Abstract: The nuclei mass range and optimum number concentration most efficient for warm rain development around Hawaii were studied in a modified cylindrical shallow cloud model. A new calculation scheme was developed for condensation ...

Abstract: orecasting year-to-year variations in East Asian summer monsoon (EASM) precipitation is one of the most challenging tasks in climate prediction because the predictors are not sufficiently well known and the forecast skill ...

Abstract: eforestation and replacement of natural pastures by agriculture have become a common practice in the La Plata River basin in South America. The changes in land cover imply changes in the biophysical properties of the land ...

Abstract: A ventilated supercavity consists of a large, gasfilled bubble enveloped around an underwater vehicle that allows for significant drag reduction and increases in vehicle speed. Previous studies at the Saint Anthony Falls ...

Abstract: An experimental study has been conducted to investigate the effects of transitionally rough surface on the flat-plate boundary layer transition. Transitional boundary layers with three different flat plates (ks+ = 0.07 ∼ 0.19, ...

Abstract: A noncontact, nondestructive neutron diffraction technique for measuring thermal resistance of buried material interfaces in bulk samples, inaccessible to thermocouple measurements, is described. The technique uses spatially ...

Abstract: Using the indepth integral analysis, Vafai et al. [1] presented the asymmetric vapor velocity, the vapor and liquid pressure distributions, and the vapor temperature distribution of a diskshaped asymmetric heat pipe. ...

Abstract: Ballast containing large aggregate particles with uniform gradation is an essential layer in a railway substructure to facilitate load distribution and drainage. Although it is constructed or maintained in accordance with ...

Abstract: The advantage of handheld type surgical microscope is that the size of the probe is small and light, and that both the working distance (15–30 cm) and field of view (30 deg) can be adjusted. The shortness working distance ...