The correlation coefficient-based (CCB) method of islanding detection has been shown to be highly effective in detecting islands in electric power systems. However, due to the high sensitivity of the method, a number of questions remain regarding its practical applicability. In this paper, three such issues are addressed: immunity of the method to false trips during system-level events, sensiti...

An experimental method to measure the gate metal temperature of GaN-based HEMTs is demonstrated. The technique is based on transient thermoreflectance measurements performed from the backside of the device. The thermoreflectance coefficient of the gate metal was calibrated by correlating the relative change of its optical reflectivity with the temperature change measured in the GaN layer using ...

In this paper, the melting of a semi-infinite body as a result of a moving laser beam has been studied. Because the Fourier heat transfer equation at short times and large dimensions does not have sufficient accuracy; a non-Fourier form of heat transfer equation has been used. Due to the fact that the beam is moving in x direction, the temperature distribution and the melting pool shape are not...

The paper addresses the detection of changes in multitemporal polarimetric radar images, focusing on small objects and narrow linear features. The images were acquired at Cand L-band by the airborne EMISAR system. It is found that the radar intensities are better suited for change detection than the correlation coefficient and the phase difference between the co-polarized channels. In the case ...

The ecological consequences of climate change and its interaction with other environmental pressures, such as nutrient pollution, are little understood. For freshwater ecosystems, knowledge of these combined effects is required for water resource management and in particular for successful implementation of the European Community Water Framework Directive 2000, which requires that all surface w...

In response to climate change and other threatening processes there is renewed interest in the role of refugia and refuges. In bioregions that experience drought and fire, micro-refuges can play a vital role in ensuring the persistence of species. We develop and apply an approach to identifying potential micro-refuges based on a time series of remotely sensed vegetation greenness (fraction of p...

The majority of experimental studies of the effects of population bottlenecks on fitness are performed under laboratory conditions, which do not account for the environmental complexity that populations face in nature. In this study, we test inbreeding depression in multiple replicates of inbred when compared with non-inbred lines of Drosophila melanogaster under different temperature condition...

High quality soil moisture datasets are required for various environmental applications. The launch of the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) on board the Global Change Observation Mission 1—Water (GCOM-W1) in May 2012 has provided global near-surface soil moisture data, with an average revisit frequency of two days. Since AMSR2 is a new passive microwave system in operation, it i...

Color of seawater has become an integral tool in understanding surface marine ecosystems and processes. In this paper we seek to assess the correlations and consequently the potential of using shipborne remote sensing products to infer marine environmental parameters. Typical seawater parameters are chlorophyll–a (chl–a), colored dissolved organic material (CDOM), suspended particulate material...

It is now common to use data from two or more sensors for land cover change detection. Since the spatial and spectral resolutions of different sensors vary significantly, the ability to discriminate the land cover also varies greatly. In this paper the applications of landuse change detection including area statistics, temporal trajectories and spatial pattern are discussed. The area statistics...