the need to extrapolate information from the available...

One of the main environmental impacts of pig farms are the swine odours emitted from the various stages of the process. The main cause of odour emissions from pig farms are the anaerobic processes in manure. Numerous factors affect odour emissions such as diet, manure management and manure age. The...

One of the most favorable and cost-saving methods to counteract water quality deterioration in a harbor basin is the use of flushing culverts, which reduce flushing times and avoid areas of low flow and eddies formation. In the present paper, results of experiments carried out in a 2-D facility in...

Activated carbon (AC) amendment for reduction of contaminant exposure in polluted soils and sediments has recently emerged as a promising remediation technique. Here, we provide a short overview of the state-of-the-art in activated carbon (AC) amendment to such sites. Most studies not only in...

The waste to renewable energy source has become a priority in the wastes treatment field. The research goal is not only the wastes destruction but also a better thermal energy recovery from the processes. The municipal solid waste presents a high heterogeneity degree from the dimensional point of...

Several epidemiological studies have shown an association between particulate air pollution and health effects. Suspended particulates and more specifically the inhalable PM10 fraction appear to cause respiratory health effects and heart diseases. Furthermore, particulate pollution is of paramount...

The El Nino-Southern Oscillation is the dominant pattern of short-term climate variation, and is therefore of great importance in climate studies. Some recent studies showed the teleconnection between stream flow and the El-Nino Southern Oscillation (ENSO) of the equatorial Pacific Ocean. This paper...

Combustion of poor quality coals is used today worldwide for energy production. The removal of polluting compounds, i.e. S, N, Hg and Cl from them prior to combustion is important not only for improving the coal quality, but also for meeting the strict environmental standards. Thus, a preventive...

Foaming and bulking problems in activated sludge treatment plants are associated to the presence of a variety of filamentous bacteria. However, it has been observed that M. parvicella is the most frequent filamentous microorganism causing sludge bulking and foaming, especially in treatment plants...

Kinetics for the biological processes of nitrification, denitrification and carbon oxidation were studied in the aerobic and anoxic phases of a pilot scale Biological Nutrient Removal (BNR) plant treating municipal wastewater. The configuration of the treating system is based on the combination of...

The transport of volatile organic contaminant (VOC) mixtures in the unsaturated zone is typically controlled by a combination of transport (i.e., advection, dispersion, and diffusion) phenomena, phase change (i.e., volatilization, dissolution) and reaction processes (i.e., sorption, biodegradation)...

Asymmetric multilayer Al2O3 ceramic membranes with pore sizes ranging from 3 to 500 nm are synthesized in tubular form with external diameter of 14mm, internal diameter of 8mm and length of 340mm. The membrane synthesis took place on commercially available supports, with the dip-coating technique...

The two basic forms of multi-scale data assimilation procedures (FDDA), based on Newtonian relaxation, of analysis and observations nudging have been applied for precipitation event period occurred over Portugal during summer season, using the Fifth Generation Mesoscale Model (MM5) developed and...

Instrumental data time series show an average global warming of approximately 0.90C over the last century. Eastern Mediterranean air temperature follows the northern hemisphere (NH) secular trend till 1970s, while the NH warming of the last 30 years is not noticeable in the eastern Mediterranean...