Sentences with phrase «conducting field measurements»

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On the other hand, in magnetic field confinement fusion plasma intended for a fusion reactor, which research is being conducted at the National Institute for Fusion Science, development of high precision electron density measurements is becoming an important research topic.

David Allen, a University of Texas researcher who conducted measurements from natural gas fields to measure methane emissions, called the study an «important contribution.»

This review is typically conducted by experts in the content fields being assessed and by measurement experts and may draw on pilot studies and other research evidence about student performance on the assessments.

FMI is conducting important research related to climate change, weather prediction and hydrological modeling, where high quality field measurements are still needed beside models and satellite data.

To conduct the research, a team of scientists led by John Fasullo of the US National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado, combined data from three sources: NASA's GRACE satellites, which make detailed measurements of Earth's gravitational field, enabling scientists to monitor changes in the mass of continents; the Argo global array of 3,000 free - drifting floats, which measure the temperature and salinity of the upper layers of the oceans; and satellite - based altimeters that are continuously calibrated against a network of tide gauges.

To test their hypothesis, the three scientists conducted a meta - analysis that included 1705 field measurements from 21 distinct sites from which they evaluated the effects of atmospheric CO2 enrichment on soil water content in both dryland and non-dryland systems.

The findings were based on ground and air measurements made during the Green Ocean Amazon (GoAmazon2014 / 15) field campaign conducted by the ARM Climate Research Facility.

1950s: Research on military applications of radar and infrared radiation promotes advances in radiative transfer theory and measurements = > Radiation math — Studies conducted largely for military applications give accurate values of infrared absorption by gases = > CO2 greenhouse — Nuclear physicists and chemists develop Carbon - 14 analysis, useful for dating ancient climate changes = > Carbon dates, for detecting carbon from fossil fuels in the atmosphere, and for measuring the rate of ocean turnover = > CO2 greenhouse — Development of digital computers affects many fields including the calculation of radiation transfer in the atmosphere = > Radiation math, and makes it possible to model weather processes = > Models (GCMs)-- Geological studies of polar wandering help provoke Ewing - Donn model of ice ages = > Simple models — Improvements in infrared instrumentation (mainly for industrial processes) allow very precise measurements of atmospheric CO2 = > CO2 greenhouse.

Resume examples in the field highlight duties such as drafting survey notes, conducting on - field survey, keeping track of measurements, collecting samples for lab tests, performing calculations, doing data entry work, and implementing established procedures.

Skilled at conducting system and component testing and measurement, developing engineering plans and producing field reports.