Abstract: We present the first results concerning solar radiation at the ocean surface during the Tropic Heat experiment. Using calibrated GOES visible brightness measurements, a simple radiative transfer model calculates hourly and ...

Abstract: A simple radiative model designed to estimate insolation from geostationary satellite data has been applied to GOES-East calibrated visible data. Insolation results for 90 days are presented and compared with pyranometer ...

Abstract: A pool of cool surface water was observed on 15 July 1974 during the GATE experiment, where down-drafts were present inside the cloud cluster. Downdrafts are assumed to destroy the buoyant moist plume convection that ...

Abstract: In this paper we briefly describe the method applied to derive the net shortwave radiation (NSW) at the surface from combinations of calibrated visible geostationary satellite data. We then discuss the anticipated accuracy ...

Abstract: A zero-tolerance policy for corruption is increasingly being adopted by companies, governments, project owners, and funders. The concern for these stakeholders is no longer whether they should seek to eliminate corruption ...

Abstract: This study presents surface solar radiation flux and cloud radiative forcing results obtained by using a combination of satellite and surface observations interpreted by means of a simple plane-parallel radiative transfer ...

Abstract: This paper is a review of the use of particulate discrete element modeling (DEM) in geomechanics. The overall objective of the paper is to serve as an introduction to researchers and practitioners in geomechanics who are ...