Terra-Cotta Vases from Bismya

The making of the Xian terra-cotta soldiers

This paper describes the making of a short film on the Xian terra-cotta soldiers using our integrated HUMANOID software. The method of creating and animating the soldiers’ faces is first presented. Then, we show how our approach based on metaballs and spline surfaces was used for designing and deforming soldiers’ bodies. For the animation of the bodies, we describe the motion control methods. C...

”Acoustics vases in ancient theatres: disposition, analysis from the ancient tetracordal musical system”

Reduced mosquito production in cemetery vases with copper liners.

Water-holding stone vases were sampled in 4 central Florida cemeteries to compare the prevalence of mosquitoes in containers with and without metallic liners. Overall, immature mosquitoes were found in more than 60% of the vases lacking liners and in more than 50% of the vases with aluminum liners. Significantly fewer vases with copper liners were positive for mosquitoes. High mortality and a l...

The MODIS cloud products: algorithms and examples from Terra

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is one of five instruments aboard the Terra Earth Observing System platform launched in December 1999. After achieving final orbit, MODIS began Earth observations in late February 2000 and has been acquiring data since that time. The instrument is also being flown on the Aqua spacecraft, launched in May 2002. A comprehensive set of remot...

Advances in Earth Radiation Budget Observations from Ceres Terra

The goal of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) project is to provide a long-term record of radiation budget at the top-of-atmosphere (TOA), within the atmosphere, and at the surface with consistent cloud and aerosol properties at climate accuracy [1]. CERES consists of an integrated instrument-algorithm-validation science team that provides development of higher-level prod...