Essays about: "Southern France"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Southern France.

1. 1. Spatial downscaling of gridded soil moisture products using optical and thermal satellite data: the effects of using different vegetation indices

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

   Author : Tómas Halldórsson Alexander; [2023]
   Keywords : Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; Remote Sensing; Soil moisture; Downscaling; Vegetation index; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

   Abstract : Soil moisture (SM) plays an important role in the exchange of heat and water between the surface and atmosphere, impacting water and energy cycles and the climate. Satellite remote sensing offers a global-scale estimation of SM; however, the coarse resolutions of satellite SM products, typically ranging from 25-50 km, are unsuitable for regional analysis. READ MORE

3. 2. So close and yet so different: Reconstructing the phonological history of three Southern New Caledonian languages

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Masterprogram: Språk och språkvetenskap; Lunds universitet/Allmän språkvetenskap

   Author : William Zetterberg; [2021]
   Keywords : Historical linguistics; Comparative method; Reconstruction; Sound change; Phonology; Austronesian; Oceanic; Contact linguistics; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the phonological history of three languages spoken in southern New Caledonia: Aji�, T�r�, and X�r�c��. New Caledonia is an overseas special collectivity of France, located in the Southwest Pacific Ocean, which is home to a remarkable linguistic diversity, with around 28 distinct indigenous languages varieties spoken today. READ MORE

4. 3. CFD Simulations of Flow Characteristics of a Piano Key Weir Spillway

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Elektricitetslära

   Author : William Sjösten; Victor Vadling; [2020]
   Keywords : Piano Key Weir; Ansys Fluent; Multiphase Flow; Spillway; Flow Characteristics; CFD; Realizable k-epsilon; Volume of Fluid; Renolds-averaged Navier-Stokes;

   Abstract : Comprehensive rehabilitation projects of dam spillways are made in Sweden, due to stricter dam safety guidelines for their discharge capacity. The Piano Key Weir (PKW) is an innovative design which has proven effective through several renovation projects made in many countries including France. READ MORE

5. 4. The Market Value of Corporate Votes Based on Option Prices - Evidence from Central and Southern Europe

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för finansiell ekonomi

   Author : Laura Fruhmann; Malte Jonas; [2017]
   Keywords : Voting Premium; Control Rights; Private Benefits of Control; Corporate Governance; Shareholder Meetings;

   Abstract : We investigate the value of the right to vote (voting premium) by means of an option-based methodology in Central and Southern Europe on the basis of observations from Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, Italy, France and Spain between 2006 and 2008. We find the mean annualized voting premium on an aggregate country basis to be 1. READ MORE

6. 5. Evaluating the benefit-cost  ratio of groundwater abstraction for additional irrigation water on global scale.

   University essay from KTH/Mark- och vattenteknik

   Author : Mohammad Faiz Alam; [2016]
   Keywords : Groundwater; Irrigation; Abstraction; Cost-benefit analysis; Global;

   Abstract : Projections show that to feed a growing population which is expected to reach 9.1 billion in 2050 would require raising overall food production by some 70 percent by 2050. One of the possible ways to increase agricultural production is through increasing yields by expanding irrigation. READ MORE