[1] Measurements at a sea platform show that the ocean surface albedo is highly variable and is sensitive to four physical parameters: solar zenith angle, wind speed, transmission by atmospheric cloud/aerosol, and ocean chlorophyll concentration. Using a validated coupled ocean-atmosphere radiative transfer model, an ocean albedo look up table is created in terms of these four important paramet...

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A tsunami warning center must be able to process and analyze seismic and sea level data to detect the occurrence of a tsunami and forecast its impact (Figure 5-1). National Tsunami Warning Centers (NTWC) and Regional Tsunami Watch Providers (RTWP) require a variety of hardware, software, computer applications and programs, and communication capabilities to support and maintain tsunami detection...

I read with special interest the Perspective article by Drs Beutler and Waalen1 about the definition of anemia. The authors refer to some variables, such as the sex, age, and race of the individuals, that may influence their levels of hemoglobin in normal conditions. In the final part of their paper, they suggest lower normal levels of hemoglobin for adults, according to their age, sex, and rac...

One of the most important language skills affecting students' success in academic settings is reading comprehension and the ability to read fluently in a second language. Japanese EFL learners' less than satisfactory performance in standard English tests led Shinozuka, Mizusawa, and Shibata (2014) to design the read-aloud method. This study investigated the effectiveness of this newly designed ...

Shortly after The Royal Society’s founding in 1660, Christiaan Huygens, in partnership with the Society, set out to solve the outstanding technological challenge of the day: the longitude problem, i.e. ­ nding a robust, accurate method of determining longitude for maritime navigation (Yoder 1990). Huygens had invented the pendulum clock in 1657 (Burke 1978) and, subsequently, had demonstrated m...