Cu Electrochemical Mechanical Planarization Surface Quality Abhinav Tripathi, Ian Ivar Suni,* Yuzhuo Li, Francois Doniat, and James McAndrew* Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Science, Center for Advanced Materials Processing, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13699, USA American Air Liquide, Delaware Research and Technology Ce...

Mid-surface models are widely used in engineering analysis to simplify the analysis of thin walled parts, but it can be difficult to ensure that the mid-surface model is representative of the solid part from which it was generated. This paper proposes two similarity measures that can be used to evaluate the quality of a mid-surface model by comparing it to a solid model of the same part. Two si...

In this paper, we present an efficient and robust technique for surface remeshing based on harmonic maps. We show how to ensure a one-to-one mapping for the discrete harmonic map and introduce a cubic representation of the geometry based on curved PN triangles. Topological and geometrical limitations of harmonic maps are also put to the fore and discussed. We show that, with the proposed approa...

In this paper, we introduce a novel technique to improve surface mesh quality while maintaining all essential surface characteristics. In contrast to previous methods we do not constrain node movement to the underlying discrete surface. Instead our approach allows keeping resultant mesh very close to the surface approximated by the original mesh. Proposed method is explicit, that is we do not n...

Papers published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions are under open-access review for the journal Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Abstract Monitoring of surface waters is primarily done to detect the status and trends in water quality and to identify whether observed trends arise form natural or anthropogenic causes. Empirical quality of surface water quality data is rarely c...

Satellite remote sensing of air quality has evolved dramatically over the last decade. Global observations are now available for a wide range of species including aerosols, tropospheric O3, tropospheric NO2, CO, HCHO, and SO2. Capabilities for satellite remote sensing of these species in the boundary layer are reviewed for current instruments, along with physical processes affecting their accur...