Abstract: Although disaster-related economic losses continue to accelerate in the US, local hazard mitigation in many cases remains fragmented from mainstream forms of city planning. This paper demonstrates a methodological innovation ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...