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• 0364f832-b1a8-4056-b811-51d3d1fc32ed definition "The Harvard Halogen instrument measures ClO and BrO in situ via a two-step process: chemical conversion to Cl and Br atoms via a rapid bimolecular reaction with NO, followed by atomic resonance fluorescence detection of Cl and Br in the vacuum ultraviolet. The instrument is located in the superpod forebody of the ER-2. The flow of ambient air through the instrument is controlled by a single primary bypass duct from which the laminar core is extracted and decelerated into two nested, mirror-image secondary ducts each with two axes for the detection of halogen radical species. The 4-axis design enables multiple ClO and BrO detectors to be present on each flight." @default.
• 0365f0af-7843-4ba3-af8c-82d032c14f7e definition "An extended interval of abnormally dry weather sufficiently prolonged for the lack of water to cause a serious hydrological imbalance (i.e., crop damage, water supply shortage, etc.) in the affected area." @default.
• 03691f9c-3765-47e8-a83d-755f1d73218e definition "Downwelling Shortwave Radiation 4XCO2 Atmosphere" @default.
• 036cb785-59e6-4278-a5c6-31cb08a7e659 definition "" @default.
• 037450ba-b996-4195-8615-76b8ad823875 definition "Dissolved Inorganic Carbon Concentration" @default.
• 037ce518-b71f-4599-b37f-feab9cc9809d definition "The line along which a wave travels with respect to it's compass heading." @default.
• 037f42a2-cdda-4b72-b49c-bdec74d03e0a definition "Web-Based Geographic Information Systems (GIS) are defined as Data Analysis and Visualization Services designed for use on the web. These services include GIS map viewers, GIS web services, GIS applications, and software tools specifically used for creating GIS applications for the web." @default.
• 0384fecd-9303-47f3-84e3-f01f58013fc3 definition "The East Pacific - North Pacific (EP- NP) pattern is a Spring-Summer-Fall pattern with three main anomaly centers. The positive phase of this pattern features positive height anomalies located over Alaska/ Western Canada, and negative anomalies over the central North Pacific and eastern North America. Strong positive phases of the EP-NP pattern are associated with a southward shift and intensification of the Pacific jet stream from eastern Asia to the eastern North Pacific, followed downstream by an enhanced anticyclonic circulation over western North America, and by an enhanced cyclonic circulation over the eastern United States. Strong negative phases of the pattern are associated with circulation anomalies of opposite sign in these regions. The positive phase of the EP-NP pattern is associated with above-average surface temperatures over the eastern North Pacific, and below-average temperatures over the central North Pacific and eastern North America. The main precipitation anomalies associated with this pattern reflect above-average precipitation in the area north of Hawaii and below-average precipitation over southwestern Canada." @default.
• 03866903-66a9-42d7-a5d6-aef57067da0d definition "The Bromine Latitudinal Air/Sea Transect (BLAST) expeditions by NOAA/CMDL consisted of 3 cruises. BLAST I in 1994 in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, BLAST II, also in 1994 in the Atlantic Ocean, and BLAST III in 1996 in the Southern Oceans near Antarctica. The BLAST I 1994 expedition was intended to test the reliabilty of a gas chromatograph / mass spectrometer (GC/MS) combination instrument at sea and then measure methyl bromide (CH3Br) in the marine air and the surface waters of the East Pacific Ocean to determine whether the ocean is a source or a sink for this compound. Along with methyl bromide, about 20 other compounds in both air and surface waters was measured. The BLAST I expedition started in Seattle, WA, crossed several regions of the East Pacific and reached the inland passage of Chile at 41 degrees S, and finally Punta Arenas, Chile, at 54 degrees S about 4.5 weeks after its beginning. The NOAA Ship Discoverer (R 102) was used in the BLAST I expedition. The BLAST II 1994 cruise was a continuation of the BLAST I 94 mission in order to verify findings from the first cruise, but in the Atlantic Ocean rather than the Pacific. In addition to all compounds that were measured during BLAST 94, other halogenated methanes were also measured. The cruise covered an equally wide latitudinal range as BLAST 94, similar oceanic regimes such as coastal and coastally influenced waters, upwelling regions and open ocean gyres, but slightly different seasons, fall in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern hemisphere. The entire cruise was almost 5 weeks long and was conducted between 18 October, 1994 and 21 November, 1994. The data for methyl bromide basically confirmed what was seen during BLAST I 94 and contributed valuable information to NOAA/CMDL's database for methyl halides. The ship FS Polarstern, used for the BLAST II expedition, operates out of Bremerhaven, Germany, and is run by the Alfred Wegener Polarforschung mainly as a research vessel and supply ship for the German Antarctica station Georg von Neumayer. The BLAST III cruise was conducted between February 22nd and April 7th, 1996 from McMurdo, Antarctica, along the coast and through the ice of Antarctica to Punta Arenas, Chile. This cruise was a continuation of previous BLAST cruises. The main focus on these expeditions has been the measurement of methyl bromide and a suite of other methyl halides, very similar to the setup during BLAST II. The ship Nathanial Palmer, used for the BLAST III expedition, is operated by Antarctic Support Associates which headquarters located in Englewood, Colorado. References: Net Sink for Atmospheric CH3Br in the East Pacific Ocean, J.M. Lobert, J.H. Butler, S.A. Montzka, L.S. Geller, R.C. Myers, and J.W. Elkins, Science 267, 1002-1005 (1995) BLAST 94: Bromine Latitudinal Air/Sea Transect 1994: Report on Oceanic Measurements of Methyl Bromide and Other Compounds. J.M. Lobert, J.H. Butler, L.S. Geller, S.A. Yvon, S.A. Montzka, R.C. Myers, A.D. Clarke, and J.W. Elkins. NOAA Technical Memorandum ERL CMDL-10. The Latitudinal Distribution of Atmospheric Sulfur Hexafluoride, L.S. Geller, J.W. Elkins, R.C. Myers, J.M. Lobert, and J.H. Butler. submitted to GRL (1996). The distribution and cycling of halogenated trace gases between the atmosphere and ocean. J.H. Butler, J.M. Lobert, S.A. Yvon, and L.S. Geller. In: G. Kattnetterer (eds.), The Expedition ANTARKTIS XII of FS Polarstern in 1994/95, Reports of Legs ANT XII/1 and 2. Berichte zur Polarforschung, Vol 168, 27-40, 1995. Bremerhaven, Germany: Alfred Wegener Instir Polar- und Meeresforschung. Undersaturations of CH3Br in the Southern Ocean, J.M. Lobert, S.A. Yvon-Lewis, J.H. Butler, S.A. Montzka, and R.C. Myers, Geophys. Res. Lett., 24(2), 171-172, 1997. BLAST I Contacts: James H. Butler +1 303 497 6898 (tel) 6290 (fax) jbutler@cmdl.noaa.gov Jurgen M. Lobert +1 303 497 7006 (tel) 7850 (fax) jurgen@fiji.ucsd.edu BLAST II and III Contacts: James H. Butler +1 303 497 6898 (tel) 6290 (fax) jbutler@cmdl.noaa.gov Jurgen M. Lobert +1 303 497 7006 (tel) 7850 (fax) jurgen@fiji.ucsd.edu Shari A. Yvon +1 303 497 7015 (tel) 7850 (fax) syvon@cmdl.noaa.gov Data are available on the NOAA/CMDL/NOAH anonymous FTP account: 'ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/noah/ocean/blast_94' 'ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/noah/ocean/blast_ii' 'ftp://ftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/noah/ocean/blast_iii' For more information see: 'http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/noah' and 'http://www.cmdl.noaa.gov/noah/ocean/ocean.html'" @default.
• 038aa02e-e499-4a71-9bd4-5d5bd007c9b4 definition "The project encompasses several aspects of fish ecology. The topics of ecology that are investigated include: population evaluation, changes of abundance, parameters of populational dynamics, predator-prey relationships (bird-fish and pinniped-fish), and systematics of Antarctic fish living in the area surrounding South Georgia Island, the South Shetland Islands, and the Orcadas." @default.
• 038ac74c-470a-43e0-b80d-2b2fb1acfc13 definition "Airborne solid particles (also called dust or particulate matter (PM)) or liquid droplets." @default.
• 03939ec7-9310-4440-b761-c8a6b32f1f43 definition "The emission of “cold light” from minerals. There are several varieties of luminescence, each named according to the source of energy, or the trigger for the luminescence." @default.
