Abstract: Tropical cold point tropopause (CPT) characteristics have been calculated using ECMWF reanalyses and high resolution radiosonde soundings obtained in TOGA COARE as well as operational sounding data. It is found that ECMWF ...

Abstract: It is generally known that delayed coke drums are operated under severe conditions by cyclic heating and quenching operation. It makes them susceptible to thermal fatigue. Therefore, fatigue ...

Abstract: There has been increasing recognition of the role of the tropical tropopause layer (TTL) in determining stratospheric water vapor concentrations?the TTL being a layer of transition between air showing tropospheric properties ...

Abstract: In this study, a series of numerical pullout tests was performed using the discrete-element method (DEM) to investigate the micromechanical behavior of geogrid pullout and the effect of geogrid tensile stiffness. Geogrid–soil ...

Abstract: Clouds cool the climate system by reflecting shortwave radiation and warm it by increasing the atmospheric greenhouse. Previous studies have shown that in tropical regions of deep convection there is a near cancellation ...

Abstract: The effects of condenser length and evaporator/condenser elevation on the performance of a loop heat pipe (LHP) in a gravity field were investigated, respectively, as well as their coupling effect. The refrigerant R40 was ...