Abstract. We introduce PARASO, a novel five-component fully coupled regional climate model over an Antarctic circumpolar domain covering the full Southern Ocean. The state-of-the-art models used are fast Elementary Thermomechanical Ice Sheet (f.ETISh) v1.7 (ice sheet), Nucleus for European Modelling of Ocean (NEMO) v3.6 (ocean), Louvain-la-Neuve sea-ice (LIM) (sea ice), COnsortium Small-scale M...

We consider the planning and scheduling problem of the COSMO-SkyMed constellation for the observation of the Earth. We define a simplified problem which only takes into account the most binding constraints of the real problem. We present a Lagrangean relaxation algorithm that provides upper bounds and we show that it can also be used to guide an existing heuristic algorithm to find better solut...

The new spaceborne very high resolution (VHR) SAR sensors onboard the TerraSAR-X and COSMO-SkyMED satellites have a spatial resolution of up to 1 meter. In VHR SAR data, features from individual urban structures, like buildings, can be identified in their characteristic settings in urban settlement patterns. In the context of situation assessment as initial reaction to man made or natural crisi...

A series of different cationic structures based on 1-alkyl-3-methylimidazoliumwere combined with a single anion, bis(trifluoromethylsulfonyl)imide (CnmimNTf2, n 1⁄4 1 to 12) for analyzing the quality of COSMO-RS based estimations. For this purpose, we have studied the structure as well as the estimations of several properties of one ionic liquid (IL). These estimations are obtained from polariz...

In this work, X band images acquired by COSMO-SkyMed (CSK) on alpine environment have been analyzed for investigating snow characteristics and their effect on backscattering variations. Preliminary results confirmed the capability of simultaneous optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) images (Landsat-8 and CSK) in separating snow/no-snow areas and in detecting wet snow. The sensitivity of b...

In this work we describe a method to handle curved orbits in wavenumber domain focusing algorithm for high-resolution SAR data acquired by Low Earth Orbit satellites using spotlight mode. The standard wavenumber domain focusing algorithm make assumptions that start to be invalid when applied to high-resolution spotlight SAR data acquired in spaceborne low Earth orbit (LEO) configurations. The a...

Acid gas absorption by ionic liquids (ILs) has arisen as a promising alternative technique for biogas or natural upgrading. In the present work, IL-based blends are evaluated potential thermodynamic/kinetic synergistic effects on hydrogen sulfide (H2S) capture through physical and/or chemical absorption. First, molecular simulation analysis means of COSMO-RS was used to select with enhanced H2S...

The aim of these lectures is to give a brief introduction to brane cosmology. After introducing some basic geometrical notions, we discuss the cosmology of a brane universe with matter localized on the brane. Then we introduce an intrinsic curvature scalar term in the bulk action, and analyze the cosmology of this induced gravity. Finally we present the cosmology of a moving brane in the backgr...

The conformal equivalence between Jordan frame and Einstein frame can be used in order to search for exact solutions in general theories of gravity in which scalar fields are minimally or nonminimally coupled with geometry. In the cosmo-logical arena a relevant role is played by the time parameter in which dynamics is described. In this paper we discuss such issues considering also if cosmologi...

I present here a new algorithm to generate families of inhomogeneous mass-less scalar field cosmologies. New spacetimes, having a single isometry, are generated by breaking the homogeneity of massless scalar field G 2 models along one direction. As an illustration of the technique I construct cosmo-logical models which in their late time limit represent perturbations in the form of gravitationa...