• 03976e48-3ff9-4dc6-a4c4-fd77026380ff definition "LLNL (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA 94550, USA); ANL (Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439, USA); BNL (Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA); LANL (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA); LBNL (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA); ORNL (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA); PNNL (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA); SNL (Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185, USA). Mailing address: LLNL Climate Program, c/o David C. Bader, Principal Investigator, L-103, 7000 East Avenue, Livermore, CA 94550, USA" @default.
• 0399a8b1-4ec0-4f13-910e-838e9a6b0d9d definition "Rate of Change of Net Dissolved Inorganic Nitrogen" @default.
• 0399b52c-e3de-4dcc-9eb6-b1e3acf2cf1b definition "Zooplankton is the animal portion of the plankton; the animal community in marine and freshwater situations that floats free in the water, independent of the shore and the bottom, moving passively with the currents." @default.
• 039bbfd2-7653-4ba8-9003-b46d367c6038 definition "The amount of precipitation collected and measured at a weather observing site during 3 hour and 6 hour periods." @default.
• 039c065c-6119-45c3-bc85-8b77b1500bfc definition "CONDUCTIVITY METERS are devices that measure the units of electrical conduction (the facility with which a substance conducts electricity, as represented by the current density per electrical-potential gradient in the direction of flow)." @default.
• 039cf517-4f9f-4743-8f4e-fe4327e320bb definition "The Ocean-Atmosphere Carbon Exchange Study (OACES) of NOAA&#039;s Climate and Global Change (C&GC) Program has two major scientific objectives. The first is to carry out high- quality measurements of carbon dioxide (CO 2) system parameters that can be used to document the transient invasion of fossil fuel derived CO 2 into the ocean&#039;s interior. The second is to utilize these observations in ocean and atmosphere general circulation models to enable more accurate predictions of future climate change on decadal to centennial timescales. In support of these objectives, the OACES program has been making carbon system measurements on deep ocean survey cruises as well as time-series measurements of atmospheric l2CO 2 and 13CO 2 at NOAA&#039;s global cooperative flask sampling network sites. Program Interfaces: The OACES program addresses research relevant to the goals of the U.S. Joint Global Ocean Flux Study (U.S. JGOFS), a core activity of the International Geosphere- Biosphere Programme (IGBP). OACES research is also relevant to activities of the International Global Atmospheric Chemistry (IGAC) program, also of IGBP. The IGAC program includes global measurements and modeling of atmospheric CO 2 and its isotopic composition. With respect to NASA, the oceanic measurements made along meridional ocean sections and process study cruises supported by OACES will provide valuable information to the NASA SeaWIFS Ocean Color Satellite mission, namely in situ ocean data that can be used to validate information derived from the satellite (i.e., &ground-truthing&). Another partner in the quest to understand the global carbon cycle is the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In addition to supporting CO 2 measurements on World Ocean Circulation Experiment (WOCE) cruises, DOE is providing certified seawater reference materials to investigators to ensure the analytical quality control of seawater total CO 2 measurements. Information provided by http://www.gcrio.org/ocp96/progsum/DOC_09.html" @default.
• 039d227a-3143-4c1a-b6fa-e335ba120bf8 definition "Researchers and engineers of the new generation need to have a solid academic foundation and the ability to cope with contemporary problems as well as technical know-how. They should also have a global view and the ability to acquire and transmit information. To educate researchers and engineers who can intelligently deal with these problems, we at Oita University place emphasis not only on basic education but also on communication abilities such as practical English language and presentation skills. Summary Provided By: http://www2.cc.oita-u.ac.jp/eng/english/greetings.html" @default.
• 03a649bc-c35c-4b9a-965d-6c4eb79841c3 definition "The NOAA Profiler Network (NPN), consisting of 35 unmanned Doppler Radar sites located in 18 central US states and Alaska, provides hourly vertical wind profile data. The data produced by this network are distributed to the National Weather Service (NWS), environmental research groups, and Universities. The NPN has operating continuously since 1992 and celebrated its 10th Anniversary in 2002. Additional information available at 'http://www.profiler.noaa.gov/jsp/index.jsp' [Summary provided by NOAA]" @default.
• 03a7c97e-71e2-469e-8af9-bbe80ffedb1a definition "A reflective quality restricted to a particular wavelength." @default.
• 03a85d63-7956-44c3-bb35-13d852879a89 definition ":: We are a world leader in wave energy and wave power.. We developed and operate Limpet, the world’s first commercial-scale wave energy device that generates wave energy for the grid. :: Rising demand for energy and the finite nature of conventional fuels, are leading to increased prices. The problem of green house gas emissions continues. Harnessing the immense wave power in the world’s oceans can be part of the solution to our energy problems. At Wavegen we are delivering the wave energy technology to help make that happen. :: Our marine renewable wave power specialists offer a unique blend of engineering, scientific and commercial skills. Summary provided by http://www.wavegen.co.uk/" @default.
• 03afbb23-76cc-4241-b5a3-853367f8461f definition "The Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC) is an international programme initially proposed in 1996 and led by SSTL (Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd) from the United Kingdom, to construct a network of five affordable Low Earth Orbit (LEO) microsatellites. The objective is to provide a daily global imaging capability at medium resolution (30-40 m), in 3-4 spectral bands, for rapid-response disaster monitoring and mitigation." @default.
• 03b03563-05d1-426f-9cc9-3410d4d5e214 definition "Ozone sensors are instruments that are able to to provide ozone leak detection and ozone level measurements. [Summary provided by Ozone Services.]" @default.
• 03b39254-0d35-47ae-a3f7-9f898c5eb2fe definition "NASA scientists are building an open global inventory of landslides and we need your help! Knowing where and when landslides occur can help communities worldwide prepare for these disasters. Become a citizen scientist and you can help inform decisions that could save lives and property today. More Information: https://gpm.nasa.gov/landslides/" @default.
• 03b6b427-6be5-4452-a457-a9ea8c7f0473 definition "The direction in which the Earth's plates spread; it had many affects on land mass." @default.
• 03bc515c-af45-4a15-b2a2-65270f0e72bd definition "As used in the U.S. National Weather Service, a rapid fall in temperature within 24 hours to temperatures requiring substantially increased protection to agriculture, industry, commerce, and social activities." @default.
• 03c57589-9fc0-4ffb-b0c4-73a6e065a74f definition "The Piper PA-23, named Apache and later Aztec, was an American twin-engined monoplane, the first twin-engine aircraft built by Piper Aircraft. Originally to be named the 'Twin-Stinson' and designed as a four-seater low-wing all-metal monoplane with a twin tail, the prototype first flew 2 March 1952. The prototype was then named the PA-21 to conform to Piper's numerical nomenclature[1] It was redesigned with a single vertical stabilizer and an all-metal rear fuselage and renamed to Apache 150 when it entered production in 1954; 1,231 were built. In 1958, the Apache 160 was produced by upgrading the engines to 160 hp (119 kW), and 816 were built before being superseded by the Apache 235, which went to 235 hp (175 kW) engines and swept tail surfaces (119 built). Declining sales of the Apache prompted the redesign dubbed PA-23-250 Aztec, with 250 hp (186 kW) Lycoming. The first models were delivered with O-540 Lycoming carburetor engines. These first models came in a five-seat configuration which became available in 1959. The later models of the Aztec were equipped with IO-540 fuel-injected engines and six-seat capacity, and continued in production until 1982. There were also turbocharged versions of the later models, which were able to fly at higher altitudes." @default.
• 03ca0cdf-1dbc-428c-8f5e-40c949589ac5 definition "Last interglacial simulation of ice sheet evolution driven by PMIP lig127k" @default.
• 03caa2f1-1753-47c5-923d-49e2043dbf7d definition "Carbon Mass Flux into Atmosphere Due to Crop Harvesting [kgC m-2 s-1]" @default.
