Airborne virus transmission via respiratory droplets: Effects of droplet evaporation and sedimentation

M Rezaei, RR Netz - Current opinion in colloid & interface science, 2021 - Elsevier
Airborne transmission is considered as an important route for the spread of infectious
diseases, such as severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), and is …

Synergy between photovoltaic panels and green roofs

F Alonso-Marroquin, G Qadir - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
To reduce the impact of climate change in the form of low-carbon developments, innovations
in sustainable building strategies are imperative. In this regard, the performance of a double …

Multiphase modelling of water evaporation and condensation in an air-heated porous medium

MAB Zanoni, J Wang, JL Torero, JI Gerhard - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
Moisture transport as well as evaporation and condensation are key mechanisms in the
energy management of many processes occurring in different porous media. The role of …

Introducing affordable and accessible physical covers to reduce evaporation from agricultural water reservoirs and pools (field study, statistics, and intelligent methods …

H Ghazvinian, H Karami, S Farzin… - Arabian Journal of …, 2021 - Springer
Nowadays, a major part of the stored surface water resources is wasted by evaporation. By
implementing low-cost methods to prevent water evaporation, it is possible to return this part …

Role of initial conditions and meteorological drought in soil moisture drought propagation: An event‐based causal analysis over South Asia

A Gupta, L Karthikeyan - Earth's Future, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The role of meteorological droughts and initial conditions (land and atmosphere) in soil
moisture drought (SMD) propagation are not yet fully understood. This work uses a drought …

[HTML][HTML] Pore structure and falling rate stage of evaporation in homogeneous sandy soil profiles

J Hussary, A Alowaisy, N Yasufuku, R Ishikura… - Soils and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Recently, climate change has been causing severe droughts and water scarcity in drylands.
A proper understanding of the soil surface-atmosphere boundary fluxes is essential to …

Upper bounds of maximum land surface temperatures in a warming climate and limits to plant growth

M Aminzadeh, D Or, B Stevens, A AghaKouchak… - Earth's …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Extremely high land surface temperatures affect soil ecological processes, alter land‐
atmosphere interactions, and may limit some forms of life. Extreme surface temperature …

Are the soils degraded by the photovoltaic power plant?

H Dvořáčková, J Dvořáček, V Vlček… - Cogent Food & …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
New photovoltaic panels are installed on agricultural land every day and yet their effect on
the quality of the soil has not yet been fully verified. Unfortunately, there are not many …

Oxygen propagation fronts in porous media under evaporative conditions at the soil/atmosphere interface: Lab‐scale experiments and model‐based interpretation

N Ahmadi, M Acocella, E Fries… - Water Resources …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
The interchange of gas components and volatile compounds between terrestrial and
atmospheric compartments is critical for biogeochemical cycles and has important …

Evaporation-driven density instabilities in saturated porous media

C Bringedal, T Schollenberger, GJM Pieters… - Transport in Porous …, 2022 - Springer
Soil salinization is a major cause of soil degradation and hampers plant growth. For soils
saturated with saline water, the evaporation of water induces accumulation of salt near the …