Experimental approach of reflectance based vicarious calibration of solar reflectance wavelength region of mission instruments onboard remote sensing satellites is conducted. As an example, vicarious calibration of ASTER/VNIR with estimated aerosol refractive index and size distribution that depends on atmospheric conditions is discussed. Strange solution of estimated refractive index and size ...

in this paper, reduced order proper orthogonal decomposition method has been used for simulation of unsteady incompressible flow fields. after projection of the governing equations along pod modes, a low-dimensional dynamical system is achieved. normally, standard low-dimensional models, due to some reasons, do not predict time variations of flow field accurately. accuracy of dynamical system h...

When designing vegetative filter strips (VFS) for trapping sediments, the modeler faces the challenge of identifying the appropriate model parameters for the specific application conditions. When possible, local runoff/sediment inflow/outflow through the VFS and precipitation data should be collected to support the modeling predictions. Although manual model calibration is often used, this proc...

The reliability of electrical energy networks depends on the quality and reliability of its electrical equipment, e.g. power transformers. Local failures inside their insulation may lead to catastrophic breakdowns and may cause high outage and penalty costs. To prevent these destroying events, power transformers can be tested on partial discharge (PD) activity before commissioning and monitored...

The calibration of correlation radiometers, and particularly aperture synthesis interferometric radiometers, is a critical issue to ensure their performance. Current calibration techniques are based on the measurement of the cross-correlation of receivers' outputs when injecting noise from a common noise source requiring a very stable distribution network. For large interferometric radiometers ...

This study demonstrated particle size effect on the measurement of saikosaponin A in Bupleurum chinense DC. by near infrared reflectance (NIR) spectroscopy. Four types of granularity were prepared including powder samples passed through 40-mesh, 65-mesh, 80-mesh, and 100-mesh sieve. Effects of granularity on NIR spectra were investigated, which showed to be wavelength dependent. NIR intensity w...

A multi-spectral rainfall estimation algorithm has been developed for the Sahel region of West Africa with the purpose of producing accumulated rainfall estimates for drought monitoring and food security. Radar data were used to calibrate multi-channel SEVIRI data from MSG, and a probability of rainfall at several different rain-rates was established for each combination of SEVIRI radiances. Ra...