Benchmark-based allocations in EU ETS Phase 3: an early assessment     

Oliver Sartor  Clement Pallière  Stephen Lecourt 《Climate Policy》2013,13(4):507-524

Phase 3 of the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS; 2013–2020) sees the introduction of new rules governing the free allocations of emissions allowances given to energy-intensive industries. In contrast to Phases 1 and 2, allocations will be based on historical production multiplied by best available emissions technology benchmarks. This article exploits an original database to provide a first analysis of the distributional and economic efficiency implications of the new rules. It is shown empirically that the new allocation rules reduce the scope for windfall gains by EU ETS firms while also effectively mitigating carbon leakage risks, even assuming optimistic forecasts of Phase 3 carbon prices. The example of the cement sector is used to show that benchmarking significantly improves the harmonization of the levels of free allocations to competing firms throughout the EU compared to Phase 2. However, it is also found that the use of ex ante output levels to determine allocations still leaves considerable scope for windfall gains and possible distortions of the internal market.  相似文献   

Modeling Dehalococcoides sp. Augmented Bioremediation in a Single Fracture System     

Jagadish Torlapati  T. Prabhakar Clement  Charles E. Schaefer  Kang‐Kun Lee 《Ground Water Monitoring & Remediation》2012,32(3):75-83

A numerical reactive transport model was developed to simulate the bioremediation processes in a perchloroethene (PCE) contaminated single fracture system augmented with Dehalococcoides sp. (DHC). The model describes multispecies bioreactive transport processes that include bacterial growth and detachment dynamics, biodegradation of chlorinated species, competitive inhibition of various reactive species, and the loss of daughter products because of back‐partitioning effects. Two sets of experimental data, available in the study by Schaefer et al. (2010b) , were used to calibrate and test the model. The model was able to simulate both datasets. The simulation results indicated that the yield coefficient and the DHC maximum utilization rate coefficient were the two important process parameters. A detailed sensitivity study was completed to quantify the sensitivity of the model to variations in these two parameter values. The results show that an increase in yield coefficient increases bacterial growth and thus expedites the dechlorination process, whereas an increase in maximum utilization rate coefficient greatly increased dechlorination rates. The proposed model provides a mathematical framework for simulating remediation systems that employ DHC bioaugmentation for restoring chlorinated‐solvent contaminated groundwater aquifers.  相似文献   

Assimilating altimetric data to control the tropical instability waves: an observing system simulation experiment study     

Clement Ubelmann  Jacques Verron  Jean-Michel Brankart  Pierre Brasseur  Emmanuel Cosme 《Ocean Dynamics》2012,62(6):867-880

Tropical instability waves (TIWs) are not easily simulated by ocean circulation models primarily because such waves are very sensitive to wind forcing. In this study, we investigate the impact of assimilating sea surface height (SSH) observations on the control of TIWs in an observing system simulation experiment (OSSE) context based on a regional model configuration of the tropical Atlantic. A Kalman filtering method with suitable adaptations is found to be successful when altimetric data are assimilated in conjunction with sea surface temperature and some in situ temperature/salinity profiles. In this rather realistic system, the TIW phase is roughly controlled with a single nadir observing satellite. However, a right correction of the TIW structure and amplitude requires at least two nadir observing satellites or a wide swath observing satellite. The significant impact of orbital parameters is also demonstrated: in particular, the Jason or GFO satellite orbits are found to be more suitable than the ENVISAT orbit. More generally, it is found that as soon as adequate sub-sampling exists (with periods of 5–10?days), the length of the repetitivity cycle of orbits does not have a significant impact.  相似文献   

Inflow and lake controls on short-term mass accumulation and sedimentary particle size in a High Arctic lake: implications for interpreting varved lacustrine sedimentary records     

Jaclyn M. H. Cockburn  Scott F. Lamoureux 《Journal of Paleolimnology》2008,40(3):923-942

Sedimentary processes were monitored in a varved lake in the Canadian High Arctic through three melt seasons and revealed that seasonal sediment deposition rates were highly dependent on short-lived inflow events driven by high suspended sediment concentrations that varied with runoff intensity. Our results illustrate that in accordance with the suspended sediment discharge into the lake, the rate of sediment accumulation changed over short distances down-lake, in a given year. This result indicates that there is a rate and accumulation dependence on short-lived, intense inflow conditions. In addition, there was strong evidence for substantial decoupling between deposition rate and mean grain size of sedimentary deposits. These results have important implications for paleoclimate interpretation of annually laminated sedimentary records from dynamic lake environments and suggest that grain size measures may not be representative proxies of inflow competence. Grain size indices based on a measure of the coarser fraction, rather than the bulk sediment, may be more appropriate to use as a link between contemporary runoff processes and sedimentary characteristics.  相似文献   

