We used satellite telemetry, remotely sensed data (bathymetry, chlorophyll a (chl a), sea-surface temperature (SST), wind speed) and first-passage time (FPT) analysis to determine the distribution, movement patterns, and habitat associations of short-tailed albatrosses (Phoebastria albatrus) during the non-breeding season, 2002 and 2003. Satellite transmitters were deployed on birds immediately...

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We investigate the effects of radiation pressure on the atmospheres of A, F and G-supergiants by calculating hydrodynamical model atmospheres for stars with 5500 ≤ Teff ≤ 9500 K. In the subsonic part of the wind, the radiation pressure by continuum and lines from Kurucz (1992) is taken into account. In the supersonic part of the wind, the radiation pressure is expressed in terms of the force mu...

With the extensive adoption of transgenic crops, an understanding of transgene flow is essential to manage gene flow to non-GM crops. Thus, a flexible and accurate numerical model is required to assess gene flow through pollen dispersal. A three-dimensional atmospheric model combined with a diffusion transport model would be a useful tool for predicting pollen dispersal since it would be flexib...

We have observed pulsar wind nebulae in the three supernova remnants G11.2−0.3, G16.7+0.1, and G29.7−0.3 at 89 GHz with the Berkeley-Illinois-Maryland Association Array, measuring total flux densities of two of them for comparison with archival data at other frequencies. In G16.7+0.1, we find a break in the spectrum of the PWN at ∼ 26 GHz. In G29.7−0.3, our data suggest a break in the integrate...

We present optical studies of the physical and wind properties, plus CNO chemical abundances, of 25 O9.5–B3 Galactic supergiants. We employ non-LTE, line blanketed, extended model atmospheres, which provide a modest downward revision in the effective temperature scale of early B supergiants of up to 1–2kK relative to previous non-blanketed results. The so-called ‘bistability jump’ at B1 (Teff ∼...

We present Follow-Up Network for Gamma-Ray Bursts (FUN GRB) Collaboration observations of the optical afterglow of GRB 021211 made between 143 seconds and 102 days after the burst. Our unique data set includes the earliest filtered detections and color information for an afterglow in the pre-Swift era. We find that the afterglow is best described by (1) propagation through a wind-swept medium, ...