Sentences with phrase «used aircraft measurements»

Not exact matches

An NCAR research team, for example, will use the NSF / NCAR Gulfstream - V research aircraft to take infrared measurements for about four minutes, helping scientists better understand the solar corona's magnetism and thermal structure.

The newly available data gives researchers a treasure trove of measurements they can use to better understand how space weather works and how best to protect critical infrastructure, such as the nation's satellites, aircraft, communications networks, navigation systems, and electric power grid.

In contrast, the method used by Miller and his colleagues, called a top - down method, uses measurements of methane in the atmosphere, taken from a national network of greenhouse gas monitoring stations and aircraft measurements conducted by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Department of Energy.

Monitoring network lacks funding NOAA scientists whose observations were used in the study said the research showed the importance of the set of towers and aircraft measurements that monitor greenhouse gas emissions.

During the past weeks, sea - ice thickness measurements were the main topic of the TIFAX (Thick Ice Feeding Arctic Export) campaign, which involved research aircraft using laser scanners and a towed electromagnetic probe.

For example, several studies use innovative aerial measurements taken by specially instrumented aircraft equipped with methane sensors.

Then they would use the second aircraft to take measurements within that cloud — both where it had been seeded and where it had not.

PNNL researchers use a host of cutting - edge tools — including weather radars, research aircraft, computer models and satellite measurements — to explore these complex interactions.

Then they tested the model results using the comprehensive ground and aircraft measurements gathered during the 2006 Megacity Initiative: Local and Global Research Observations in Mexico City.

He has now updated his research using data from previous studies that relied on satellite and aircraft measurements of emissions above oil and gas fields.

Measurements of greenhouse gases taken by aircraft and ground stations like these were used in the new study of methane estimates.

Alaska Arctic Tundra CH4 Flux Study — Impacts of AGW / CC Published 8 - Jan 2018 Estimating regional - scale methane flux and budgets using CARVE aircraft measurements over Alaska Conclusions Analysis of CH4 column enhancements supplemented by simulated atmospheric transport allowed us to estimate the monthly - mean CH4 fluxes from our study domain (50 — 75 N, 130 — 170 W).

Salstein looked at wind and pressure measurements from a National Weather Service analysis that makes use of a combination of ground - based, aircraft, and space - based observations.

These methane measurements come from Hiaper Pole - to - Pole Observations, which uses aircraft loaded with scientific instruments flying long distances at varying altitudes.

We compare aircraft observations to modeled CH4 distributions by accounting for a) transport using the Stochastic Time - Inverted Lagrangian Transport (STILT) model driven by Weather Research and Forecasting (WRF) meteorology, b) emissions from inventories such as EDGAR and ones constructed from California - specific state and county databases, each gridded to 0.1 ° x 0.1 ° resolution, and c) spatially and temporally evolving boundary conditions such as GEOS - Chem and a NOAA aircraft profile measurement derived curtain imposed at the edge of the WRF domain.

Dr. Barbara Brooks, University of Leeds, Improving NWP forecasts by the use of remotely controlled aircraft measurements.

The errors for using the above Dvorak technique in comparison to aircraft measurements taken in the Northwest Pacific average 10 mb with a standard deviation of 9 mb (Martin and Gray 1993).

A few groups have attempted to construct sea ice estimates for the pre-satellite era using various combinations of land, ship, submarine, buoy and aircraft measurements made over the years, e.g., the Chapman & Walsh dataset or the Zakharov dataset (Note that the server for the Zakharov dataset is not always online, so the link sometimes doesn't work).

Acting as a research site in the sky, the ARM Aerial Facility uses aircraft outfitted with cutting - edge instruments to obtain data for validating, testing, and complementing ground - based measurements.

What the NYT fails to mention is the fact that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) report actually recommended regulators use a combination of facility - level (bottom - up), aircraft and tower measurements (top - down) and satellite measurements in order to improve accuracy of methane emission inventories.

The study's authors, led by researchers from Harvard University, used atmospheric measurements of methane — a greenhouse gas at least 25 times as powerful at trapping heat as CO2 — from aircraft and stationary towers.

• Carried out air craft component service regularly • Filled out aircraft maintenance forms, updating the maintenance database system regularly • Inspected and operated hand and power equipment for aircraft components repair purpose • Applied mathematical calculations needed for set up and used precision measurement tools as and when needed to measure gaps, angels and depths

Efficient with Aircraft Fabrication Experience with application and use of measurement tools and test equipment.

Compiled weight and balance computations using cabin area measurements and load, fuel load, center of gravity, and aircraft structural limitations data.