Particle systems are visualized by rendering some fixed number of particles per frame, where particle information is sampled from emitters represented by a location, and a range of potential initial particle parameters, such as origin, size, etc. For some complicated effects, especially for such effects where there are many potential emitters, where the location of the emitter is not well-defin...

This letter proposes a simple method of transferring rain structures of a given exemplar image (rain image) into a target image (non‐rain image). Given the exemplar rain image and its corresponding masked rain image, rain patches including real‐life rain structures are extracted randomly, and then residual rain patches are obtained by subtracting those rain patches from their mean patches. Next...

[1] Tide-induced variations in subsurface air pressure, mainly between 1.0 to 2.0 kPa, are observed in coastal areas in Hong Kong. A two-dimensional model which couples the two-phase air-water flow in unsaturated and saturated zones successfully reproduces the observed air pressure under no rain conditions. The simulation reveals that significant increases in air pressure depend on the tidal ra...

Acid rain sulphate (SO4 2 ) deposition is a known suppressant of methane (CH4) emission from wetlands. However, the hypothesised mechanism responsible for this important biogeochemical interaction, competitive exclusion of methanogens by dissimilatory SO4 2 reducing bacteria (SRB), lacks supporting evidence. Here, we present data from an acid rain simulation experiment in the Moidach More peat ...

In this paper, we address a rain removal problem from a single image, even in the presence of heavy rain and rain streak accumulation. Our core ideas lie in the new rain image models and a novel deep learning architecture. We first modify an existing model comprising a rain streak layer and a background layer, by adding a binary map that locates rain streak regions. Second, we create a new mode...

In this paper we study and present some results on the performances of frequency tracking for Ka-band satellite communications in rain fading channels. The carrier frequency is tracked using a 2 order hyperbolic phase detector based digital-phase locked loop (D-PLL). The hyperbolic D-PLL has the capability of extending the tracking range compared to the other D-PLL and hence can be designed suc...

High-resolution rainfall data sequences serve as inputs for a range of applications in planning, design and management of small (mostly urban) water resources systems. These applications include continuous flow simulation, rain water tank design, and the evaluation of alternate policies for assessment of environmental impacts. However, high-resolution rainfall data are often not available, sinc...

This paper provides a brief, non-exhaustive overview of the status of the application of CFD in building performance simulation for the outdoor environment. It focuses on four topics: (1) pedestrian wind environment around buildings; (2) wind-driven rain on building facades; (3) convective heat and mass transfer coefficients at building surfaces; and (4) air pollutant dispersion around building...