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Wave Climate, Geotechnical and Geophysical Analysis of the Tillamook Jetties [PDF]

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Wave Energy AS (WE) is an ocean energy company from Norway established to develop, test, market and commercialize the patented SSG™ wave energy converter technology.
Wave Energy AS, Bakke, Monica
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The characteristic of heat wave effects on coronary heart disease mortality in Beijing, China: a time series study. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BACKGROUND: There is limited evidence for the impacts of heat waves on coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality in Beijing, capital city of China. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to find a best heat wave definition for CHD mortality; and explore the characteristic of
Zhaoxing Tian   +3 more
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Significant Increases in Wet Nighttime and Daytime–Nighttime Compound Heat Waves in China from 1961 to 2020

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2023
Heat waves (HWs) with high humidity are dangerous to human health. However, existing studies on different types of HWs considering the effect of humidity are still limited.
Xi Chen
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Numerical Investigation of the Effect of Square and Sinusoidal Waves Vibration Parameters on Heat Sink Forced Convective Heat Transfer Enhancement

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Among numerous electronic cooling methods, a vibrating heat sink using sinusoidal wave vibration effectively enhances the heat transfer by disturbing the thermal boundary layer.
Ambagaha Hewage Dona Kalpani Rasangika   +3 more
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The 2021 European Heat Wave in the Context of Past Major Heat Waves

open access: yesEarth and Space Science, 2022
The past two decades in Europe have been characterized by numerous major heat waves, with record‐breaking temperatures reported also during the summer of 2021. While most previous studies on heat waves were based on land‐only datasets (station or gridded)
Ondřej Lhotka, Jan Kyselý
doaj   +1 more source

WEC Scale Model Build & Test: Fabrication and Wave Laboratory Testing of 1/10 Scale Wave Energy Conversion Device

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Neptune Wave Power, LLC (‘NWP’), worked with OWET, the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Center (‘NNMREC’) and Oregon State University (O.H. Hinsdale Wave Research Laboratory) to build and test a 1/10 scale model wave energy conversion (‘WEC ...
Neptune Wave Power LLC   +1 more
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2011-2013 Biennial Report [PDF]

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Oregon Wave Energy Trust (OWET) is a nonprofit public-private partnership funded by the Oregon Innovation Council. Its mission is to support the responsible development of wave energy in Oregon. OWET emphasizes an inclusive, collaborative model to ensure
Oregon Wave Energy Trust
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Spatial and Temporal Characteristics of High-Temperature Heat Wave Disasters in Chongqing

open access: yesAtmosphere, 2022
In the background of global warming, heat wave disasters have become more frequent globally, and mountainous cities are more seriously affected by heat wave disasters due to the special features of topography and urban morphology. This paper analyzes the
Haijing Huang   +3 more
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Briefing: Heat-wave-coping measures for housing [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
The effect of climate change is increasingly manifested through more frequent and more intense extreme weather events, including heat waves and flooding.
Li Shao (151875)   +2 more
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The impact of heat waves on mortality. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
BACKGROUND: Heat waves have been linked with an increase in mortality, but the associated risk has been only partly characterized. METHODS: We examined this association by decomposing the risk for temperature into a "main effect" due to independent ...
Antonio Gasparrini   +3 more
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