The goal of the Sensor Management for Applied Research Technologies (SMART) On-Demand Modeling project is to develop and demonstrate the readiness of the Open Geospatial Consortium Sensor Web Enablement capabilities to integrate both space-based Earth observations and forecast model output into new data acquisition and assimilation strategies. Working with NASA’s Short-term Prediction Research ...

Sub-synoptic scale troughs and cyclones which form on the cold-air side of the main polar front are often responsible for adverse weather. Some of the more vigorous systems contain convective rainbands that can produce locally severe weather, including thunderstorms, with strong wind gusts and small tornadoes. There has, however, been relatively little research into the mesoscale organisation o...

1New Mexico Clinical Research & Osteoporosis Center, 300 Oak St. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87106, USA 2 Jimenez Diaz Fundacion, Avenida Reyes Catolicos 2, Madrid 28040, Spain 3Universidade Catolica de Brasilia, DF, Brazil 4University of Hong Kong, 102 Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong 5Maria Luisa Brandi, University of Florence, Viale Pieraccini 6, Florence 50139, Italy 6Medical University Graz, Auenbruggerpl...

MICHAEL BEHRISCH1† , AMIN COJA-OGHLAN2‡ and MIHYUN KANG3§ 1 Institute of Transportation Systems, German Aerospace Center, Rutherfordstrasse 2, 12489 Berlin, Germany (e-mail: [email protected]) 2 Goethe University, Mathematics Institute, 60054 Frankfurt am Main, Germany (e-mail: [email protected]) 3 TU Graz, Institut für Optimierung und Diskrete Mathematik (Math B), Steyrergas...

1Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 8, 8036 Graz, Austria 2Dermatology Unit, 1st Medical Department, Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, 42100 Reggio Emilia, Italy 3Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, 1275 York Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA 4Department of Dermatology, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via del Pozzo, 71-41124 Modena, Italy 5The Univers...

Background: Malignant spinal cord compression (MSCC) is most frequently seen in patients with breast, prostate and lung cancer. Five percent to 25% of MSCC cases occur as the initial presentation of malignancy. Case report: We report the case of a 43-year-old male patient with sudden onset of incomplete paraplegia. Imaging revealed spinal cord compression at the level TH 3/4 and TH 8. Emergency...

The impact of GPS Zenith Total Delay (ZTD) measurements on mesoscale weather forecasts is studied. GPS observations from a permanent European network are assimilated into the Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model (MM5) using its three-dimensional variational assimilation (3DVAR) system. The case study focuses on a snow storm that occurred during the period of 14-15 December 2001 over the western Medi...

Avissar, R. and Pielke, R.A., 1991. The impact of plant stomatal control on mesoscale atmospheric circulations. Agric. For. Meteorol., 54: 353-372. Only a few numerical studies with mesoscale atmospheric models have been undertaken to explore the influence of vegetation on the generation and modification ofmesoscale atmospheric circulations. Nevertheless, these few studies have demonstrated the...

In this study, we evaluate the ability of the BRAMS (Brazilian Regional Atmospheric Modeling System) mesoscale model compared to ECMWF global analysis to simulate the observed vertical variations of water vapour in the tropical upper troposphere and lower stratosphere (UTLS). The observations are balloon-borne measurements of water vapour mixing ratio and temperature from microSDLA (Tunable Dio...