Abstract: This paper suggests that alternative dispute resolution is a process of compromise and settlement. As such, it should only be used in appropriate disputes. The paper discusses selection of appropriate cases for alternative ...

Abstract: Pressure for reform in U.K. construction procurement has led to a move toward relational contracting. Long-term partnerships between clients and construction service providers have enabled traditional construction roles ...

Abstract: The ?Doppler spread? theory of atmospheric gravity waves has developed rapidly in recent years, from an initial theory of wave spectra into a general parameterization of gravity wave effects for use in global models of the ...

Abstract: The convective boundary-layer scaling expressions presented by Wyngaard and LeMone (1980) are compared with predictions from a turbulence closure model. We first examine a model experiment involving a clear-air, convectively ...

Abstract: An atmospheric boundary layer (ABL) model is used to address problems involving the generation, turbulent transport, and deposition of giant sized (1?25 ?m) sea-salt aerosol. The surface aerosol generation rate is taken ...

Abstract: Large, diurnally varying surface temperature gradients occur at the polar cap periphery during Martian spring and summer. A primitive equation numerical model having grid points lying in the meridional plane is developed ...

Abstract: A second-moment turbulence closure model is used to investigate the make-up of the refractive structure parameter Cn2 for acoustic, optical and microwave radiation. For these different forms of radiation, Wesely (1976) ...

Abstract: Is the use of scenarios combined with the Socratic method an effective method to teach legal subjects to nonlaw students on a building and construction program? The scenarios are intended to (1) enable students to understand ...

Abstract: A one-dimensional higher order turbulence closure model is used to investigate moisture structure within the diurnally varying planetary boundary layer. The diurnal character of the moist boundary layer as a whole and a ...

Abstract: Here we illustrate a method which readily permits determination of the relative contributions of the individual temperature-humidity structure terms to total Cn2 within the uppermost region of the clear, convective boundary ...