We devised a specimen to test EM autoradiographic resolution for calcium-45 (and phosphorous-33). A dry emulsion film was used for soluble compounds. We obtained a resolution (HD) value of 2300 +/- 500 A. This value is no larger than that previously obtained for Carbon -14, whose emission is about 1.6-fold lower. This result is as expected on theoretical grounds.
Air-seasoning is a simple method for moisture management in utility poles prior to treatment, but it involves the risk of fungal invasion during drying. These fungi can be eliminated by heat treatment, but fungi surviving in the installed poles are a quality problem. In this context, the incidence of decay fungi was investigated in 963 creosote-treated Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) poles of varying ages in a utility system in Ireland. Thirty-seven percent of increment cores removed from the poles contained at least one viable basidiomycete. There was no relationship between pole age or distance above the groundline and fungal isolations.Phlebiopsis gigantea, a white rot fungus, was the most common isolate followed byNeolentinus lepideusandSistotrema brinkmannii. The results highlight the importance of including a sterilizing process during treatment and maintaining quality controls when purchasing large numbers of poles.
<p>Setting groundwater allocation limits requires an understanding of recharge fluxes to the aquifer system. Very often rainfall percolation through the subsurface represents the critical recharge flux. In this groundwater limit setting context, recharge estimates are often established as a component of the groundwater flow model history matching process. Typically, there are many recharge models available, and the basis for selecting any particular model is often confusing.</p><p>Some of these recharge models are numerical solutions of variably saturated pressure head and flow and represent the full complexity of the soil-vegetation-atmosphere transfer of water. Such models require many parameters that may not be measured or verified, and/or are computationally expensive. This can make the history matching process and predictive uncertainty analyses difficult.</p><p>Simpler model representations of the recharge processes are also available, either through upscaling (e.g., by lumping together different soil profiles, with different vegetation) and/or by simplification of the recharge estimation method. Such simplifications may involve empirical equations to derive gross recharge, single bucket-type root zone water balance calculations, or solving net recharge with the help of analytical solutions of flow or pressure heads and linear approximations of gross recharge or evapotranspiration from groundwater as function of the groundwater head. These simpler models often have a greater utility (i.e., they are quicker to run and are more numerically stable) but may be accompanied by additional &#8216;simplification&#8217; induced uncertainty.</p><p>Regardless of the method used, the uncertainty and bias of these recharge predictions can be high.&#160; The uncertainty of groundwater model predictions underpinning the setting of allocation limits can also be high. However, the performance of a recharge model in terms of how it impacts the reliability of the predicted impacts relevant to the groundwater allocation limit, is currently not considered. This study addresses this issue, exploring the costs and benefits of recharge models of varying complexity, in the context of setting groundwater abstraction limits. This is demonstrated using a synthetic, but realistic case study in Western Australia.</p><p>We adopt a paired complex-simple model analysis workflow, and implement it using the Flopy-PyEMU Python-based scripting framework. This workflow is then used to explore the performance of more complex and simpler models within the groundwater allocation management context by measuring each model&#8217;s bias and uncertainty. We compare a cell-by-cell Richards&#8217; equation-based recharge model, with a series of simpler recharge contender models. This scripted workflow supports the efficient deployment of the paired complex-simple model stochastic analysis and interpretation of its outputs.</p>
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