请输入您要查询的字词:

 

单词 disturbance
释义
disturbance

Chemical Engineering
  • A change in the expected operating conditions of a process that requires control. The disturbance can be intentional or unintentional, and can be in the form of a step change in a process variable such as temperature, or a ramped change, etc.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • General term used to denote low-pressure features, e.g. a depression or trough. Disturbances commonly appear as waves in the major air flows in the mid-troposphere, e.g. the equatorial easterlies, the prevailing westerlies over middle latitudes, and the trade winds.


Geography
  • In ecology, any event, such as fire, flood, or earthquake, that disrupts the everyday running of an ecosystem. A disturbance regime is marked by short, but recurring episodes of high magnitude, or at critical sites. Disturbance-related landforms tend to be polygenetic and heterogeneous, and are long-term/permanent adjustments to fires, volcanoes, etc. Church (2002) Freshw. Biol. 47, 4 argues for a disturbance-related interpretation of mountain rivers.


随便看

 

科学参考收录了60776条科技类词条,基本涵盖了常见科技类参考文献及英语词汇的翻译,是科学学习和研究的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2023 Sciref.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/12/25 16:09:58