• 03d2c9e4-e102-4488-b764-bca16d5aae2b definition "CARMEN (CARacterization and Modeling of ENvironment) is an instrument concept dedicated to space environment measurement: orbital debris, high and low energy particles. CARMEN-3 is composed of the ICARE-NG module and an additional sensor AMBRE. ICARE-NG is a dedicated instrument to study the influence of space radiation and their effects on electronic components. AMBRE is a type of sensor which is able to detect low level ions and electrons. CARMEN-3 instrument has particular mission objectives as well as objectives related to the satellite: • Scientific objectives for ICARE-NG: to allow the measurement of charged particles fluxes and the effects of these particles fluxes on under test electronic components. • Scientific objectives for AMBRE: to allow the measurement of low energy charged particles fluxes responsible for electrostatic discharges. • Mission objectives for CARMEN-3 associated with JASON-3: to allow the local radiative environment characterization and the evaluation of the potential drifts of the equipments in particular due to radiation from South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA), and to participate in the data cross calibration with the LPT instrument in the frame of JRE (Joint Radiation Experiment). Carmen-3 (CNES instrument) is a dosimeter used to improve knowledge of particularly aggressive radiation in Jason's orbit." @default.
• 03d38261-1c90-491b-bc4e-cc4e703e1dff definition "The capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of responsibility, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship, the responsible management of resource use." @default.
• 03d45804-cc21-449d-81f4-4bb778f97ac6 definition "The raw digital values recorded by the sensor." @default.
• 03d748ff-7398-4ea8-87e7-38d0ef3e6167 definition "VFM is the prime instrument of the Swarm mission developed at DTU Space. The objective is to measure the magnetic field vector, on the boom, together with the star tracker for precise attitude measurement. The boom mounted Swarm vector magnetometer instrument consist of a triple star sensor block and a CSC (Compact Spherical Coil) vector magnetometer sensor, mounted on a stable optical bench (Figure 8). Each satellite contains the optical bench with one CSC and three CHU (Camera Head Unit). The three star sensor units are arranged with the boresights 90º from each other so as to ensure that only one CHU may be affected by Sun or Moon intrusion at any given time. Hereby an attitude solution accurate in all three degrees of freedom can be delivered to the CSC throughout the entire mission. The CSC sensor and the triple star sensor block are mounted on either end of a highly stable mechanical structure. The CSC vector sensor is supported by a zero CTE (Coefficient of Thermal Expansion) CFRP (Carbon Fiber Reinforced Polymer) adapter that on the one end matches the zero CTE CFRP tube, used to displace the CSC sensor from the star sensor heads (CHU), and on the other end matches the 32 ppm CTE CSC sensor, by means of a finger section. The rotational symmetry of this design ensures an excellent angular stability. The other end of the CFRP tube is attached to a CSiC bracket holding the three CHUs. The CSiC exhibit a heat distribution capacity second to none, minimizing thermal biases of this section, from the inevitable thermal gradient induced when the sun happens to illuminate any of the three CHUs. Because the CSiC is weakly magnetic, this material can only be used at distances larger than 20 cm from the CSC sensor. Each CHU is fitted with a straylight suppression system that is thermally decoupled from the optical bench. This separation minimizes thermal excursions from the time varying sun impingement over an orbit to less than a few degrees C. The straylight suppression system is mechanically mounted on an external thermal CFRP shroud, which also provides for thermal control of the entire optical bench. The material selection for all thermal protection has been performed to suppress soft or hard magnetic parts as well as parts that can generate magnetic fields under thermal gradients. VFM instrument: The VFM (fluxgate type) is based on the fluxgate transducer using a ringcore with amorphous magnetic material, which has a very low noise (10-20 pT rms). It has an extremely high stability < 0.05 nT/year. VFM consists of a CSC (Compact Spherical Coil) sensor, non redundant, mounted on the deployable boom, an internally redundant data processing unit (DPU) and the connecting harness. The spherical coils that create a homogeneous vector field inside the sphere are mounted on an isotropic and extremely stable mechanical support. In feedback conditions the sensor is used as a nulling device and the coils define uniquely the magnetic axes of the sensor. The VFM exhibits high linearity (< 1ppm), a component accuracy of 0.5 nT and precision of 50 pT rms. The operation of the fluxgate sensor is based on the extreme symmetry of the positive and negative magnetic saturation levels of the ferromagnetic sensor core material. Continuous probing of the core saturation levels by a high frequency excitation magnetization current enables the sensor to detect deviations from the zero field with only tens of pT noise and sub-nT long term stability. The mounting of the VFM sensor is using a sliced adaptor ring. The optical bench ensures mechanical stability of the system. Three star trackers provide full accuracy attitude. Instrument mass, power consumption 1 kg, 1 W Dimension of sensor head (CSC) Mass, power 82 mm Ø 280 g, ~ 250 mW Dimension of DPU Mass of DPU, power 100 x 100 x 60 mm 750 g, ~1 W Data rate Dynamic range ±65536.0 nT to 0.0625nT (21 bit) Omnidirectional linearity ±0.0001% of full scale (±0.1nT in ±65536nT) Intrinsic sensor noise 15 pTRMS in the band 0.01-10 Hz (6.6 pTRMS Hz-1/2 at 1 Hz) Intrinsic electronics noise 50 pTRMS in the band 0.01-10 Hz (15 pTRMS Hz-1/2 at 1 Hz) Sampling rate 50 Hz, linear phase filter, -3dB frequency 13.1 Hz Temperature range -20ºC to +40ºC (Operating performance) -40ºC to +50ºC (Survival performance) Thermal behavior - Offset - Scale factors - Non-orthogonality angles ~0 nT/ºC (CSC), ~0.1 nT/ºC (electronics) ~10 ppm/ºC (CSC), ~2 ppm/ºC (electronics) ~0 arcsec/ºC (0.06, 0.07, 0.04) Zero stability (thermal & long term) < ± 0.5 nT Absolute accuracy of Ørsted magnetometer parameters (relative to ASM & STR): - Offset < 0.2 nT (~120 dB) - Scale factors < 0.0005% - Axes orthogonality < 0.0006º (~2 arcsec) - Axis alignment < 0.0002º (~7 arcsec) Ørsted magnetometer with 3 offsets, 3 scale factors & 3 angles for 6.5year: Accuracy < 0.5 nT" @default.
• 03d84cf1-8c44-499d-8c97-10e0e971415e definition "NEESPI Home page: http://neespi.org/" @default.
• 03ddc432-906d-4469-bb00-179c828dbea4 definition "A graph showing the variation of a meteorological event with height." @default.
• 03e3534a-63a5-4499-8d71-71fdfa553360 definition "" @default.
• 03e37490-87d9-412d-80e1-b351fbe9d03d definition "The R/V Palmetto is part of a fleet of vessels operated by the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (SCDNR), Marine Resources Research Institute. The research vessel is used primarily for fishery surveys of natural and man-made fish habitats. The Palmetto conducts fishery and oceanographic surveys from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to Palm Beach, Florida, and offshore to 100 miles. The ship is outfitted primarily for oceanographic and fishery and surveys including tag and release survival rate studies. It is equipped with three winches for deploying hydrographic gear (CTDs), underwater television and remotely operated vehicles (ROVs), fishing gear (longlines, traps, small trawls), and other sampling gear (e.g. plankton nets). Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: R/V PALMETTO Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: In Situ Ocean-based Platforms Platform_Series_or_Entity: SHIPS Short_Name: R/V PALMETTO End_Group Creation_Date: 2012-07-19 Online_Resource: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/vessels/palmetto/palmetto.html Sample_Image: http://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/technology/vessels/palmetto/palmetto_220.jpg End_Group" @default.
• 03e81ca9-e657-4e7b-970d-4d84c086129d definition "Global Average Thermosteric Sea Level Change" @default.
• 03e9cfd2-631c-42e6-b25c-b75f57e4ebb8 definition "Change in Tropical Depression's position with respect to time." @default.
• 03ea18fe-793d-48e0-aa44-e211376c73d8 definition "Processes pertain to the activity of the winds and more specifically, to the winds' ability to shape the surface of the Earth and other planets. Winds may erode, transport, and deposit materials, and are effective agents in regions with sparse vegetation and a large supply of unconsolidated sediments." @default.
• 03eb096c-9cea-427a-96db-e064f211a67b definition "The French Geological Survey is France’s reference public institution for Earth Science applications in the management of surface and subsurface resources and risks. Scientific research is focused on furthering geological knowledge and understanding surface and subsurface phenomena. The key issue at stake is to meet the challenges of global change. Key objectives - Understanding geological processes and associated risks, - Developing new methodologies and techniques, - Producing and disseminating data to support the management of soils, subsoils and resources, - Delivering the necessary tools for the management of soils, subsoils and their resources, risk prevention and policy responses to climate change." @default.
