Depths are used to attempt to order the points of a multidimensional or infinite dimensional set from the “center of the set” to the “outer of it”. There are few definitions of depth which are valid in the functional case. One of them is the so-called random Tukey depth, which is based on some randomly chosen one-dimensional projections and thus varies (randomly) from computation to computation...

An analytical model has been developed for the pressure waveform radiated underwater when an offshore steel pipe pile is struck by a hammer. The model is based on the coupled equations of motion for axial and radial vibration of a thin shell and yields frequency-dependent phase velocity and attenuation of these vibrations. A harmonic solution is obtained for the radiated sound pressure, using J...

Schematic Skew-T soundings can be used to estimate the depth of elevated mixed layers and their origins thousands of kilometers downstream from their source regions. Focus is on the elevated mixed layer from the Sahara, the Saharan Air Layer (SAL), and its relationship to aerosol optical depth. Aerosol optical depth (AOD) measurements and SAL depth determined from atmospheric soundings were tab...

It has also been observed that when low-medium lean growth genotypes are raised under ideal conditions, lean growth rate is only marginally increased from 100 to 260 pounds. Low-medium lean growth genotypes respond to more ideal conditions by consuming feed in excess of that needed for maximum lean growth, and subsequently become fatter. Barrows of a number of low to average lean growth genotyp...

On 28 August 2009, the northern margin of the Qaidam basin in the Tibet Plateau was ruptured by an Mw 6.3 earthquake. This study utilizes the Envisat ASAR images from descending Track 319 and ascending Track 455 for capturing the coseismic deformation resulting from this event, indicating that the earthquake fault rupture does not reach to the earth's surface. We then propose a four-segmented f...

The usual approach to the acquisition of 2-D and 3-D seismic surveys is to use a recording template designed from the maximum target dips and depths. This template is used through out the survey area irrespective of changes in the dips, depths or propagation velocities of the targets. I propose to base the survey design on an initial structural and velocity model of the subsurface. The initial ...

Intensity fluctuations were measured during August 2002 near San Diego using 20 and 40 kHz cw and fm signals. Source-receiver separation was 1km; source depths were 10m to 67m; receiver hydrophone depths were 44m to 217m. A 15-element chain of CTD sensors was towed to measure horizontal temperature and salinity with 1m resolution. Comparing the spectra of the acoustic intensity fluctuations and...

Within the European marine research programme the approach for the future is to establish multi-disciplinary networks including existing systems and the development of new technologies for efficient installation of stations, sensors, and near real time communication at abyssal depths and shallow sea. One of the ongoing projects dedicated to these aims is ORION (Ocean Research by Integrated Obse...

[1] We use 2006–2009 ALOS Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar data over the entire west Sunda arc, Indonesia, home of 13% of the world’s active volcanoes, to derive arcwide time-dependent ground deformation data. We present unambiguous evidence of inflation at six volcanoes, three of which erupted after the observation period.We show that these volcanoes have shallow magma reservoirs at 1–...

ing about parties. Smith notes that studies typically focus on two sources of party influence: direct, positive influence wherein party leaders may offer some type of incentive to entice a member to act on behalf of the party, or, an indirect, negative influence wherein party leaders may use their agenda-setting powers to prevent floor consideration of proposals that would increase their member...