Towards a biophysical understanding of observed performance of evaporation suppressant films applied to agricultural water storages - first analyses
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Paper/Presentation Title | Towards a biophysical understanding of observed performance of evaporation suppressant films applied to agricultural water storages - first analyses |
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Presentation Type | Paper |
Authors | Hancock, Nigel (Author), Pittaway, Pam (Author) and Symes, Troy (Author) |
Editors | Banhazi, T. M. and Saunders, C. |
Journal or Proceedings Title | Proceedings of the 2009 CIGR International Symposium of the Australian Society for Engineering in Agriculture (SEAg 2009) |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 2009 |
Place of Publication | Brisbane, Australia |
ISBN | 9780858259096 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | http://search.informit.com.au/fullText;dn=629963106882504;res=IELENG |
Conference/Event | SEAg 2009: Agricultural Technologies In a Changing Climate |
Event Details | SEAg 2009: Agricultural Technologies In a Changing Climate Event Date 13 to end of 16 Sep 2009 Event Location Brisbane, Australia |
Abstract | The potential utility of monomolecular layers(‘monolayers’) and other surface film materials for the reduction of open water evaporation has long been argued. However, outside the laboratory, trials to quantify the effectiveness of artificial surface films have produced highly variable results after application to water surfaces, whether natural water bodies or managed farm storages. This paper briefly reviews the physical mechanisms involved in evaporation suppression and the biophysical literature on aquatic surface microlayers. The wide-ranging results from sixteen months of outdoor trough-scale and (simultaneous) replicated bucket-scale evaporation reduction trials are |
Keywords | monolayers; surface films; natural microlayers; evaporation mitigation; farm dams |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 370104. Atmospheric composition, chemistry and processes |
409901. Agricultural engineering | |
300201. Agricultural hydrology | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/9zxww/towards-a-biophysical-understanding-of-observed-performance-of-evaporation-suppressant-films-applied-to-agricultural-water-storages-first-analyses
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