• 03ec3674-18a5-41b5-b432-1b490f05a057 definition "The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is an agency within the U.S. Department of the Interior, administers 261 million surface acres of America's public lands, located primarily in 12 Western States. The BLM sustains the health, diversity, and productivity of the public lands for the use and enjoyment of present and future generations. The BLM maintains cadastral survey and historical data on lands patented, along with information on the mineral estate, resource conditions, and permits or leases on Federal lands. The BLM is responsible for the leasing of Federal oil and gas and geothermal minerals. The BLM is responsible for maintaining viable national policies and processes for solid minerals resources under Federal jurisdiction. Solid minerals include coal and non-energy leas-able minerals, hard rock minerals on acquired lands, locatable minerals, and salable minerals. The BLM has established a web site from which the public may now access land and minerals information from the agency's LR2000 database. The Bureau of Land Management has established the National Landscape Conservation System (NLCS) to help protect some of the nations most remarkable and rugged landscapes. Some include: -National Monuments -National Scenic & Historic Trails -Wild & Scenic Rivers -Wilderness and Wilderness Study Areas -Other National Conservation Designations Website: http://www.or.blm.gov/gis/ [Summary provided by the U.S. Department of the Interior.]" @default.
• 03ee0693-3c1f-49da-8f24-2ae2e0778864 definition "Laboratory of Advanced Information and Technology Standards, School of Computational Science, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, now is located off-campus near the Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA in Maryland. owns more than 2000 sqare feet space including offices, one conference/class room, and computer rooms. LAITS is a member of National Committee on Information Technology Standards Technical Committee L1. LAITS is a member of Open GIS Consortium (OGC). LAITS's Misson Participating in and leading the research and application of GRID in Earth and Space Science. Developing advanced information technologies for Earth and Space Sciences, such as WebGIS, 3DGIS, Wireless GIS, Ubiquitous mobile geocomputing, and geoinformation services of all. Participating in and leading the development of federal, national, and international standards in the areas of geographic information science and remote sensing, such as HDF-EOS, Geospatial Metedata. Information provided by: Laboratory of Advanced Information and Technology Standards Website: http://laits.gmu.edu/AboutUs.htm" @default.
• 03f0c0a3-04a7-4ef8-8ec0-3c2266510815 definition "A reproduction of an object by imaging the visible radiation coming from the object or reflected by the object." @default.
• 03f8378f-16de-466c-816f-352990d5aaf4 definition "Multispectral measurements of Earth's surface for natural environment and disaster applications. Resolution Summary: 30 m Swath Summary: 360 km (per set), 720 km (two sets) Waveband Summary: 0.43 - 0.90 µm (4 bands) VIS (~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm) NIR (~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm) Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: CCD2 (HuanJing 1B) Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Earth Remote Sensing Instruments Instrument_Class: Passive Remote Sensing Instrument_Type: Photon/Optical Detectors Instrument_Subtype: Cameras Short_Name: CCD2 (HuanJing 1B) Long_Name: Charge-coupled Device 2 End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: HJ1B End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Visible Number_Channels: 1-3 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: ~0.40 µm - ~0.75 µm Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 30 m End_Group Group: Spectral_Frequency_Information Wavelength_Keyword: Near Infrared Number_Channels: 4 Spectral_Frequency_Coverage_Range: ~0.75 µm - ~1.3 µm Spectral_Frequency_Resolution: 30 m End_Group Online_Resource: http://www.cresda.com/n16/n92006/n92066/n98627/index.html Creation_Date: 2012-07-25 Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 120 Mbps Instrument_Start_Date: 2008-09-06 Instrument_Owner: CAST End_Group End_Group" @default.
• 03f9c0b1-4dcd-4293-8bfa-5fe0608ab332 definition "Principle of the Measurement: Cavity enhanced spectroscopy uses two mirrors to create an optical path of several tens of kilometers within a 50 cm measurement cell, making the instrument very sensitive to absorption by trace gases. Species Measured: Glyoxal (CHOCHO), nitrous acid (HONO), nitrogen dioxide (NO2) Time Response / Detection Limit: 30 pptv / 10 seconds for glyoxal and NO2" @default.
• 03fbea0a-74b9-4c78-8752-a588cff27f17 definition "The surface currents that form from the transfer of energy from winds to surface waters." @default.
• 04029c7f-6df9-47f0-ad9f-dd93ad04ec2c definition "The Solar Wind Ion Composition Spectrometer (SWICS) and the Solar Wind Ions Mass Spectrometer (SWIMS) instruments on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) are optimized for measurements of the chemical and isotopic composition of solar and interstellar matter. Both instruments are time-of-flight mass spectrometers with electrostatic analyzers, though each is optimized for different measurements. SWICS determines the chemical and ionic charge state composition of the solar wind and resolves H and He isotopes of both solar and interstellar sources. SWICS also measures the distribution functions of both the interstellar cloud and dust cloud pickup ions up to energies of 100 keV/e. SWIMS measures the chemical and isotopic composition of the solar wind for every element between He and Ni, up to 10 keV/e. SWIMS and SWICS was designed and developed by the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Solar and Heliospheric Research Group. See: http://solar-heliospheric.engin.umich.edu/ace/ Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: SWIMS Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments Instrument_Class: Particle Detectors Short_Name: SWIMS Long_Name: Solar Wind Ion Mass Spectrometer End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: ACE End_Group Online_Resource: http://solar-heliospheric.engin.umich.edu/ace/ Online_Resource: http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/database/MasterCatalog?sc=1997-045A&ex=1 Sample_Image: http://helios.gsfc.nasa.gov/ace/swims_sm.tif Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 0.505 kbps Instrument_Start_Date: 1997-08-25 Instrument_Owner: University of Michigan, Ann Arbor End_Group End_Group" @default.
• 0408bac9-c247-4b00-80de-f4665b813658 definition "Plant characteristics refer to Global Change Master Directory detailed variables under the variable, Plant Characteristics: Plant aboveground biomass, plant biomass, plant blooms, plant boron concentration, plant calcium concentration, plant carbon concentration, plant copper concentration, plant diameter, plant diseases, plant height, plant iron concentration, plant magnesium concentration, plant manganese concentration, plant nitrogen concentration, plant phosphorus concentration, plant potassium concentration, plant production, plant root biomass, plant sink capacity, plant sulfur concentration, plant water potential, and plant zinc concentration." @default.
• 0412f17d-7f25-4228-b071-2736f4fffba7 definition "The IGCP (International Geological Correlation Program)aimed at documenting lithosphere-asthenosphere dynamic effects in two major collision zones and assessing their role in determining seismic and volcanic hazards. The two densely populated collision zones embrace the PANCARDI (Pannonia, Carpathians, Dinarides) and the SEAWPAC (Southeast Asia-Western Pacific) regions. This project will address mantle flow and lithosphere kinematics and document mantle characteristics using geophysical, petrological, geochemical and geochronological techniques. To resolve macro- and micro-plate collision-related lithosphere kinematics, the geophysical investigations include seismic tomographic and shear-wave splitting experiments, and palaeomagnetic, gravity and geodetic studies. The data acquired will then be integrated to produce risk inventory GIS/maps relating mantle dynamics to natural geological hazards in densely populated target areas. The societal aspects of the project include assessments of geothermal energy and volcanic and seismic hazards assessment. Benefits also include enhanced research and educational ties and exchange opportunities between member countries. Cooperation with several IGCP, IASPEI, IAVCEI, and ILP projects is planned. The duration of the project is five years. Principal Investigators Martin F.J. Flower Department of Earth & Environmental Sciences Univ. of Illinois at Chicago (m/c 186) 845 W. Taylor St. Chicago, IL 60607-7059, U.S.A Tel: (+1) 312 996 9662 Fax: (+1) 312 413 2279 E-mail: flower@64uic.edu Victor I. Mocanu Department of Geophysics Faculty of Geology & Geophysics University of Bucharest Traian Vuia St. 6 RO-70139 Bucharest 1, Romania Tel: (+40) 92 242 654 Fax: (+40) 1 211 7390 E-mail: mocanu@gg.unibuc.ro E-mail: vi_mo@yahoo.com Raymond M. Russo Department of Geological Sciences Locy Hall Northwestern University Evanston, IL 60208-2150, U.S.A. Tel: (+1) 847 491 7383 Fax: (+1) 847 491 8060 E-mail: ray@earth.nwu.edu For more information, link to 'http://www.gg.unibuc.ro/igcp430/'" @default.
