Two years of TOPEX/POSEIDON altimeter data have successfully been used to study the mesoscale field in the Mediterranean and to investigate the seasonal and year-toyear variability of the sea level and eddy statistics in this basin. The mesoscale field described by TOPEX/POSEIDON revealed a strong, but subbasin dependent, seasonal signal. Year-toyear variations are also evident in terms of both...

The objective of the article is to investigate the variability in growth and wood properties of the willow clones. The growth and wood traits of four year old 21 clones willow clones were investigated. Analysis of variance showed that willow clones differed significantly for all the studied growth and wood traits. Among the growth parameters the maximum heritability value was shown by height wh...

The observational approach is based on direct path measurements of seabed reflection. The key advantages of this approach are: high resolution (0.1 m vertically, 1-10 m laterally); relatively modest uncertainties (due to short path lengths) from the space/time varying oceanography and biology; and that low source levels are possible. The main challenge is that water depth, 20 m, is 4 times smal...

A low level of day-to-day variations in travel time is a major feature of a reliable transport system. There is a growing need for credible tools that can predict the extent of travel time variability. We present methodology for using a traffic microsimulation model as such tool, through a special calibration procedure. Various issues, relating to the variability of simulation outputs and to th...

Meeting uncertain supply conditions with adequate demandside measures is becoming increasingly central to the day-to-day operations of energy utility companies, as variability is one of the main drivers of cost in operating the grid. In this paper we provide the first characterization of demand variability and the factors influencing it. We propose that heterogeneity in energy consumption is dr...

Sunshine can have a profound impact on the systematic change in climate elements, such as temperature and wind speed, and in turn affects many aspects of the human society. In recent years, there has been a substantial interest in the variation of sunshine duration due to the dramatic global climate change. Hence, there is a need to better understand the variation of sunshine duration in order ...

Land-use change is the single biggest driver of biodiversity loss in the tropics. Biodiversity models can be useful tools to inform policymakers and conservationists of the likely response of species to anthropogenic pressures, including land-use change. However, such models generalize biodiversity responses across wide areas and many taxa, potentially missing important characteristics of parti...

Children’s early word production is influenced by the statistical frequency of speech sounds and combinations. Three experiments asked whether this production effect can be explained by a perceptual learning mechanism that is sensitive to word-token frequency and/or variability. Four-year-olds were exposed to nonwords that were either frequent (presented 10 times) or infrequent (presented once)...

the objective of the article is to investigate the variability in growth and wood properties of the willow clones. the growth and wood traits of four year old 21 clones willow clones were investigated. analysis of variance showed that willow clones differed significantly for all the studied growth and wood traits. among the growth parameters the maximum heritability value was shown by height wh...