Documenting the large scale variability of tropical forest structure and function is needed for improved understanding carbon water cycles. The seasonal diurnal cycles passive active microwave satellite observations are jointly analyzed first time, using Global Precipitation Mission (GPM). Collocated backscattering coefficients from GPM Dual-frequency Radar (DPR) emissivities derived Microwave ...

The 89 and 150 GHz channels operated in window are sensitive to precipitation and humidity. The 183 GHz humidity-sensitive channels and 118 GHz temperature-sensitive channels of the Microwave Humidity and Temperature Sounder (MWHTS) on the Chinese Feng Yun 3C MWHTS (FY-3C MWHTS) polar-orbit meteorological satellite responds in part to precipitation. Combining 118 and 183 GHz channels, the paper...

This review article summarizes the last few decades of research on nickel hydroxide, an important material in physics and chemistry, that has many applications in engineering including, significantly, batteries. First, the structures of the two known polymorphs, denoted as α-Ni(OH)2 and β-Ni(OH)2, are described. The various types of disorder, which are frequently present in nickel hydroxide mat...

the chemical speciation of heavy metals (arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, zinc and tin) in the sediments offormer tin mining catchment bestari jaya, peninsular malaysia was determined by using the latest version of the community bureau of reference, usually called the bcr 3-step sequential extraction procedure. furthermore, a fourth step was introduced for digestion and analysis of the residue....

A cloud detection algorithm based on ground-based remote sensors has been developed that can differentiate among various atmospheric targets such as ice and water clouds, virga, precipitation, and aerosol layers. Standard cloud type and macrophysical properties are identified by combining polarization lidar, millimeter-wave radar, infrared radiometer, and dual-channel microwave radiometer measu...

Observations of rain cells in the remains of a decaying tropical storm were made by Airborne Microwave Radiometers at 19.35, 92 and three frequencies near 183 GHz. Extremely loK^ brightnesa temperatures, as low as 140 °K were noted in the 92 and 183 GHz observations. These can be accounted for by the ice often associated with raindrop formation. Further, the 183 GHz obaervationa can ^.. interpr...

Microwave-hydrothermal treatment (MWHT), a modification of conventional hydro thermal treatment, has been used during post-treatment of different layered double hydroxides (LDHs). In some cases, microwaves (MWs) have been used simultaneously with urea hydrolysis or for reconstruction of the LDH structure. The main advantages of replacing the conventional furnaces by MW ovens are a noticeable re...

This article proposes an application of the EXCELL model to microwave local multipoint distribution systems. With EXCELL, validated in many years of observations with a meteorological radar, rain is modeled by a population of exponentially-profiled raincells. Their statistics can be made to honor any given rainfall cumulative distribution function. It is, thus, possible to simulate synthetic pr...