Evaluating the stability of the relationship between land surface temperature and land use/land cover indices: a case study in Hyderabad city, India by Subhanil Guha, Himanshu Govil

“…LST builds a neutral relationship with NDVI (average r = −0.07), a moderate negative relationship with MNDWI (average r = −0.57), and a moderate positive relationship with NDBaI (average r = 0.48) and NDBI (average r = 0.55). …”
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Multi Objective Optimisation of Metal Die Support Incremental Sheet Forming of SS 316L Sheets using Taguchi Grey Relational Analysis by Visagan ARJUNAN, Ganesh PASUPATHY

“…The responses, such as average surface roughness and average thickness, were selected for multi-objective optimisation and ANOVA was also conducted to study the influence of each forming parameter on the output responses. …”
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Enhancing Mechanical, Thermal, and Tribological Properties of AA7075 Surface Composite with rGO-MWCNT Hybrid Reinforcement via Friction Stir Processing by S.Ch. Kundurti, A. Sharma

“…The average grain size of AA7075-T6 measured as 157±23 μm reduced to an average grain size of 7.5±1.2 μm for the rGO reinforced surface metal matrix composite (SMMC) and ultimately reduced to an average grain size of 6.5±0.7 μm for the (rGO + MWCNT) reinforced SMMC. …”
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Chlorophyll-a and Sea Surface Temperature Analysis Based on Shark Fishing Ground Landed at the Fish Landing Base of Ujong Baroh, West Aceh by Afdhal Fuadi, Muhammad Rizal, Dimas Kusumayadi

“… • The distribution of chlorophyll-a parameters in the eastern season ranges from 0.08 to 1.23 mg/m3 with an average value of 0.17 mg/m3. • The distribution of sea surface temperature parameters in the eastern season ranges from 27.65 to 30.29oC with an average value of 28.65o • Based on linear regression analysis, sharks are most highly influenced by chlorophyll-a oceanographic parameters, namely Loxodon macrorhinus by 72.82%, and sharks are highest influenced by sea surface temperatures, namely Alopias pelagicus by 83.12%.     …”
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A Novel Catchment Estimation for Super-Resolution DEM With Physically Based Algorithms: Surface Water Path Delineation and Specific Catchment Area Calculation by Ajalawit Chantaveerod, Kampol Woradit, Andrew Seagar, Thunyawat Limpiti

“…When estimating the SCAs with ordinary resolution, the average error of the estimated SCAs is between 14.19 and 2.32%, but the average error from the popular grid-based algorithms is between 77.8 and 17.0 %. …”
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DETERMINATION OF HEAT TRANSFER COEFFICIENTS IN CHANNELS WITH INTENSIFIERS PROCESS by A. G. Laptev, M. M. Basharov, T. M. Farakhov

“…Reviewed equations for calculation of heat transfer coefficients from a smooth surface, obtained with the use of models of the turbulent boundary layer Prandtl and Deisler. …”
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Operation of a Novel, Gravity-Powered, Small-Scale, Surface Water Treatment Plant and Performance Comparison with a Conventional Mechanized Treatment Plant by Marcin Sawczuk, Przemysław Kowal, Ruth E. Richardson

“…This paper presents a novel small-scale system for drinking water treatment from surface waters, designed to rely on gravity as the only source of energy driving the treatment process. …”
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Utilization of Green Mussel (Perna viridis) as A Lead Metal Pollutant Adorbent in Batik Dye Waste by Savalda Rosca Pradipta, Juni Triastuti, Nina Nurmalia Dewi

“…Characterization of green mussel shell ash includes average pore radius (10.674 nm), total pore volume (0.005 cc/g), and surface area (0.969 m2/g).…”
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Analyses of heavy metals in the superfical water of lakes by M. Alushllari, S. Mico

