Forest biomass stock and spatial distribution are still unknown parameters for many regions of the world. Today’s information is largely based on ground measurements on a plot basis without remote regions coverage. Thus, a method capable of quantifying biomass by means of Remote Sensing could help to reduce these uncertainties and contribute to a better understanding of the carbon cycle (Hought...

iii Nomenclature h altitude, ft ˙ h vertical velocity, ft/sec K fnt scale factor for lift from jet-induced fountain p roll rate, deg/sec q pitch rate, deg/sec r yaw rate, deg/sec T CN cruise nozzle thrust, lb T LF lift-fan thrust, lb T LN lift-nozzle thrust, lb T R rise time, sec V airspeed, knots V ej equivalent jet velocity ratio V x ground speed, ft/sec V y lateral velocity, ft/sec β sidesli...

[1] Under hydrostatic equilibrium, a typical assumption used in global thermosphere ionosphere models, the pressure gradient in the vertical direction is exactly balanced by the gravity force. Using the non-hydrostatic Global Ionosphere Thermosphere Model (GITM), which solves the complete vertical momentum equation, the primary characteristics of non-hydrostatic effects on the upper atmosphere ...

Vertical movement patterns of chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) during their homing migration were examined using archival tags. Vertical movements through the thermocline with a periodicity of less than 1 h were observed during the day in the North Pacific. To examine the dynamics of these short-term vertical movements, we developed a simple one-dimensional vertical movement model. It is assumed...

The moving surface boundary-layer control method (MSBC) is a kind of active flow methods that overcomes the adverse pressure gradient and suppresses separation by directly energizing boundary layer near surface. In this study, computational fluid dynamics simulations were performed to investigate feasibility using MSBC improve aerodynamic performance straight-bladed H-Darrieus vertical axis win...

We study the $L^{2}$-boundedness of $3$-dimensional (Heisenberg) Riesz transform on intrinsic Lipschitz graphs in first Heisenberg group $\mathbb{H}$. Inspired by notion vertical perimeter, recently defined and studied Lafforgue, Naor, Young, we introduce new scale translation invariant coefficients $\operatorname{osc}_{\Omega}(B(q,r))$. These quantify oscillation a domain $\Omega \subset \math...

We report on turbulent thermal convection of a nematic liquid crystal heated from below in a cylindrical cell with an aspect ratio (diameter/height) equal to 0.500 for Rayleigh numbers 2×10 < ∼ Ra < ∼ 3 × 10. The Nusselt number Nu as a function of Ra did not differ significantly from that of an isotropic fluid. In a vertical magnetic field H we found Nu(H)/Nu(0) = 1 + a(Ra)H with a(Ra) = 0.24Ra...

We prove several characterizations of the Hardy spaces for Fourier integral operators $\mathcal{H}^{p}_{FIO}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$, $1<p<\infty$. First we characterize $\mathcal{H}^{p}_{FIO}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ in terms $L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$-norms parabolic frequency localizations. As a corollary, any characterization $L^{p}(\mathbb{R}^{n})$ yields corresponding version $\mathcal{H}^{p}_{FIO}(\mathbb...

We report the achievement of highly efficient B enriched hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN) direct conversion neutron detectors. These detectors were realized from freestanding 4-in. diameter h-BN wafers 43 lm in thickness obtained from epitaxy growth and subsequent mechanical separation from sapphire substrates. Both sides of the film were subjected to ohmic contact deposition to form a simple ver...