Natural Attenuation of BTEX Compounds: Model Development and Field-Scale Application   总被引：8，自引：0，他引：8  

Guoping Lu  T. Prabhakar Clement  Chunmiao Zheng  Todd H. Wiedemeier 《Ground water》1999,37(5):707-717

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Monitoring ephemeral headwater streams: a paired‐sensor approach          下载免费PDF全文

Rashaad Bhamjee  John B. Lindsay  Jaclyn Cockburn 《水文研究》2016,30(6):888-898

This paper introduces a paired‐sensor approach to monitoring ephemeral streamflow. Part of this approach includes the design of a new flow detection sensor. This flow detection sensor addresses the limitation of previous electronic resistance sensors that use water presence as a proxy for flow for assessing hydrological connectivity, by explicitly measuring flow presence. Using paired electronic resistance and flow detection sensors, this paper evaluates the performance of each sensor individually, and as a pair. Individually, the sensors were tested for the amount of noise they contain and the types of errors they were prone to committing. As a paired set, the sensors were analysed by the percent of time they were in valid states versus invalid states. Valid states included when water was present but flow was absent, when water and flow were both present and when water and flow were both absent during a storm. One invalid case existed, where the sensors recorded flow presence but not water presence. These valid and invalid cases were assessed using data collected from sensor networks established at two study sites in southern Ontario. This analysis was completed for the overall corroboration at each site, for each storm at each site and based on the relative position of the sensors in the channel at each site. The sensors were in valid states 83% and 94% of the time at each respective study site. Differences in local site conditions were found to affect the performance of the sensor network; however, no significant correlation was found between storm characteristics and sensor performance. Particularly, bed roughness was found to be a factor as it restricted the placement of the sensors. Despite this, the paired‐sensor network helps to increase the understanding of the flow dynamics within headwater streams by explicitly separating the two hydrological characteristics. A discussion of the challenges, limitations and opportunities of monitoring ephemeral flow is presented, and insights into how to address those limitations are provided. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

δC and δN biogeographic trends in rocky intertidal communities along the coast of South Africa: Evidence of strong environmental signatures     

Jaclyn M. Hill  Christopher D. McQuaid 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2008

Ecosystem dynamics driven by top-down controls have been well documented in rocky intertidal communities, while the effects of bottom-up influences are comparatively poorly understood. We hypothesized that large-scale signatures of the physical environment may be identifiable along the South African coastline as it is subject to two very different current systems (Benguela and Agulhas Currents) that profoundly influence primary production and thus both food type and availability. Through stable isotope analysis, we examined biogeographic patterns in multiple trophic levels at four sites along a 1400-km stretch of South African coastline and investigated the dietary role of macroalgal-derived organic carbon in rocky intertidal communities. The general positioning of trophic groups was comparable across all sites, with animals from the same trophic levels grouping together and with a δ¹⁵N fractionation of 1–2‰ between levels. The species found at all sites demonstrated east–west δ¹⁵N enrichment, presumably reflecting a biogeographic shift in nitrogen sources linked to upwelling on the west coast. Filter-feeders gave particularly clear results. Using discriminant analysis, mussels could be categorized into four geographic groups based on carbon and nitrogen signatures: east coast, southeast coast, south-west coast and west coast. Barnacles and polychaetes showed similar geographic groupings to mussels, but with shifts in actual values (1‰ depletion in δ¹³C and 3‰ enrichment in δ¹⁵N relative to mussels). This suggests that fractionation varies between species within a trophic level.  相似文献   

Variability in the fractionation of stable isotopes during degradation of two intertidal red algae     

Jaclyn M. Hill  Christopher D. McQuaid 《Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science》2009

