Abstract Several studies of hurricane damage on epiphyte communities implied that epiphytes might be in danger being blown off their host when subjected to strong wind. There is very limited knowledge about the mechanical impact wind may have epiphytes. Using a wind-triggered camera set-up, we observed how epiphytic tank bromeliads are affected by Despite offering relatively large area ‘attack’...

The most important factor affecting the microwave proper-ties of a snowcover is the liquid water content (snow wetness). An FM-CW(26.5-40 GHz) radar has been used to investigate the influence of snowwetness on the magnitude of radar backscatter from a snowcover. Theradar backscatter measurements from a wet snowcover on a windy daysuggest that evaporative cooling due to the w...

Rotor Fed Induction generators are an exception to DFIGs. Small scale wind farms are easy to build in remote, windy areas where standalone systems seem ideal choice for electrical power generation. For these systems, rotor excitation is a critical part. The paper does a comparative analysis of inverter schemes i.e. PWM inverter or pure sine wave inverter, the associated harmonic generation and ...