HAIL DAMAGE IN IOWA

Hail suppression and society.

An interdisciplinary assessment of hail suppression in the past, present, and future has shown it to be currently scientifically uncertain but a potentially beneficial future technology. An established suppression technology would be widely adopted in the Great Plains, providing benefits to agriculture and secondarily to the American consumer. Development of a reliable technology will require a...

Evaluation of Approaches to Identifying Hail Damage to Crop Vegetation Using Satellite Imagery

During the growing season in the central United States, severe thunderstorms frequently occur and produce large hail that damages the underlying vegetation, often in agricultural areas. Satellite remote sensing provides a tool for identifying these damaged areas. Previous studies have used changes in the normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) to identify and examine these areas of damage...

All hail reproducibility in microbiome research

At its core, microbiome research relies on complex and sophisticated statistical analyses of large datasets and their associated metadata (e.g., experimental parameters, sample characteristics). Heavy reliance on big data has presented new challenges in communicating the details of complex analyses in a manner sufficient for others to replicate analytical workflows. Reproducibility is a pillar ...

Hail and Farewell

HAIL: Hierarchical Adaptive Interface Layout

We present a framework to adapt software to the needs of individuals with severe motion disabilities who use mouse substitution interfaces. Typically, users are required to adapt to the interfaces that they wish to use. We propose interfaces that change and adapt to the user and their individual abilities. The Hierarchical Adaptive Interface Layout (HAIL) model is a set of specifications for th...