Macroalgae contribute to intertidal food webs primarily as detritus, with unclear implications for food web studies using stable isotope analysis. We examined differences in the thallus parts of two South African rhodophytes (Gelidium pristoides and Hypnea spicifera) and changes in overall δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N signatures and C:N ratios during degradation in both the field and laboratory. We hypothesized that both degrading macroalgal tissue and macroalgal-derived suspended particulate material (SPM) would show negligible changes in δ¹³C, but enriched δ¹⁵N signatures and lower C:N ratios relative to healthy plants. Only C:N laboratory ratios conformed to predictions, with both species of macroalgae showing decomposition related changes in δ¹³C and significant depletions in δ¹⁵N in both the field and laboratory. In the laboratory, algal tissue and SPM from each species behaved similarly (though some effects were non-significant) but with differing strengths. Gelidium pristoides δ¹³C increased and C:N ratios decreased over time in tissue and SPM; δ¹⁵N became depleted only in SPM. Hypnea spicifera, δ¹³C, δ¹⁵N and C:N ratios all decreased during degradation in both SPM and algae.  相似文献   

Impact of seasonal variations in hydrological stresses and spatial variations in geologic conditions on a TCE plume at an industrial complex in Wonju,Korea     

Jae‐Ha Yang  Kang‐Kun Lee  T. Prabhakar Clement 《水文研究》2012,26(3):317-325

Spatial and temporal variations in a trichloroethylene (TCE) plume at an industrial complex in Wonju, Korea, were examined based on hydrogeological data and seven rounds of groundwater quality data collected over a year. The site has considerable vertical heterogeneities; the top layer of soil is covered by impermeable paving material at several locations, followed by a series of reclaimed or residual soil layers, and with weathered rocks to the crystalline biotite granite at the bottom. Areal heterogeneity in the surface conditions plays an important role in controlling groundwater recharge. The heterogeneity structure is influenced by complex surface conditions paved with asphalt and concrete. Owing to the presence of limited recharge area and concentrated summer precipitation events, the effects of seasonal variations on groundwater hydraulics tend to diminish with distance from the recharge area. This result was established by analysing the influence of the contrasting surface recharge conditions between the near‐source zone and the far zone, and the seasonally concentrated precipitation on the transport patterns of a TCE plume. In addition, variations in the plume's downstream contaminant flux levels were also analysed along a transect line near the source zone. The results show that the general tendency of the TCE plume contaminant concentration and mass discharges were reproducible if we account for seasonal recharge variations and the associated changes in the groundwater level. During recharge events, the TCE concentration variations appear to be influenced by leaching of the residual dense non‐aqueous‐phase liquid (DNAPL) TCE trapped in the unsaturated zone. This result shows that seasonal variations in contaminant plume near the source zone is inevitable at this site, and that these variations indicate the presence of residual DNAPL at or above the water table, at least in some isolated locations. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.  相似文献   

Vegetation Cover and Elevation in Long-Term Experimental Nutrient-Enrichment Plots in Great Sippewissett Salt Marsh,Cape Cod,Massachusetts: Implications for Eutrophication and Sea Level rise     

Liza Fox  Ivan Valiela  Erin L. Kinney 《Estuaries and Coasts》2012,35(2):445-458

Nitrogen inputs restructure ecosystems and can interact with other agents of ecological change and potentially intensify them. To examine the effects of nitrogen combined with those of elevation and competition, in 2005 we mapped vegetation and elevation within experimental plots that have been fertilized since 1970 in Great Sippewissett salt marsh, Cape Cod, MA, USA and compared the resulting effects on marsh vegetation. Decadal-scale chronic nutrient enrichment forced changes in cover and spatial distribution of different species. With increasing enrichment, there was a shift in species cover primarily involving loss of Spartina alterniflora and an increase in Distichlis spicata. Percent cover of near monocultures increased with nitrogen fertilization, owing mainly to the proliferation of D. spicata. The experimental fertilization prompted a shift from the short form of S. alterniflora to taller forms, hence increasing above-ground biomass, where this species managed to remain. Chronic enrichment increased upper and lower limits of the elevation range within which certain species occurred. The shift to increased cover of D. spicata was also associated with faster accretion of the marsh surface where this species was dominant, but not where S. alterniflora was dominant. Interactions among nutrient supply, elevation, and competition altered the direction of competitive success among different species of marsh plants, and forced changes in the spatial distribution and composition of the salt marsh plant communities. The results imply that there will be parallel changes in New England salt marshes owing to the widespread eutrophication of coastal waters and the increasing sea level rise. Knowing the mechanisms structuring marsh vegetative cover, and their role in modification of salt marsh accretion, may provide background with which to manage maintenance of affected coastal wetlands.  相似文献