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Effect of Voltage Level on Power System Design for Solar Electric Propulsion Missions
Publisher: The American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Abstract: This paper presents study results quantifying the benefits of higher voltage, electric power system designs for a typical solar electric propulsion spacecraft Earth orbiting mission. A conceptual ...
Leffler's Method of Estimating Average Temperatures of Appalachian Summits: Evaluation in New York
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: R. J. Leffler recently presented regression equations to estimate average monthly temperatures of Appalachian summits based on the long-term average temperatures on Mt. Washington, New Hampshire, and temperature lapse rates ...
Is Moonlighting or Donating Professional Engineering Services Ethical?
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: An engineer should think twice before taking a second job or donating professional services to a charitable organization or friend. While appearing harmless, these activities hold many hidden risks to the engineer, the ...
Some Experiments with a Multivariate Statistical Objective Analysis Scheme
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A statistical scheme for simultaneous analysis of the wind and geopotential height fields has been developed based upon optimum interpolation. The matrix weights applied to the observation vectors depend upon covariances ...
Equity Analysis of Capital Improvement Plans Using GIS: Des Moines Urbanized Area
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The Civil Rights Act of 1964, the National Environmental Policy Act, the Fair Housing Act, Affirmative Action programs, and more recently, the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act and Executive Order 12898 have ...
Land Use and Growth Impacts from Highway Capacity Increases
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This analysis examines the historical relationship between land-use changes and the location of capacity-increasing highway projects in Oregon from 1970 to 1990. Aerial photography for 15 cities was used to delineate the ...
The Local Surface Energy Balance and Subsurface Temperature Regime in Antarctica
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The physical processes occurring within a perennial snow cover and at its surface are discussed with particular emphasis on monthly variations in Antarctic snow. Results of a one-year simulation of physical processes In ...
Corrections for Response Errors in a Three-Component Propeller Anemometer
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Methods of eliminating or reducing three types of errors found in the Gill UVW anemometer have been investigated by utilizing field experiments comparing this sensor with a three-component sonic anemometer. The non-cosine ...