Several attempts to improve the F-scale and its use were made. For example, Fujita began to move toward a rating matrix based on types of construction (Fujita 1992). Following on this work by Fujita, Sills et al. (2004) developed an F-scale rating matrix with 20 DIs that was used both operationally and to generate an updated 19802009 tornado climatology for Canada (Sills et al. 2012). However, ...

features of the area. Sills of hornblende-porphyritic clioritc, are part of the Hedley Intrusive suite believed to bc Latf Triassic or Early Jurassi.: (199 Ma based on U-Pb dates 0 ' zircons from the Banbury stock, 3.5 kilometres west o' Hedley). In this location the sills, which vary.from I to 2f' metres in thickness, make up almost 50 per cent '3f thl: stratigraphic column whtxe they intrude ...

THE UNITED STATES IS THE WORLD'S LEADING PRODUCER OF SOY. HOWEVER, MANY U.S. FARMERS are shining from soy to corn (maize) in order to qualify for generous government subsidies intended to promote biofliel production (7); since 2006, U.S. corn production has risen 19% while soy production has fallen by 15% (2). This in turn is helping to drive a major increase in global soy prices (5), which hav...

Probabilistic graphical models allow us to encode a large probability distribution as composition of smaller ones. It is oftentimes the case that we are interested in incorporating model idea some these distributions likely be similar one another. In this paper provide an information geometric approach on how incorporate and see it allows reinterpret already existing models. Our proposal relies...

Fluctuating barotropic flow over sills in stratified water is subjected to baroclinic wave drag and accompanying barotropic to baroclinic energy transfer. In fjords, this process has notable consequences, for instance, tidal retardation across fjord sills, damping of barotropic seiches and enhanced diapycnal mixing in the basin water. These may be computed from simple models only including loca...

Forced hydraulic jump in a horizontal stilling basin with one and two continuous sills at the downstream end of an ogee standard weir was investigated. Experiments were completed on sills of five different heights which were fixed at two different distances from the toe of the weir. The main characteristics of the jump such as the sequent depth ratio, relative roller &#10length, and relative en...