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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere

Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
00: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start, 09.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

00 | 0:00:00 Start 0:02:45 The Speakers... 0:15:47 Introduction 0:18:49 van Leeuwenhoek's estimate 0:19:28 Projections all use logistic curve 0:20:39 Carrying capacity K 0:21:54 Equilibrium versus...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
01: Introduction to stress physiology of plants, 09.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

01 | 0:00:00 Start 0:00:20 Stress Physiology of Plants 0:02:27 Background - Stress 0:03:35 Relevance of drought & heat stress 0:04:32 Example: European summer drought & heat in 2003 0:05:5...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
02: Introduction to the fluid mechanics and thermodynamics of cavitation in plants, 09.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

02 | 0:00:00 Start 0:01:05 Structure of Talk 0:01:44 Very short history of land plant evolution 0:04:41 Rapid radiation of vascular plants 0:05:16 Xylem structure of vascular plants 0:07:45 Part 1...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
03: Airflow in Plant Canopies, 09.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

03 | 0:00:00 Start 0:02:05 The atmospheric environment 0:05:37 Turbulence 0:18:42 Richardson Number 0:20:55 TKE and the turbulence spectrum 0:22:26 Boundary layers 0:26:31 Some basic concepts and ...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
04: Biosphere-Atmosphere Exchange: From kinetic theory to the limits of plant life, 10.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

04 | 0:00:00 Start 0:00:59 Collaborators 0:02:12 Introduction 0:03:09 Evaporation: A Molecular Perspective 0:05:57 From ‘Molecular‘ to ‘Turbulence‘ 0:07:59 Bringing in the energy 0:10:38 Combinati...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
05: Models and predictions: Basic ingredients, dimensionless numbers, predictions versus predictability - and what can go wrong, 10.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

05 | 0:00:00 start 0:02:19 Structure of Talk 0:02:54 Introduction 0:09:08 The purpose of models 0:15:55 Basic ingredients of models 0:19:26 Predictability and determinism 0:22:43 Nonlinear effects...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
06: Capturing all relevant scales of biosphere-atmosphere exchange - Measurements and computations, 11.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

06 | 0:00:00 Start 0:01:26 Motivation 0:07:51 The spectral gap 0:12:18 Ecosystem-Atmosphere Interactions 0:20:41 Historical overview of the energy balance closure problem 0:25:29 Hypotheses for po...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
07: Turbulent Structure in Plant Canopies, 11.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

07 | 0:00:00 Start 0:00:50 Reminder-where did we get to on Wednesday? 0:03:23 Time-Trace of velocity fluctuations-sweeps and ejections 0:05:40 Ejection/sweep ratios (neutral conditions) 0:08:43 La...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
08: Life with an Altitude: A biosphere-Atmosphere Perspektive, 12.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

08 | 0:00:00 Start 0:01:20 Life with an Altitude 0:02:41 The Eagle's Perspective 0:04:56 The Flux Sensor's Perspective 0:05:39 Surface- Atmosphere Exchange over Inhomogeneous Terrain 0:07:17 Patte...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
09: Society as a Complex System - Can we find a safe and just operating space for humanity?, 12.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

09 | 0:00:00 Start 0:00:45 What are the Sustainable Development Goals? 0:02:12 Biophysical Planetary Boundaries – Staying in the Holocene 0:04:11 Social Planetary Boundaries – can we live within t...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
10: An introduction to the soil-root-system, 14.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

10 | 0:00:00 Start 0:00:27 An introduction to the soil-root-system 0:01:59 Bulk Soil Properties Defined 0:07:58 Representative Elementary Volume (REV) and the continuum hypothesis 0:11:20 State eq...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
12: Plant water movement in xylem and phloem: A new perspective, 16.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

12 | 0:00:00 Start 0:00:44 Why study plants? 0:02:09 Agricultural production 0:03:54 Plant vascular transport 0:05:58 Drought kills trees 0:06:56 Question: Why do plants need (so much) water? 0:...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
14: Physical limits on plant size and their organs, 16.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

14 | 0:00:00 Start 0:01:52 Literature 0:01:55 Centennial of On Growth and Form by D'Arcy Thompson 0:02:44 Question: Why no wheels in nature? 0:03:31 Example: Why no wheels? 0:04:37 Question: What ...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
15: Eco-Hydraulics and life in moving fluids, 17.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

15 | 0:00:00 Start 0:01:30 Lectures outline 0:04:00 Lecture 1.1 – An introduction to Eco–Hydraulics and fish locomotion 0:04:05 What is Eco–Hydraulics? 0:05:43 Fish–migration 0:07:12 Hydraulic bar...

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Transport Phenomena in the Biosphere
16: Fish behaviour in response to hydrodynamic stimuli, 17.08.2017 from 2021-01-31T22:10:42.023393

16 | 0:00:00 Start 0:01:22 Acknowledgement 0:02:00 Introduction 0:09:35 The drag function D 0:13:04 Methods 0:17:47 Flow field (ADV measurements) 0:20:53 Space used vs Space sampled 0:22:22 Hydrod...

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