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P. R. Brazier-Smith, S. G. Jennings, J. Latham Accelerated rates of rainfall, Nature 232, 112-113 (1971). 

Climate and Environmental Factors. The biomass species selected for energy appHcations and the climate must be compatible to faciUtate operation of fuel farms. The three primary climatic parameters that have the most influence on the productivity of an iadigenous or transplanted species are iasolation, rainfall, and temperature. Natural fluctuations ia these factors remove them from human control, but the information compiled over the years ia meteorological records and from agricultural practice suppHes a valuable data bank from which to develop biomass energy appHcations. Ambient carbon dioxide concentration and the availabiHty of nutrients are also important factors ia biomass production. 

Nature of climate. Consider seasonal and daily temperature variations, dust, fog, tornados, hurricanes, earthquakes. Define duration of conditions for design. Determine from U.S. Weather Bureau yearly statistics for above, as well as rainfall. Establish if conditions for earthquakes, hurricanes prevail. For stormy conditions, structural design for 100 miles per hour winds usually sufficient. For hurricanes, winds of 125 miles per hour may be design basis. 

Nitrogen compounds These also arise from both natural and synthetic sources. Thus ammonia is formed in the atmosphere during electrical storms, but increases in the ammonium ion concentration in rainfall over Europe in recent years are attributed to increased use of artiflcial fertilisers. Ammonium compounds in solution may increase the wettability of a metaland the action of ammonia and its compounds in causing season cracking , a type of stress-corrosion cracking of cold-worked brass, is well documented. 

Soil is distinguished by the complex nature of its composition and of its interaction with other environmental factors. No two soils are exactly alike, and extremes of structure, composition and corrosive activity are found in different soils. Climatic factors of rainfall, temperature, air movement and sunlight can cause marked alterations in soil properties which relate directly to the rates at which corrosion will take place on metals buried in these soils. 

Soil resistivity The role of soil in the electrical circuitry of corrosion is now apparent. Thus the conductivity of the soil represents an important parameter. Soil resistivity has probably been more widely used than any other test procedure. Opinions of experts vary somewhat as to the actual values in terms of ohm centimetres which relate to metal-loss rates. The extended study of the US Bureau of Standards presents a mass of data with soil-resistivity values given. A weakness of the resistivity procedure is that it neither indicates variations in aeration and pH of the soil, nor microbial activity in terms of coating deterioration or corrosion under anaerobic conditions. Furthermore, as shown by Costanzo rainfall fluctuations markedly affect readings. Despite its short comings, however, this procedure represents a valuable survey method. Scott points out the value of multiple data and the statistical nature of the resistivity readings as related to corrosion rates (see also Chapter 10). 

The liquid in which the SAH swelling takes place in real soil (the soil solution) always contains a more-or-less wide set of dissolved salts. Their nature and amount depend on the soil composition, the degree of its salinity, the nature of water entering the soil (rainfall, irrigation, river, or groundwater), the fertilizers used. As a rule, alkali cations, Ca2 +, Mg2+, Fe3+, Al3+, and anions CP, CO, SO4, etc. are the main components of the soil solution there exist various models of soil solution and nutrient mixtures employed in research, including SAH testing. 

The processes through which rainfall is turned into runoff, together with the nature of the material through which water moves, control the chemical characteristics of streamflow. Specific runoff mechanisms operating in a landscape control the flowpaths by which water moves through the landscape. Flowpath-depen-dent differences, such as the total time that water spends in contact with different soil horizons or bedrock (residence time), can strongly influence runoff amounts and timing, the relative contribution of event (new) versus stored (old) water, and runoff chemistry. 

While some of these dynamics are natural, others are due to technological systems, or to cultural/social behavior or changes. While some of them can be described with high precision (e.g., fluid dynamics in a pipe or WWTP efficiencies), others can be approached (e.g., prevision of water demand) or estimated with low precision (e.g., rainfall regime of next years). 

The genus Papaver consists of 80 species (Mabberley, 1997, p. 525), nearly all of which are Northern Hemisphere in occnrrence. One species occnrs in the Cape Verde Islands and another, the subject of this entry, is found in South Africa and is naturalized in Australia. Papaver aculeatum Thunb. (P gariepinun Burch, ex DC P. horridum DC) occurs widely in South Africa in areas characterized by summer rainfall and... 

Outflow at the base of the Type III pile includes components originating as snowmelt on the batters of the pile, and infiltration of rainfall on the batters and, potentially, the top surface of the pile. The Type I test pile has only received natural rainfall events, resulting in cumulative outflow approximately one order of magnitude lower than the Type III pile. The Type I pile is apparently still accumulating water, with only the batters yielding flow at the base (Neuner et al. 2009). 

The second field site is at Addo Elephant National Park (AENP), founded in 1931 and located in the Eastern Cape of South Africa near Port Elizabeth. The 14,000 ha fenced study area is composed of sub-tropical succulent thicket and grassland (Low and Rebelo 1996, as cited in Whitehouse, Hall-Martin and Knight 2001 Whitehouse and Hall-Martin 2000). Five main waterholes supply pumped water year round, while numerous natural pans are created during rainy periods. The average rainfall for the region is 445 mm annually (Paley and Kerley 1998). 

Unconfined or water table aquifers maintain a saturated surface that is exposed directly to the atmosphere. These are often similar to a bathtub full of sand or gravel to which water has been added. A well drilled through the water table would fill with water to the common water elevation in the tub. Thus, the potentiometric head in the aquifer is at the elevation of the water table. Unconfined aquifers are also characterized by a fluctuating water table, which responds seasonally. With unconfined aquifers, the water table is at atmospheric pressure, and only the lower portion of the aquifer is saturated. Recharge to a water table aquifer comes from rainfall that seeps downward to the water table. The water table level in this type of aquifer rises in direct proportion to the effective porosity. If the equivalent of 2 in. of rainfall seeps into the water table (actually reaches the water table) in an aquifer with an effective porosity of 0.3, the water table would rise 6.7 in. Alternatively, if the same water is pumped and removed from a well, the water table aquifer is then derived from the storage in the formation in the immediate vicinity of the well. Natural... 

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