• 0413ac51-66bc-45dc-84e5-d0846763d10c definition "The University of Tennessee's flagship campus in Knoxville boasts a vigorous research agenda engaging scholars and students with expertise in issues vital to local and global interests. UT Knoxville is the hub of a vibrant research community that includes Oak Ridge National Laboratory and other University of Tennessee System campuses and institutes. Engineers and scientists are actively engaged in the following areas of research: 1. Advanced Imaging and Collaborative Information Processing 2. Analog VLSI and Devices Laboratory 3. Antennas and Microwave Systems 4. Distributed Intelligence Laboratory 5. Emergent Computation Project 6. Innovative Computing Laboratory 7. Integrated Circuits and Systems Laboratory 8. Laboratory for Information Technologies 9. Logistical Computing and Internetworking Laboratory 10. Machine Intelligence Lab & Networking Research Group 11. Microelectronic Systems 12. National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis (NIMBioS) 13. Power Engineering Laboratory 14. Software Quality Research Lab [Summary provided by the The University of Tennessee.] 9." @default.
• 04147dd6-f6c8-4311-821b-e56878981c22 definition "The Institute for Science Networking Oldenburg GmbH (ISN) at the University of Oldenburg was founded in January 2002. The Institute for Science Networking Oldenburg GmbH (ISN) develops novel services and tools for the networking of scientific information sources. The ISN develops and operates, on behalf of learned societies, Internet portals for science and its subject areas and plays an active role in national, international and interdisciplinary boards and initiatives concerning standardization and information services for sciences. Website: http://www.isn-oldenburg.de/ Info: Institute for Science Networking Oldenburg GmbH" @default.
• 0417ef12-93a6-43b1-9bc2-bab39c3a2b20 definition "CAM MPAS (Community Atmosphere Model - Model for Prediction Across Scales)" @default.
• 041d25af-dc91-4177-a53b-4e345fd695dc definition "The Hydrologic Engineering Center (HEC), an organization within the Institute for Water Resources, is the designated Center of Expertise for the US Army Corps of Engineers in the technical areas of surface and groundwater hydrology, river hydraulics and sediment transport, hydrologic statistics and risk analysis, reservoir system analysis, planning analysis, real-time water control management and a number of other closely associated technical subjects. HEC supports Corps field offices, headquarters, and laboratories by providing technical methods and guidance, water resources models and associated utilities, training and workshops, accomplishing research and development, and performing technical assistance and special projects. The products that are developed from these activities are for the Corps but are available to the public and may be freely downloaded from this web site." @default.
• 041edde4-f660-4f98-9b83-db888873c939 definition "Birds are beautiful, inspirational and international. Birds are excellent flagships and vital environmental indicators. By focusing on birds, and the sites and habitats on which they depend, the BirdLife Partnership is working to improve the quality of life for birds, for other wildlife (biodiversity), and for people. BirdLife's aims are to: -prevent the extinction of any bird species -maintain and where possible improve the conservation status of all bird species -conserve and where appropriate improve and enlarge sites and habitats important for birds -help, through birds, to conserve biodiversity and to improve the quality of people's lives -integrate bird conservation into sustaining people's livelihoods. Website: 'http://www.birdlife.net/' [Summary provided by Bird Life International]" @default.
• 042e5575-eb33-4c45-a708-3df3555afff6 definition "A polarimetric radar is a radar that transmits electromagnetic wave pulses in both a horizontal and vertical orientation." @default.
• 042e723a-9d12-4eff-ab5d-334171182d5c definition "The Ulysses dust experiment is intended to provide direct observations of dust grains with masses between 10**-16 g and 10**-6 g in interplanetary space, to investigate their physical and dynamical properties as functions of heliocentric distance and ecliptic latitude. Of special interest is the question of what portion is provided by comets, asteroids and interstellar particles. The investigation is performed with an instrument that measures the mass, speed, flight direction and electric charge of individual dust particles. It is a multicoincidence detector with a mass sensitivity 10**6 times higher than that of previous in situ experiments which measured dust in the outer solar system. The instrument weighs 3.8 kg, consumes 2.2 W, and has a normal data transmission rate of 8 bits/s in nominal spacecraft tracking mode. On 27th October 1990 the instrument was switched on. The instrument was configured to flight conditions and science data collection started immediately. In the period to 13th January 1991 at least 44 dust impacts have been recorded. Flux values are given covering the heliocentric distance range from 1.04 to 1.7 AU. (Abstract from: E. Gruen et al., Astron. Astrophys. Suppl. Ser. 92, 411-423, 1992) For more information, see: http://ulysses.jpl.nasa.gov/spacecraft/inst_dust.html Group: Instrument_Details Entry_ID: DUST Group: Instrument_Identification Instrument_Category: Solar/Space Observing Instruments Instrument_Class: Particle Detectors Short_Name: DUST Long_Name: Ulysses Cosmic Dust Experiment End_Group Group: Associated_Platforms Short_Name: ULYSSES End_Group Online_Resource: http://www.mpi-hd.mpg.de/dustgroup/projects/ulysses.html Online_Resource: http://ulysses-ops.jpl.esa.int/ulysses/archive/dust.html Sample_Image: http://ulysses-ops.jpl.esa.int/ulysses/images/dust.gif Group: Instrument_Logistics Data_Rate: 5 kbps Instrument_Start_Date: 1990-10-06 Instrument_Owner: Max Plank Institute End_Group End_Group" @default.
• 04305c55-14f0-42a3-a099-79eb326946d7 definition "The zone of the ocean in which salinity increases rapidly with depth." @default.
• 043a64bb-624a-43ac-aa02-5ea590e65529 definition "IGOSS is an important data acquisition and management systems that will form, with other existing systems, the 'Marine Meteorological and Oceanographic Operational Services' Module of the Global Ocean Observing System (GOOS). The Integrated Global Ocean Services System (IGOSS) is the international SYSTEM for the collection and exchange of ocean data (such as temperature and salinity) and the preparation and dissemination of oceanic products and services. IGOSS is coordinated jointly by the Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), and consists of national facilities and services provided by participating member countries who share data for mutual benefit. The IGOSS system consists of three components: the IGOSS Observing System (IOS), the IGOSS Data Processing and Services System (IDPSS) and the IGOSS Telecommunications Arrangements (ITA). In the IOS, naval ships, research vessels, and merchant ships in the Ships-of-Opportunity Programme (SOOP) along with fixed and floating buoys transmit oceanographic data such as subsurface temperature and salinity in near-real time. The IDPSS consists of several types of national, specialized and world data centres for processing and dissemination data and data products. The backbone of the ITA is the Global Telecommunication System (GTS) of the WMO. BATHY and TESAC data reports are transmitted over the GTS with headers that correspond to the nation which made the observation and placed the data on the GTS. The principal of free and open data exchange for all member states is accomplished through the GTS. Through IGOSS, observations, analyses and predictions of important ocean features are available to users on an operational basis, normally within 30 days or less. Ocean observations of temperature, salinity, sea level, and currents have a wide range of applications to commercial fishing, hydrobiology, marine exloration, disaster prevention, marine pollution and ocean modeling. IGOSS-derived data are used for both operational and research applications. The data are quality controlled at sea, by member states who acquired the data and at data centres where they are archived. Data monitoring is performed on a routine basis by the IGOSS Operations Co-ordinator and a series of Data Monitoring and Statistical Reports are available by FTP and via e-mail on the internet. The most notable success of processing and quality controlling global sets of temperature and salinity data is the Global Temperature Salinity Profile Programme (GTSPP) There are also groups such as the Group of Experts on Communications and Products(GE/C&P) and the Task Team on Quality Control of Automated Systems (TT/QCAS) that are comprised of experts from member states that evaluate existing and new technologies for acquiring more and improved oceanographic data, review WMO codes and code tables for transmitting the data, and provide guidance on equipment problems and corrections. IGOSS products are disseminated promptly through the GTS and by radio, radio facsimile, and various electronic and hard copy mail systems. The IGOSS Products Bulletin, established in 1991, compiles and publishes IGOSS global and regional products as a valuable service to the scientific community and international programmes. For more information, link to 'http://ioc.unesco.org/igossweb/igoshome.htm'" @default.
