Author:Taljaard, Susan; Van Niekerk, Lara; Lemley, DADate:Jan 2018In South Africa more than 80% of estuaries are small, dynamic and predominantly linear systems. Nutrient characteristics in these systems are mostly influenced by external catchment processes, except during extended periods of closure. However, ...Read more
Author:Engelbrecht, F; Archer, Emma RMDate:Oct 2012In this presentation the author presents the most recent projections of future climate change over southern Africa, based on high-resolution downscalings of the global model projections of Assessment Reports Four and Five of the Intergovernmental ...Read more
Author:Scholes, BDate:Oct 2012In this talk the author paints the big picture of how the various global change phenomena relate to one another, and how they collectively affect South Africa.Read more
Author:Murambadoro, MDate:Feb 2012Food security research and policy have focused more on the rural poor where the incidence and depth of poverty is more pronounced. Urban livelihoods are based on cash income and many people in urban areas are employed in the informal sector ...Read more
Author:Grobler, M; Dlamini, ZDate:May 2012Cyber trends are a reality across the globe. Not only are technology and electronic devices and media used more regularly in easing everyday activities, but these technological advances are also used in sophisticated criminal activities. ...Read more
Author:Botha, Johannes G; Grobler, MM; Eloff, MMDate:Jun 2017Data breaches have gained extensive coverage as businesses and organisations of all sizes become more dependent on digital data, cloud computing and workforce mobility. Companies store sensitive or confidential data on local machines, enterprise ...Read more
Author:Agyekum, MK; Zimmer, M; Weerts, Steven P; Helfer, VDate:Jul 2019Forest gaps have been observed in tropical and sub-tropical mangrove ecosystems across the globe, including Panama, Papua New Guinea, the Dominican Republic, Australia, Florida, Malaysia, and French Guiana. However, no comprehensive survey ...Read more
Author:Staver, C; Archibald, S; Levin, SADate:Oct 2011Theoretically, fire–tree cover feedbacks can maintain savanna and forest as alternative stable states. However, the global extent of fire- driven discontinuities in tree cover is unknown, especially accounting for seasonality and soils. The ...Read more
Author:Toudjeu, IT; Van Wyk, BJ; Van Wyk, MA; Van Den Bergh, FDate:Jun 2008Traditionally, granulometries are obtained using a series of openings or closings with convex structuring elements of increasing size. Granulometries constitute a useful tool for texture and image analysis since they are used to characterize ...Read more
Author:Mkasi, Hlaluku W; Basappa Ayanna, Manjunath; Pratt, Lawrence E; Roro, Kittessa TDate:Jun 2018The amount of available solar irradiance is the most important parameter to determine solar energy generation for any given location. Satellite-based irradiance data is often used as a basis for predicting the energy generation for any location, ...Read more
Author:Celliers, Louis; Monteiro, Pedro MSDate:Oct 2012This international workshop was convened in order to develop a proposal for an integrated global observing network for both carbon and ocean acidification that addresses the requirements of nations affected by this emerging environmental ...Read more
Author:Szewczuk, S; Von Gavel, S; Verhagen, P; Schreuder, M; Mamphweli, S; McMaster, ADate:Mar 2014There is a genuine opportunity for the developing world and rural areas to leapfrog the conventional Western paradigm of power. Where conventional electricity delivery is reliant on expensive, polluting and centrally controlled generation ...Read more
Author:Kumpaty, S; Akinlabi, E; Reynolds, C; Mueller, R; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Nov 2016This paper presents the characterization studies conducted by Milwaukee School of Engineering senior undergraduate students in South Africa under the Research Experiences for Undergraduates grant EEC-1460183 sponsored by the National Science ...Read more
Author:Kumpaty, S; Paoli, E; Akinlabi, E; Ziemer, A; Pityana, Sisa LDate:Nov 2017This paper presents the follow-up work of research conducted by Milwaukee School of Engineering senior undergraduate students in South Africa under the second year of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates grant EEC-1460183 sponsored by ...Read more
Author:Kishore, P; Namboothiri, SP; Jiang, JH; Sivakumar, V; Igarashi, KDate:04 Feb 2009This paper mainly focuses on the validation of temperature estimates derived with the newly launched Constellation Observing System for Meteorology Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC)/Formosa Satellite 3 (FORMOSAT-3) system. The analysis is based ...Read more