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Volume number
10
Publication year
2008

Current status of the metal pollution of the environment of Greece - a review

by

Farmaki E.G. and Thomaidis N.S.

General

ABSTRACT Pollution from metals and metalloids of the environment of Greece seemed to attract many researchers and elemental pollutants in air, soil and water have been determined and studied systematically during the last decade. The most recent of these studies, concerning the last five years (2003...

Metals Metalloids +5 more

Flux enhancement by air dispersion in cross-flow microfiltration of a colloidal system through spiral wound module

by

Qaisrani T.M. and Samhaber W.M.

General

Enhancement of the permeate flux due to reduction of cake layer resistance by air-liquid twophase flow in a cross flow spiral wound microfiltration membrane has been investigated. Experiments were carried out with two different suspension systems, namely baker’s yeast suspension with a dry mass...

Flux enhancement Air dispersion +4 more

Ultrafine particles (UFP) and health effects. Dangerous. Like no other PM? Review and analysis

by

Politis M., Pilinis C. and Lekkas T.D.

General

The goal of the current review is to present and analyze the known information proposed and discussed the last few years about UFP and their possible health effects. It includes references from 1992 to 2008. It also includes references from some fundamental studies in the 1970's and 1980's. The...

air pollution Ultrafine particles +5 more

Integrated urban water modelling using Aquacycle model

by

Lekkas D.F., Manoli E. and Assimacopoulos D.

General

The traditional approach to urban water management is primarily based on a supply-oriented approach, where water follows a one-way path from supply to a single use, treatment and then discharged to the environment. The wide acknowledgement of the need to shift towards more sustainable practices has...

Urban water management integrated modelling +2 more

Seasonal changes in physico-chemical parameters and nutrient load of river sediments in Ibadan City, Nigeria

by

Adeyemo O.K., Adedokun O.A., Yusuf, R.K. and Adeleye E.A.

General

Seasonal variations in ecological parameters exert a profound effect on the distribution and population density of both animal and plant species (Odum, 1971). The productivity in terms of planktonic biomass in freshwater bodies is regulated by various physico-chemical factors viz., temperature...

Limnology eutrophication +3 more

Identification of Ion sources in rainwater of a coastal site impacted by the gas and oil industry in the southeast of Mexico

by

Ceron R.M., Ceron J.G., Muriel M., Cardenas B. and Anguebes F.

General

The purpose of this research was to study the chemical composition of rainwater to assess the impact of marine aerosol and anthropogenic emissions by using back air-mass trajectories. Fieldwork was done from July to November 2004, in a coastal site probably impacted by gas and oil industry in...

Study of size-segregated particle (PM1, PM2,5, PM10) concentrations over Greece

by

Koulouri E., Grivas G., Gerasopoulos E., Chaloulakou A., Mihalopoulos N. and Spyrellis N.

General

This study reports particulate matter levels of various size fractions (PM10, PM2.5, and PM1) and identify their controlling factors, in various locations over Greece. It combines long-term data sets involving particle concentrations as measured in the island of Crete in the Eastern Mediterranean...

PM10 PM2.5 +3 more

Multivariate stochastic downscaling models for generating precipitation and temperature scenarios of climate change based on atmospheric circulation

by

Panagoulia D., Bardossy A. and Lourmas G.

General

The spatial resolution of General Circulation Models (GCMs) is too coarse to represent regional climate changes at the scales required for environmental impact assessment. Therefore, downscaling of precipitation and temperature has to be carried out from the GCM grids to smaller scales of a few...

atmospheric circulation automated objective classification +6 more

Drops for crops: modelling crop water productivity on a global scale

by

Liu J., Zehnder A.J.B., Yang H.

General

There is an emerging need to support water and food policy and decision making at the global and national levels. A systematic tool that is capable of analyzing water-food relationships with high spatial resolutions would be very useful. A GEPIC model has recently been developed by integrating a...

GEPIC Maize +2 more