• 043d1395-6c27-44de-8463-5295a31bcbed definition "Revitalizing Baltimore is a national model community forestry and watershed restoration project funded by the USDA Forest Service and managed by the Parks & People Foundation in cooperation with the Maryland State Forester. The project goal is to demonstrate human and natural system connections and equip people to care for natural resources, while employing these resources to revitalize urban neighborhoods. The project is a partnership between the Maryland Department of Natural Resources Forest Service, Baltimore City and Baltimore County, several other non-profit organizations, three community-based watershed associations, businesses, and academic institutions. Contact: Michael T. Rains Director mrains&#64fs.fed.us Phone: 610-557-4103 Fax: 610-557-4177 For more information, link to 'http://www.fs.fed.us/na/briefs/baltimore99/baltimore.htm'" @default.
• 043dc242-1014-4e9a-91ee-c472b791b026 definition "JPSS-2 will provide operational continuity of satellite-based observations and products for NOAA Polar-Orbiting Environmental Satellites (POES) and Suomi NPP satellite and ground systems. The baseline plan for JPSS Ground System will be sustained to support JPSS-2, similar to JPSS-1. The JPSS-2 spacecraft will host the following instruments: (1) VIIRS, (2) CrIS, (3) ATMS, (4) OMPS-N, and (5) RBI. More Information: https://www.jpss.noaa.gov" @default.
• 0451cbfb-3c46-4afe-b02d-456beabd89a6 definition "A statement of expected meteorological conditions for a specific period and for a specific area." @default.
• 0453db06-3cd9-4ec0-b278-666dcc3861ef definition "Lateral Transfer of Nitrogen out of Grid Cell That Eventually Goes into Ocean" @default.
• 045edb21-e969-42a7-b94f-070f883a988c definition "In the first decade of the 21st century, China is in the process of developing its own navigation satellite constellation known as CNSS (Compass Navigation Satellite System), or BeiDou-2 in its Chinese name. BeiDou is the Chinese name of the Big Dipper constellation. The BeiDou-2 system will be based on its current regional Compass Satellite Navigation Experimental System (BeiDou-1). Although the program was initiated by China's military forces, China established an agency, namely CSNPC (China Satellite Navigation Project Center) in the timeframe 2006/7, to take charge of the research, building, and management of CNSS. The BeiDou-2 program was officially started in 2005 and announced by China in October 2006. China gave also to a proper name to the rest of the world of its BeiDou-2 system, namely CNSS (Compass Navigation Satellite System) - BeiDou literally means 'Compass'. The new system will be a constellation of 35 satellites, which include 5 geostationary orbit (GEO) satellites and 30 medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, that will offer complete coverage of the globe. China has joined the UN-supported ICG (International Committee on GNSS) and has taken part in the ICG's Providers Forum (founded in Sept. 2007, Bangalore, India). The members of the Forum and their current and future systems include: China (CNSS), EU (Galileo, EGNOS), India (IRNSS, GAGAN), Japan (QZSS, MSAS), Russia (GLONASS), and USA (GPS, WAAS). The goal of the Providers Forum is to foster compatibility of the services/signals and interoperability among the various navigation systems for a better service to the user community. The Chinese plans call for a deployment of the full constellation by 2012. A more realistic timeframe for global service provision is probably 2015. China plans call also for a long-term and sustained navigation service and system performance for the global user community once the system is in full operation. 4) 5) In 2009, three BeiDou-2 spacecraft are planned to be launched. More than 10 satellites will be put into service within the next two years by Long-March launchers. Around 2011, the system will be capable to offer services on a regional scale." @default.
• 04655f0e-81f1-411c-9cfe-994cd743701e definition "The level below which the ground is completely saturated with water." @default.
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• 0482e1cc-ae5f-4bb9-bdba-db20a0985549 definition "Canadax Industrial Group Limited is a Canadian business development firm that provides the strategic support services required to assist its clients in generating international business. Depending on the clients' needs, our staff act as management consultants, joint venture partners, agents or brokers. The company specializes in IFI projects and joint ventures. The firm specializes in the ocean, high technology and engineering sectors. In the oceans sector our services relate to fisheries, ship and boat building, environment, oceanography, coastal and ocean engineering, remote sensing and marine surveillance. In the high technology areas our services relate to avionic systems integration, computer hardware, and software development. In the engineering sector, we have experience with energy developments, port and harbour improvements, offshore oil and gas projects, automotive projects and corporate and commerical aircraft brokerage. In addition to its offices in Halifax and Washington, Canadax has associate offices in 5 major cities in the P.R. China, including Hong Kong, and has a network of agents operating in Peru, Venezuela, Turkey, India, Japan and Thailand." @default.
• 04833f72-ac6d-40b0-b1ae-1f55eb25b5dd definition "Acetylene appears as a colorless gas with a faint garlic-like odor. Easily ignited and burns with a sooty flame. Gas is lighter than air. Flame may flash back to the source of a leak very easily. Under prolonged exposure to fire or heat the containers may rupture violently and rocket." @default.
• 048df94e-841d-4f4d-a5c5-6683d1d07aa6 definition "An attribute, quality, or characteristic of chemical elements in air, water, soil, rocks, and minerals." @default.
• 04922ba6-8f00-4f54-b80c-ce2414c91e2e definition "The processes involved in the amount of water released from a flowing body of water." @default.
• 049ba985-d231-44c4-af48-291646d59105 definition "Snow Mass Flux Through Straits" @default.
• 049cb720-9272-409a-b918-73742cf810d6 definition "More Information: 'http://www.eumetsat.de/' Description: ----------- Eumetsat is an inter-governmental organisation created in 1986 by 16 European States; Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Ireland, Norway, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom. The primary objective of Eumetsat is to establish, maintain and exploit European systems of operational meteorological satellites. The legal basis for Eumetsat is its Convention, an agreement under international law ratified by all of the Member States. The Convention constitutes Eumetsat as an entity with legal personality, represented by its Director, who is responsible for the day-to-day activities of the organisation. Overall direction is given by the Eumetsat Council, which meets two or three times each year and which includes delegates from all of the Member States. Initially, Eumetsat has been concerned principally with the Meteosat geostationary satellite system developed by the European Space Agency. In addition, Eumetsat is now planning the second generation of Meteosat satellites (to be operated after 1998), and is actively considering a European contribution to polar orbiting meteorological satellite systems. Between the end of the Meteosat Operational Programme and the start of Meteosat Second Generation, at least one Meteosat Transition Programme satellite is expected to be manufactured and launched. Although Eumetsat is responsible for the Meteosat Operational Programme, the archiving and dissemination of Meteosat data and data products are the responsibility of the Earthnet Programme Office. In addition to basic visible and infrared Meteosat imagery, the Meteosat Meteorological Information Extraction Centre (at ESOC) generates several meteorological products on a routine basis including: * cloud motion vectors; * sea surface temperatures; * cloud analyses; * upper tropospheric humidity; * cloud top height; * climate data set; * precipitation index; * International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) data; * Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) data. System Contact: -------------- For further information on the Meteosat satellite system and other Eumetsat activities, interested parties are invited to view the Eumetsat Electronic Bulletin Board. Further information relating specifically to the ordering of Meteosat data products should be directed to: Meteosat Data Services, Meteosat Exploitation Project, Attention Mr. J. Le Ber, European Space Operations Centre (ESOC), Robert Bosch Strasse 5, D-6100 Darmstadt, Germany. Telephone: +49 6151 90 2534 Facsimile: +49 6151 90 495 Telex: 419 453 Access Procedures: ----------------- The Eumetsat Electronic Bulletin Board (EBB) has been created in order to provide up-to-date information about Meteosat, other meteorological satellite systems and related activities. You can also obtain information about all Meteosat images, image-related data and meteorological products which are routinely archived at the European Space Operations Centre (ESOC). This Bulletin is accessible 24 hours every day, including Sundays and bank holidays and from any country in the world. It may be accessed in either one of the following modes: * Via the Packet Switching Network DATEX-P The NUI is: +262 45 6151 30059 Requirements: The modem or acoustic-coupler should operate with data transfer rates of 300, 1200 or 2400 bit/sec (ORIGINATE, FULL DUPLEX) and the telecommunication software should use 8 Data Bits, No parity and 1 Stop Bit. * Via direct telephone lines: The two direct telephone lines can be accessed using one single telephone number: +49 6151 51052 Requirements: All modem attached to this direct dial access point automatically adapt to any of the following standards: SPEED bit/sec CCITT Standard 1200 V.22 2400 V.22bis Make sure that the modem or the acoustic-coupler is running a configuration with ORIGINATE, ACKNOWLEDGE and FULL DUPLEX. The telecommunication software should use 8 Data Bits, No parity and one stop bit. * Via the Prototype International Directory Use the 'LINK' facility Ordering/Price Policy: --------------------- THE RECEPTION OF DIGITAL AND ANALOGUE METEOSAT IMAGERY - The distribution and charging policy related to analogue and digital Meteosat imagery was determined by the Eumetsat Council in 1988. It distinguishes between use inside the territories of the Eumetsat Member States and use outside this area. The fundamental principle is that each Member State is in charge of the distribution and charging within its own territory. Outside the territories of the Member States Eumetsat takes care of the distribution and charging. To receive analogue or digital imagery from Meteosat, permission must be obtained from Eumetsat (for areas outside the Eumetsat Member States), or from the national meteorological service of the relevant country (for areas within the Eumetsat Member States). In each case a fee may be payable. Applications to Eumetsat should be addressed to: The Director, Eumetsat, Am Elfengrund 45, D-6100, Darmstadt-Eberstadt, Germany. Telephone: +49 6151 53920 Facsimile: +49 6151 539225 Telex: 419 7335 emet d BASIC METEOSAT DATA AND METEOSAT METEOROLOGICAL PRODUCTS - Meteosat data and Meteosat Meteorological Products are priced according to a two-tier system. `Category A' users belong to Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Turkey, The United Kingdom. `Category B' users belong to all other countries. Details of specific prices may be obtained from Meteosat Data Services (address above). Available Distribution Media: ---------------------------- Individual Meteosat images or image sectors can be retrieved from the archive on CCTs or as high quality photographic images." @default.
