This paper focuses on three interconnected topics: (1) quantitative relationship between surface shortwave cloud radiative forcing, cloud fraction, and cloud albedo; (2) surface-based approach for measuring cloud albedo; (3) multiscale (diurnal, annual and inter-annual) variations and covariations of surface shortwave cloud radiative forcing, cloud fraction, and cloud albedo. An analytical expr...

With the increasing availability of data from various domains such as health care, finance, social networks, etc. there is a need to provide analytic tools that are more accessible to lay people. In this paper, we present a software tool which can be used to aid inexperienced users in understanding high dimensional data. To facilitate the understanding of such data, we place special emphasis on...

PURPOSE The purpose of this study was to evaluate intraobserver and interobserver reliability of anterior cruciate ligament tunnel location measurement by use of 3-dimensional reconstructed computed tomography (CT). METHODS Three-dimensional reconstructed CT images of 31 cadaveric knees were used in this study. Twenty-one knees were operated on with a double-bundle technique, and ten knees we...

Requirements on components for automotive applications are becoming evermore stringent. Defects need to be banned and dimensional measurement of complex geometries with high resolution is required. In addition, throughput is high and production cycles may last only a few seconds. These objectives call for nondestructive testing (NDT) that keeps step with the production cycle. Production and qua...