Abstract: In this analysis of satellite-tracked drifting surface buoys released in the Southern Ocean, buoy velocities are averaged along trajectories for 90 days to determine the mean circulation, and eddy kinetic energy is computed ...

Abstract: The results of hurricane loss models are used regularly for multibillion dollar decisions in the insurance and financial services industries. These models are proprietary, and this ?black box? nature hinders analysis. The ...

Abstract: The objective of this study is to examine the effect of the geometrical modification of the land on the overall film cooling effectiveness on the cutback region of a turbine blade model. A room-temperature experiment was ...

Abstract: ropical Africa is affected by intense land-use change, particularly forest conversion to agricultural land. In this study, the stream discharge of four small headwater catchments located within an area of 6 km2 in western ...

Abstract: The determination of the elastic modulus of bone is important in studying the response of bone to loading and is determined using a destructive three-point bending method. Reference point indentation (RPI), with one cycle ...

Abstract: Arctic atmospheric variability during the industrial era (1875?2000) is assessed using spatially averaged surface air temperature (SAT) and sea level pressure (SLP) records. Air temperature and pressure display strong ...

Abstract: Examination of records of fast ice thickness (1936?2000) and ice extent (1900?2000) in the Kara, Laptev, East Siberian, and Chukchi Seas provide evidence that long-term ice thickness and extent trends are small and generally ...