• 04a295cb-6a51-465f-a468-6fcbb35683f5 definition "Prescribed land conditions 30yr running mean with Land-Hist-princeton" @default.
• 04bda92c-0e4f-4e60-82d0-2242b14ce0c4 definition "The Cosmos-1500 spacecraft was launched on 28 September 1983, in Plesetsk, U.S.S.R.. Cosmos-1500 was a precursor to the operational Russian Okean ('Ocean') series of oceanographic remote sensing missions. Cosmos-1500 was launched into a 649 x 679 km orbit at 82.6 deg. inclination. The Cosmos-1500 tested new sensors and methods of data collection and processing. Cosmos-1500 had the capability of overlapping and processing images from its sensors. Data from Cosmos-1500 were sent directly to ships or automated data receiving stations and was applied in navigation in northern oceans. The instrument complement was highlighted by an all-weather X-band Side-Looking Real Aperature radar (SLRAR) operating at 9.5 GHz. other instruments included a multispectral scanner (MSL), a scanning high-frequency radiometer (SHF), and transponders for collecting data from ice and buoy transmitters. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: COSMOS 1500 Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Platform_Series_or_Entity: COSMOS Short_Name: COSMOS 1500 End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: COSMOS 1500 End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Inclination: 82.5 degrees Period: 95.8 min Perigee: 546 km Apogee: 565 km End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-09-12 Online_Resource: http://www.n2yo.com/satellite.php?s=14372 Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 1983-09-28 Primary_Sponsor: Russia End_Group End_Group" @default.
• 04c144cb-2195-4dd7-a7d3-8dacfb550abd definition "The QuickBird satellite is the first in a constellation of spacecraft that DigitalGlobe is developing that offers highly accurate, commercial high-resolution imagery of Earth. QuickBird's global collection of panchromatic and multispectral imagery is designed to support applications ranging from map publishing to land and asset management to insurance risk assessment. Today, DigitalGlobe's QuickBird is the only spacecraft able to offer sub-meter resolution imagery, industry-leading geolocational accuracy, large on-board data storage, and an imaging footprint 2 to 10 times larger than any other commercial high-resolution satellite. QuickBird was designed and built by our strategic partners, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Kodak, and Fokker Space, all leaders in their fields. By utilizing proven technology from each supplier, we have developed a state-of-the-art, satellite system built from space-qualified components. This system successfully meets DigitalGlobe's demanding performance requirements for high image quality, robust image collection, and long mission life. Group: Platform_Details Entry_ID: QUICKBIRD Group: Platform_Identification Platform_Category: Earth Observation Satellites Short_Name: QUICKBIRD Long_Name: DigitalGlobe's QuickBird End_Group Group: Synonymous_Platform_Names Short_Name: Quickbird End_Group Group: Orbit Orbit_Altitude: 450 km Orbit_Inclination: 98 degree Repeat_Cycle: 2-3 days Orbit_Type: LEO > Low Earth Orbit > Polar Sun-Synchronous End_Group Creation_Date: 2007-11-28 Online_Resource: http://www.digitalglobe.com/index.php/85/QuickBird Sample_Image: http://www.digitalglobe.com/image.php?id=93 Group: Platform_Logistics Launch_Date: 2001-10-18 Launch_Site: Vandenberg Air Force Base, USA Primary_Sponsor: DigitalGlobe End_Group End_Group" @default.
• 04c212d2-4091-452d-b672-92d19547f7c2 definition "Prototype Regional Observing and Forecasting Service (PROFS) is a program responsible for improving local weather service capability through application of recent technological advances in high speed communication and computers. This program has worked closely with the National Weather Service (NWS) and the National Earth Satellite Service (NESS) to develop a highly sophisticated system (Brown, 1983) which integrates information from radar, satellites, national weather circuits, and a network of 22 automated surface observing stations spread over the northern Front Range and the eastern plains of Colorado. That network, hereafter referred to as the mesonet, provides real-time wind, temperature, humidity, pressure, rainfall, isolation and visual range data, offering the forecaster details of meteorological fields unavailable from other sources." @default.
• 04c30b59-88ea-4311-8353-8896d4eba83f definition "Concentration term is based on retrieval of Molecules/cm3 also known as the water vapor number density." @default.
• 04c4a85f-91ce-4d64-9e19-b3e0897ff187 definition "Pertaining to the environment of large flowering shrubs or trees growing in dense thickets or forests along muddy or silty tropical coasts." @default.
• 04cbeec4-3c7c-4da6-a573-0a7fcf10ea82 definition "Sand Fraction" @default.
• 04d24dfe-c9f7-43b6-8bd8-8f2613767257 definition "major goal of oceanography is to combine all of the theoretical understanding we have about how a global fluid behaves with all of the observations pertaining to it. For anyone trying to understand climate, that means using the best ocean general circulation models, the best models of sea ice—which has a major high latitude influence on the ocean, and the best available estimates of the interacting meteorological fields." @default.
• 04e00ed0-39b6-4323-a788-2344264695c0 definition "initialized near end of year 2016" @default.
• 04e586f0-569b-467d-b9ca-b43bc6802f4b definition "The Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM) is one of the most versatile and widely used tools of modern science as it allows the study of both morphology and composition of biological and physical materials. By scanning an electron probe across a specimen, high resolution images of the morphology or topography of a specimen, with great depth of field, at very low or very high magnifications can be obtained. Compositional analysis of a material may also be obtained by monitoring secondary X-rays produced by the electron-specimen interaction. Thus detailed maps of elemental distribution can be produced from multi-phase materials or complex, bio-active materials. Characterization of fine particulate matter in terms of size, shape, and distribution as well as statistical analyses of these parameters, may be performed. There are many different types of SEM designed for specific purposes ranging from routine morphological studies, to high-speed compositional analyses or to the study of environment-sensitive materials. The Centre for Microscopy & Microanalysis presents three particular types of SEM that, in combination, provide a powerful analytical approach for many research or quality-control applications. Additional information available at 'http://www.uq.edu.au/nanoworld/sem_gen.html' [Summary provided by The University of Queensland]" @default.
• 04ebf2ad-0d10-4e27-aeab-197b8670324b definition "The second Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM) satellite solar monitoring experiment (ACRIM II) has been providing total solar irradiance observations since its launch as part of the Upper Atmospheric Research Satellite (UARS) in late 1991. The UARS is a three-axis stabilized, Earth-oriented spacecraft with an orbit at inclination of 57 degrees and altitude 585 km. The UARS orbit provides about 60 minutes of sunlight in each orbit of which about 35 minutes are available for solar viewing. During this period the Solar/Stellar Pointing Platform points the instrument to the center of the Sun. For more information link to: 'http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/SOLAR/IRRADIANCE/uars.html'" @default.
