Synoptic and mesoscale meteorology underwent a revolution in the 1940s and 1950s with the widespread deployment of novel weather observations, such as the radiosonde network and the advent of weather radar. These observations provoked a rapid increase in our understanding of the structure and dynamics of the atmosphere by pioneering analysts such as Fred Sanders. The authors argue that we may b...

BACKGROUND The dominant method of reporting findings from diagnostic and surgical procedures is the narrative report. In cancer care, this report inconsistently provides the information required to understand the cancer and make informed patient care decisions. Another method of reporting, the synoptic report, captures specific data items in a structured manner and contains only items critical ...

The SPaCIFY project, which aims at bringing advances in MDE to the satellite flight software industry, advocates a top-down approach built on a domain-specific modeling language named Synoptic. In line with previous approaches to real-time modeling such as Statecharts and Simulink, Synoptic features hierarchical decomposition of application and control modules in synchronous block diagrams and ...

Morphologic observations on early retinal synaptogenesis of Macaca mulatta fetuses of known gestational ages are described. Attempt is made to correlate the first appearance of synoptic vesicles, lamellar material, and the establishment of presynaptic contacts in both the inner and outer plexiform layers and in both types of synapses developing in these zones. Possible origin of lamellar materi...

The synoptic variation of the atmospheric radio refractive index, evaluated from standard weather observations, is examin ed d uri ng an ou t break of polar continental air. It is found t hat t he reduced-t o-sea-Ieve1 value of t he r efractive index is a more sensitive synoptic parameter t han t he station value. The reduced valu e is quite sensit ive to the humidity and density structure of t...

Analysis of observational data suggests two-way interactions between the tropical intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) and synoptic-scale variability (SSV). On one hand, SSV is strongly modulated by the ISO; that is, a strengthened (weakened) SSV appears during the enhanced (suppressed) ISO phase. The northwest– southeast-oriented synoptic wave train is strengthened and well organized in the northwe...

A large wide-field telescope and camera with optical throughput over 200 m deg – a factor of 50 beyond what we currently have – would enable the detection of faint moving or bursting optical objects: from Earth threatening asteroids to energetic events at the edge of the optical universe. An optimized design for LSST is a 8.4 m telescope with a 3 degree field of view and an optical throughput o...

This paper investigates whether concurrent or subsequent meteotsunamis could happen at both the Balearic Islands and the Adriatic Sea as a consequence of either the simultaneous presence of the favourable synoptic pattern above both areas, or propagation of the pattern from one area to another. Meteotsunami events in sea level records from Dubrovnik (chosen to be the proxy for the occurrence of...

The effect of the advection of magnetic features on synoptic frames has been estimated and it shows that for the time interval ranging from 4 to 14 days the differential rotation of magnetic features accounts for most of the surface transport of photospheric magnetic fields. It is shown that both the 1996.08.27 19:12:30 synoptic frame with the effect of differential rotation included and the fo...