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Geomagnetic measurements in Latvia

open access: yesGeodesy and Cartography, 2012
The knowledge of the Earth's magnetic field elements and their dynamic fluctuations over the area concerned are important and can be used for many practical purposes in various fields, including Geodesy and Cartography. Earth's magnetic field tends to
Ljuba Shuljakova
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The Twin Astrographic Catalog (TAC) Version 1.0 [PDF]

open access: yes, 1996
A first version of the Twin Astrographic Catalog (TAC) of positions for 705,679 stars within $-18^{\circ} \le \delta \le 90^{\circ}$ has been produced. The sky coverage of the TAC is complete to over 90\% in that area.
Douglass, G. G.   +3 more
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Slowing the decline [PDF]

open access: yesNature, 2010
The search is on for disease-modifying treatments for Parkinson's disease, but, as Ruth Williams discovers, developing a compound is only part of the problem.
openaire   +2 more sources

Interval Size and Phrase Position: A Comparison between German and Chinese Folksongs

open access: yesEmpirical Musicology Review, 2012
It is well known that the pitch of the voice tends to decline over the course of a spoken utterance. Ladd (2008) showed that there is also a tendency for the pitch range of spoken utterances to shrink as the pitch of the voice declines. Motivated by this
Daniel Shanahan, David Huron
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SUMSS: A Wide-Field Radio Imaging Survey of the Southern Sky. I. Science goals, survey design and instrumentation [PDF]

open access: yes, 1998
The Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope, operating at 843 MHz with a 5 square degree field of view, is carrying out a radio imaging survey of the sky south of declination -30 deg.
Amy S. W.   +24 more
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The development of a Utopian city? Comparing land-and skyscapes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife and San Cristobal de la Laguna [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
We discuss the peculiar planning of the city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna, in the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain), when compared to the nearby and essentially contemporary Santa Cruz de Tenerife, which served as a maritime port of the former city. For
Belmonte, Juan Antonio   +1 more
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Urban Planning in the First Unfortified Spanish Colonial Town: The Orientation of the Historic Churches of San Cristóbal de La Laguna [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
The city of San Cristóbal de La Laguna in the Canary Island of Tenerife (Spain) is of exceptional value as the first unfortified colonial city to follow regular plan - a grid, outlined by straight streets that form squares - in the overseas European ...
Belmonte, Juan Antonio   +1 more
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Historical evolution of the geomagnetic declination at the Royal Observatory of Madrid [PDF]

open access: yesHistory of Geo- and Space Sciences
The agonic line, which represents geomagnetic declinations of 0°, recently crossed the Royal Observatory of Madrid (ROM) in December 2021, causing a shift in declination values from west to east.
J. M. Tordesillas   +5 more
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Research on magnetic declination in Lithuanian territory

open access: yesAviation, 2008
Magnetic declination is the angle between the planes of the astronomic and magnetic meridians. Magnetic declination is used in navigation, geophysics, geodesy, cartography, geology, and other fields.
Romuald Obuchovski   +2 more
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Results of the Rio de Janeiro magnetic observations 1781−1788 [PDF]

open access: yesAnnales Geophysicae, 2005
We have compiled a relatively extensive catalogue of geomagnetic declination measurements performed by the Portuguese Bento Sanches Dorta in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) between 1781 and 1788.
J. M. Vaquero, R. M. Trigo, R. M. Trigo
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