A qualitative assessment of microclimatic perturbations in a tunnel

International Journal of Climatology

Volumn 28, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 2081-2087

  Salve, Rohit ^a   Krakauer, Nir Y ^b   Kowalsky, Michael B ^a   Finsterle, Stefan ^a  

^a LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Condensation; Evaporation; Fractured rock; Microclimate; Monitoring techniques; Tunnels

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDENSATION; DYNAMICS; EVAPORATION; HYDROGEOLOGY; MONITORING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; SENSORS; TUNNELS; VAPORS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

FAULTED ZONES; FRACTURED ROCK; GEOLOGICAL DISPOSALS; LIQUID WATERS; LOW-COST SENSORS; MICROCLIMATE; MONITORING TECHNIQUES; QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENTS; RADIONUCLIDE RELEASE; SATURATED ROCKS; TEMPERATURE AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; WASTE PACKAGES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN , NEVADA;

HUMIDITY CONTROL;

CONDENSATION; EVAPORATION; FAULT ZONE; FRACTURED MEDIUM; MICROCLIMATE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TUNNEL;

NEVADA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; YUCCA MOUNTAIN;

EID: 61749089845     PISSN: 08998418     EISSN: 10970088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/joc.1697     Document Type: Article

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