“…Their concentrations are resulted to be quite low. Average concentrations of metals in the surface water samples were: Pb-2.14μg/L; Cd-0.04 μg/L; Cr-9.44 μg/L; Cu-3.28 μg/L. …”
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A Decrease in Slope Angles on Insolated Martian Slopes: Ground-based Experiments by Tetyana Bila, Gerhard Wurm

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Selecting Erosion- and Deposition-Dominated Zones in the Jezero Delta Using a Water Flow Model for Targeting Future In Situ Mars Surface Missions by Vilmos Steinmann, Rickbir Singh Bahia, Ákos Kereszturi

“…Identifying surface sites with significant astrobiological potential on Mars requires a comprehensive understanding of past geological processes and conditions there, including the shallow subsurface region. …”
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Unveiling Surface Roughness Trends and Mechanical Properties in Friction Stir Welded Similar Alloys Joints Using Adaptive Thresholding and Grayscale Histogram Analysis by Haider Khazal, Azzeddine Belaziz, Raheem Al-Sabur, Hassanein I. Khalaf, Zerrouki Abdelwahab

“…Surface roughness plays a vital role in determining surface integrity and function. …”
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A Tunable High-Sensitivity Refractive Index of Analyte Biosensor Based on Metal-Nanoscale Covered Photonic Crystal Fiber With Surface Plasmon Resonance by Zhenkai Fan

“…The radio interference (RI) of the analyte is detected by flowing it though the outer fiber surface. The phase matching condition is satisfied between the fundamental mode and the surface plasmon polariton modes, whose resonance coupling can be achieved. …”
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Production of Agricultural Biodegradable Mulch and Evaluation it through Heat and Moisture Distribution in Soil by Mehdi Khojastehpour, Mohammad Shahabi, Hassan Sadrnia

“…The amount of moisture reduction for dark and uncoated mulch by moving from surface to depth was far more when compared to other mulches, and there was no significant change at the depth of transparent mulches.…”
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Synthetic Tactile Sensor for Macroscopic Roughness Estimation Based on Spatial-Coding Contact Processing by Muhammad Irwan Yanwari, Shogo Okamoto

“…The results indicate that for roughness specimens with rectangular or circular protrusions of surface wavelengths between 2 and 5 mm, the estimated roughness values achieved an average error comparable to the standard deviation of participants’ roughness ratings. …”
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An unmanned surface vehicle for acoustic telemetry surveys of coastal fishes: range testing, real world performance, and comparison with a stationary tracking array by Eric Reyier, Joseph Iafrate, Bonnie Ahr, Stephanie Watwood, Douglas Scheidt, Jacob Levenson, Chris Schumann

“…To evaluate glider-based tracking, a Wave Glider unmanned surface vehicle (USV) was deployed on eight multi-week missions over the east Florida continental shelf. …”
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Effectiveness Model of Coastal Forest in Pananjung Nature Reserve, Pangandaran as Tsunami Buffer by Denni Susanto, Lies Rahayu Wijayanti Faida, Sunarto Sunarto

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A new-generation internal tide model based on 30 years of satellite sea surface height measurements: multiwave decomposition and isolated beams by Z. Zhao, Z. Zhao

“…Model errors are estimated to be lower than 1 mm in the SSH amplitude on global average, thanks to the long data record and improved mapping technique. …”
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Effect of Chemically Modified Biowaste-Low Density Polyethylene Waste Composites for Sorption of Heavy Metals in Soil Samples collected at Waste Dumpsite in Uvwie Local Government... by K. A. Ibe, B. Ati

“…Modification of the sorbents surface increases the surface characteristics thereby decreasing the concentration of heavy metals and increasing the sorption of these heavy metals from contaminated soils. …”
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Runoff Variations and Quantitative Analysis in the Qinghai Lake Basin Under Changing Environments by Li Mo, Xinxiao Yu, Yonghan Feng, Tao Jiang

“…According to the lake water balance model, climate contributes 88.43% to groundwater runoff, while land surface changes contribute −11.57%. Climate change and land surface changes contribute 93.02% and 6.98%, respectively, to lake water levels. …”
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