• 04f173d3-a3c2-49a5-b0e4-05403f47e84d definition "The Burst And Transient Source Experiment (BATSE) serves as the all-sky monitor for the Compton Observatory, detecting and locating strong transient sources called gamma-ray bursts as well as outbursts from other sources over the entire sky. There are eight BATSE detectors, one facing outward from each corner of the satellite, which are sensitive to gamma-ray energies from 20 keV to over one thousand keV. At the heart of the BATSE detectors are NaI crystals which produce a flash of visible light when struck by gamma rays. The flashes are recorded by light-sensitive detectors whose output signal is digitized and analyzed to determine the arrival time and energy of the gamma ray which caused the flash. Each BATSE detector unit consists of a large area detector sensitive to faint transient events along with a smaller detector optimized for spectroscopic studies of bright events. Additional information available at 'http://cossc.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgro/batse.html' [Summary provided by NASA]" @default.
• 04fa9023-ab68-4dd0-a82e-abe685105a53 definition "How salty the water is. Brine has a very high salinity. Fresh water has a salinity of zero." @default.
• 04fd88ee-5d49-487a-b6d9-f2fc43050543 definition "The primary job of FEEPS is to obtain nearly instantaneous all-sky measurements of how many electrons of different energies and different arrival directions are present. The instrument relies on solid state detectors made of silicon, a semiconductor much like those used in computer electronic systems. Whenever a charged particle hits the detector, it initiates a current that can be used to measure the energy of the original particle. There are two FEEPS instruments per spacecraft, and together they provide 18 views in different directions simultaneously, giving rise to the 'fly's eye' in the instrument's name. FEEPS has two sets of sensors, one for electrons and one for ions. The solid state detectors within each of the electron 'eyes' are covered by a 2-micrometer aluminum foil, which keeps out the ions. The detectors for the ion views, on the other hand, have no aluminum foil and are exceedingly thin so that electrons generally pass through without leaving a detectable signal. FEEPS development was led by The Aerospace Corporation of El Segundo, Calif." @default.
• 0500392b-7689-44de-9eb4-6af8941aec9c definition "" @default.
• 050771bb-27a3-4e47-bd1b-724d1d73e20c definition "The rate of decrease of air temperature with height, usually measured with a radiosonde." @default.
• 050aec9c-dbe6-4579-9d1c-7211caa14fd5 definition "Surface Mass Balance Flux" @default.
• 050ce2a5-f895-4600-a0a1-eb0e3adb09e1 definition "Phylum Chordata. Class Aves. Order Podicipediformes. Small to medium freshwater diving birds with lobed toes on large feet, long wings and varied bill depending on diet." @default.
• 050f6aee-d3c0-4d1c-9c88-86c9e5ac9e81 definition "The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner designed and built by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. Design of the Fokker F27 started in the 1950s as a replacement to the successful DC-3 airliner. The manufacturer evaluated a number of different configurations before finally deciding on a high wing twin Rolls-Royce Dart engine layout with a pressurised cabin for 28 passengers. The first prototype, registered PH-NIV, first flew on 24 November 1955. The second prototype and initial production machines were 3 ft (0.9 m) longer, addressing the first aircraft's slightly tail-heavy handling and also providing space for more (32) passengers. These aircraft also used the more powerful Dart Mk 528 engine. The first production model, the F27-100, was delivered to Aer Lingus in September 1958. In 1956 Fokker signed a licensing deal with the US aircraft manufacturer Fairchild for the latter to construct the F27 in the USA. The first U.S.-built aircraft flew on 12 April 1958. Fairchild also independently developed a stretched version, called the FH-227. At the end of the Fokker F27s production in 1987, 793 units had been built (including 207 in the USA by Fairchild), which makes it the most successful western European civil turboprop airliner. Many aircraft have been modified from passenger service to cargo or express-package freighter roles. In the early 1980s, Fokker developed a successor to the Friendship, the Fokker 50. Although based on the F27-500 airframe, the Fokker 50 is virtually a new aircraft with Pratt & Whitney Canada engines and modern systems. Its general performance and passenger comfort were improved over the F27." @default.
• 050fc043-a932-453f-9ad3-f5b64f948874 definition "SCCOOS brings together coastal observations in the Southern California Bight to provide information necessary to address issues in climate change, ecosystem preservation and management, coastal water quality, maritime operations, coastal hazards and national security. http://www.sccoos.org/" @default.
• 05172a3b-cdc0-4e97-af29-e38cd4f271c6 definition "Karst Hydrology refers to the extensive dissolution of rock has led to the development of subterranean channels through which groundwater flows in conduits (enclosed or semi-enclosed channels). These conduits can vary in size from slightly enlarged cracks to tunnels many meters in diameter and many kilometers in length." @default.
• 0517392f-e34d-43c1-a97a-92bf868c4104 definition "Carbon-13 Mass Flux out of Atmosphere Due to Gross Primary Production on Land [kgC m-2 s-1]" @default.
• 0517ae1f-7617-4f3b-80cb-649178032825 definition "Scientific field of study pertaining to sound propagation in the marine environment. Variables include measurements of the characteristics of sound." @default.
• 05225982-60ab-4772-a0b7-f67c3b853ab9 definition "Pertaining to the measurement, and effects of variations in the Earth's rotation about its axis, and variations in the Earth's orbit around the sun." @default.
• 0523f90f-d56d-4bba-bd7a-cb9672130e9d definition "GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel is a world-wide leading institute of marine research. We investigate chemical, physical, biological and geological processes of the seafloor, oceans and ocean margins and their interactions with the atmosphere. We also bridge the gap between basic and applied science in several areas. With this broad spectrum of research initiatives GEOMAR is globally unique. The GEOMAR is a foundation under public law jointly funded by the German federal (90%) and Schleswig-Holstein state (10%) governments. GEOMAR has a staff of approximately 1,000 (2018) individuals and an annual budget of ~80 Million Euros. The institutes’ mandate is the interdisciplinary investigation of all relevant aspects of modern marine sciences, from sea floor geology to marine meteorology. Research is conducted worldwide in all oceans and adjacent seas. The institute has four major research divisions: Ocean Circulation and Climate Dynamics Marine Biogeochemistry Marine Ecology Dynamics of the Ocean Floor. In addition, GEOMAR contributes to the Cluster of Excellence 'The Future Ocean' and the collaborative research centre SFB754: 'Climate-Biogeochemistry Interactions in the Tropical Ocean', funded by the German Science Foundation (DFG). GEOMAR cooperates closely with the University of Kiel in the education of future marine scientists. Curricula include “Physics of the Earth System: Meteorology – Oceanography – Geophysics” for the Bachelor’s degree and internationally oriented Master’s courses such as “Climate Physics: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography” and “Biological Oceanography.” The institute also provides additional contributions to other curricula, such as Geology and Geophysics. GEOMAR also has cooperative programmes with other universities around the world, and special programmes for pupils and teachers aim to stimulate interest in the marine sciences at an early stage. In addition, the institute operates four research vessels, state-of-the-art equipment such as the manned submersible JAGO, the deep-sea robots ROV KIEL6000, PHOCA and ABYSS as well as several major laboratories, access to high-performance computing facilities and an attractive public aquarium. Since end of 2017, GEOMAR operates a science and logistic station on the Cap Verdean Islands, the Ocean Science Centre Mindelo. GEOMAR is among the three leading institutions in the field of marine sciences in Europe. Jointly with the National Oceanography Centre in the United Kingdom and Ifremer in France, GEOMAR has established the “G3 group” of national marine research centres. GEOMAR cooperates with a number of small companies active in marine technology and science, some of which were founded by former staff members of the institute. In addition, GEOMAR is active in a number of national and international committees and strategic alliances such as the German Marine Research Consortium (KDM), the German Climate Consortium (DKK), the European Marine Board and the Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (POGO)." @default.
• 05257acc-1cef-4df9-b191-1255c5ec93c9 definition "Wet Deposition Rate of SO4" @default.
• 0528ca3a-8809-4a34-9ca1-d73a349cac4b definition "Clear-Sky Surface Longwave Radiative Flux Due to Dust" @default.

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