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A Study on Factors Affecting Airborne LiDAR Penetration

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
This study uses data from different periods, areas and parameters of airborne LiDAR (light detection and ranging) surveys to understand the factors that influence airborne LiDAR penetration rate.
Wei-Chen Hsu   +3 more
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Shallow and Deep-Seated Landslide Differentiation Using Support Vector Machines: A Case Study of the Chuetsu Area, Japan

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
Landslides are one of the most destructive geological disasters affecting Japan every year, resulting in huge losses in life and property. Numerous susceptibility studies have been conducted to minimize the risk of landslides; however, most of these ...
Jie Dou   +4 more
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Seismo-Geomagnetic Pulsations Triggered by Rayleigh Waves of the 11 March 2011 M 9.0 Tohoku-Oki Earthquake

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
This study reports on geomagnetic pulsations excited by traveling Rayleigh waves. The geomagnetic total intensity fields recorded using 12 magnetometers are utilized to examine seismo-magnetic pulsations induced by the 2011 M 9.0 Tohoku-oki earthquake ...
Horng-Yuan Yen   +4 more
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Topography and Tropical Cyclone Structure Influence on Eyewall Evolution in Typhoon Sinlaku (2008)

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
Typhoon Sinlaku (2008) was a tropical system that affected many countries in East Asia. Besides the loss of life and economic damage, many scientific questions are associated with this system that need to be addressed.
Cheng-Hsiang Chih   +2 more
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Analysis of Aerosol Properties Coupled with Meteorological Parameters over East Asia

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
This paper investigates the aerosol properties over the major East Asian stations of Beijing, Gosan, Osaka, Taipei, Mukdahan, and Bac-Giang, during the years 2002 - 2008.
Dashnyam Gerelmaa   +3 more
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The Role of Southwesterly Flow in MCS Formation During a Heavy Rain Event in Taiwan on 12 - 13 June 2005

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
This paper presents a numerical study of a heavy rain event that occurred in southern Taiwan in June 2005. From 11 - 13 June 2005, a weak Mei-yu front moved southeastward from China to Taiwan, while mesoscale convective systems (MCSs) were developing and
Fang-Ching Chien
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Incorporating Low-Cost Seismometers into the Central Weather Bureau Seismic Network for Earthquake Early Warning in Taiwan

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
A dense seismic network can increase Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) system capability to estimate earthquake information with higher accuracy. It is also critical for generating fast, robust earthquake alarms before strong-ground shaking hits the target ...
Da-Yi Chen, Yih-Min Wu, and Tai-Lin Chin
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Ocean sciences award

open access: yesEos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 1983
The Ocean Sciences Section of the American Geophysical Union wishes to recognize the outstanding contributions made by Richard C. Vetter. He will, at the end of June, complete a long and outstanding tenure at the National Academy of Sciences. We are told that Dick has actually served at the Academy for more than 25 years, but we find this hard to ...
Richard C. Vetter   +3 more
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Dynamic Reusable Workflows for Ocean Science [PDF]

open access: yesJournal of Marine Science and Engineering, 2016
Digital catalogs of ocean data have been available for decades, but advances in standardized services and software for catalog searches and data access now make it possible to create catalog-driven workflows that automate—end-to-end—data search, analysis, and visualization of data from multiple distributed sources.
Richard Signell   +2 more
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Preface to the Special Issue on "Geomagnetic Research for Taiwan: Present and Future"

open access: yesTerrestrial, Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, 2015
This special issue documents the status of various aspects on the geomagnetic research in Taiwan with forwardlooking prospects. Geomagnetic experiments and observations conducted in Taiwan can be dated back to the 1970s in their earliest forms ...
Benjamin Fong Chao and Weijia Kuang
doaj   +1 more source

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