We present an InSAR technique called Small Temporal Baseline Subset (STBAS) for monitoring absolute water levels time series using radar interferograms acquired successively over wetlands. We tested the STBAS technique with two-year long Radarsat-1 data acquired over the Water Conservation Area 1 (WCA1) in the Everglades wetlands, south Florida (USA). The fine beam SAR data were acquired succes...

The advent of Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) and Earth Gravitational Model (EGM)particularly Positioning (GPS) has modernized geodetic surveying in providing horizontal vertical positions points with a sub-meter level accuracy over the reference ellipsoid. GPS gives ellipsoidal heights which makes conversion to orthometric possible by incorporating geoid model. conventional method de...

Waste transfer-stations play an important role in a community’s waste management system, serving as the link between a community’s solid waste collection program and a final waste disposal facility. This study aims to estimate economic values of externalities related to waste transfer-stations in Israel. Most externalities are associated with local disamenities experienced by residents living i...

Noise is an audible acoustic energy that adversely affects the health, physiological and psychological well being of the individuals or populations. One of the major pollutants from gas flaring is the noise emanating from gas flaring stations in the Niger – Delta area of Nigeria. Noise dispersion produces many adverse effects on man and animals. Experimental analysis of noise dispersion and wea...

Among the different models of networks usually considered, the hexagonal network model is the most popular. However, it requires extensive numerical computations. The Poisson network model, for which the base stations (BS) locations form a spatial Poisson process, allows to consider a non constant distance between base stations. Therefore, it may characterize more realistically operational netw...

INTRODUCTION: Data is currently lacking anchoring a 30-meter longitudinal change in walking ability by 6-minute walk test (6MWT) in Duchenne muscular dystrophy as a minimal clinically important difference and “clinically meaningful” person-reported outcomes (PROs) at differing levels of ambulatory ability. METHODS: We describe correlation between measures, 1-year change in measures, and correla...