The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission being considered by NASA has, as one of its main objectives, to measure ocean topography with centimeter scale accuracy over kilometer scale spatial resolution. This paper investigates the impact of ocean waves on SWOT’s projected performance. Several effects will be examined: volumetric decorrelation, aliasing of ocean waves, backscattering...

In philosophy, the criteria for personhood (PH) at a specific point in time (synchronic), and the necessary and sufficient conditions of personal identity (PI) over time (diachronic) are traditionally separated. Hence, the transition between both timescales of a person's life remains largely unclear. Personal habits reflect a decision-making (DM) process that binds together synchronic and diach...

The weakly nonlinear dynamics of quasi-geostrophic flows over a one-dimensional, periodic or random, small-scale topography is investigated using an asymptotic approach. Averaged (or homogenised) evolution equations which account for the flow-topography interaction are derived for both barotropic and continuously stratified geostrophic fluids. The scaling assumptions are detailed in each case; ...

Earth observation has been widely recognised as having considerable potential to aid an improved understanding of tropical forest biodiversity. However, studies that have explored the use of the multispectral response recorded by Earth observation satellites to infer climatically and edaphically determined floristically distinct tropical forest types have on the whole reported disappointing res...