The objective of this study is to carry out a parametric sensitivity analysis of PHAST atmospheric dispersion modelling for an accidental toxic gas release scenario. A methodology is developed and is applied to a nitric oxide gas dispersion scenario. We study the relative influence of uncertainty in independent input parameters (storage conditions, atmospheric variables, release parameters and ...

Effective satellite mission operations are directly impacted by the ability to generate accurate and precise orbit predictions. High precision orbit determination processes rely on detailed force models to propagate an orbit solution and predict future orbit behavior. While gravity forces are typically well understood, the modeling of non-conservative forces is often more challenging, causing i...

introduction prediction of thunderstorm is one of the most difficult issues in weather forecasting. deep convective clouds develop at small spatial and temporal dimensions about 1-10 km and 1-12 h. various thermodynamic parameters have been discovered over the past 40 years, according to data obtained by radiosounds. the capability of these indices in forecasting instability varies over time an...

Drought has an impact on many aspects of society. To help decision makers reduce the impacts of drought, it is important to improve our understanding of the characteristics and relationships of atmospheric and oceanic parameters that cause drought. In this study, the use of data mining techniques is introduced to find associations between drought and several oceanic and climatic indices that co...

A fuzzy association rule algorithm is implemented to extract the relationship between the atmospheric indices and the Indian Summer Monsoon Rainfall (ISMR). ENSO and EQWIN indices are used as the causative variables. Rules extracted are showing a negative relationship with ENSO index and a positive relationship with the EQWIN index. A fuzzy rule based prediction technique is also implemented on...

This paper describes the implementation of a physical and mathematical approach to designing advanced vegetation indices optimized for future sensors operating in the solar domain such as the medium resolution imaging spectrometer (MERIS), the global imager (GLI), and the VEGETATION instrument, and proposes an initial evaluation of such indices. These optimized indices address sensor-specific i...

The effects of stellar rotation on the photometric derivation of atmospheric parameters, ages and masses of main sequence B7-A4 stars are evaluated.Monte-Carlo simulations, used to generate a sample in themass range 1-5 M with all necessary individual rotational parameters and fundamental quantities, and the corrections on the photometric indices proposed by Collins & Sonneborn (1977), provide ...

The Earth’s atmosphere is an environment replete with particles of differ-ent sizes with various refractive indices which affect the light radiation traveling through it. The Mie scattering theory is one of the well-known light scattering techniques ap-plicable to modeling of electromagnetic scattering from tiny atmospheric particles or aerosols floating in the air or within the clouds. In this...