Abstract: This paper presents an experimental and numerical investigation into the dynamic response of threedimensional (3D) orthogonal woven carbon composites undergoing soft impact. Composite beams of two different fiber architectures, ...

Abstract: The fractal dimension, Lyapunov-exponent spectrum, Kolmogorov entropy, and predictability are analyzed for chaotic attractors in the atmosphere by analyzing the time series of daily surface temperature and pressure over ...

Abstract: The authors Present an analytical evaluation of the vertical heat and momentum fluxes associated with mesoscale flow generated by periodic and isolated thermal inhomogeneities within the convective boundary layer (CBL). ...

Abstract: A set of multidecadal coupled ocean?atmosphere model integrations are conducted with different time steps for coupling between the atmosphere and the ocean. It is shown that the mean state of the equatorial Pacific does ...

Abstract: The land surface albedo in the NCAR Community Climate System Model (CCSM2) is calculated based on a two-stream approximation, which does not include the effect of three-dimensional vegetation structure on radiative transfer. ...

Abstract: he cosmic-ray method for measuring soil moisture, used in the Cosmic-Ray Soil Moisture Observing System (COSMOS), relies on the exceptional ability of hydrogen to moderate fast neutrons. Sources of hydrogen near the ground, ...

Abstract: Extensive uncertainties exist in many resources and environmental management problems, which can be interrelated and thus amplify the complexity and nonlinearity of study systems. The interactions from dependent random ...

Abstract: High-resolution surface fluxes over the global ocean are needed to evaluate coupled atmosphere?ocean models and weather forecasting models, provide surface forcing for ocean models, understand the regional and temporal ...