[1] The utility of a thermal image sharpening algorithm (TsHARP) in providing fine resolution land surface temperature data to a Two-Source-Model for mapping evapotranspiration (ET) was examined over two agricultural regions in the U.S. One site is in a rainfed corn and soybean production region in central Iowa. The other lies within the Texas High Plains, an irrigated agricultural area. It is ...

Increasing energy costs and power densities in Information Technology (IT) spaces are driving up operational expenses (OpEx) and causing many facilities to run out of capacity much sooner than anticipated. To control OpEx and avoid the capital expenditure (CapEx) required to build new facilities, IT space operators are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency through optimal thermal manage...

The system reliability, performance, cost, and leakage power in deep sub micrometer era have a significant impact by thermal hotspots and temperature gradients. As the system complexity increases, it is very difficult to perform thermal management in a centralized approach due to state explosion and the overhead of monitoring the entire chip. In this work, a framework for distributed thermal ma...

Background: In this study, measurement of indoor radon and its progeny levels was carried out in Gas Turbine Power Station in Haryana ( India ), where natural gas is used as fuel. For comparison, the results of a study carried out in thermal power plant in Haryana are also presented. Radon being a ubiquitous air pollutant has global impact and its monitoring in the environment at work places is...

Thermal processing of the key lime juice leads to the inactivation of pectin methylesterase (PME) and the degradation of ascorbic acid (AA). These changes affect directly the cloud stability and color of the juice. In this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) model was applied for designing and developing an intelligent system for prediction of the thermal processing effects on the physico...

The effects of high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU)-induced continuously varying thermal gradients on sound ray propagation were modeled theoretically. This modeling was based on Fermat's variational principle of least time for rays propagating in a continuously varying thermal gradient described by a radially symmetric heat equation. Such thermal lenses dynamically affect HIFU beam focusin...