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Editorial for the Special Issue “Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Conditions for Wind Energy Applications”

Remote Sensing, 2019
This Special Issue hosts papers on aspects of remote sensing for atmospheric conditions for wind energy applications. The wind lidar technology is presented from a theoretical view on the coherent focused Doppler lidar principles. Furthermore, wind lidar
Charlotte Bay Hasager, Mikael Sjöholm
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The Effect of Wind Power Installations on Coastal Tourism

Energies, 2010
We surveyed more than 1,000 randomly sampled, out-of-state tourists at Delaware, USA beaches in 2007. After providing respondents with wind turbine project photo-simulations at several distances, we inquired about the effect development would have on ...
Willett Kempton, Jeremy Firestone, Meredith Blaydes Lilley   +2 more
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Offshore Aquaculture: I Know It When I See It

Frontiers in Marine Science, 2017
Offshore aquaculture is increasingly viewed as a mechanism to meet growing protein demand for seafood, while minimizing adverse consequences on the environment and other uses in the oceans. However, despite growing interest in offshore aquaculture, there
Halley E. Froehlich, Alexandra Smith, Rebecca R. Gentry, Benjamin S. Halpern, Benjamin S. Halpern, Benjamin S. Halpern   +5 more
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Investigation into Using CFD for Estimation of Ship Specific Parameters for the SPICE Model for Prediction of Sea Spray Icing: Part 1—The Proposal

Journal of Marine Science and Engineering
A machine learning model for prediction of icing on vessels and offshore structures, Spice, was recently developed by Deshpande 2023. Some variables required for the prediction of icing rates in most prediction models, including Spice, such as the spray ...
Sujay Deshpande, Per-Arne Sundsbø
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Derivation of Contour Plots for the Characterization of the Behaviour of Sand under Undrained Loading

Geotechnics
The soil response under the inherent cyclic loading conditions when dealing with offshore foundations can be considered by using contour plots. These plots are derived from several cyclic laboratory tests and characterize the general cyclic soil ...
Jann-Eike Saathoff, Martin Achmus
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Comparison of Offshore and Onshore Employees\' Job Stress of Oil and Gas Company in Western Part of Iran

بهداشت کار و ارتقای سلامت, 2018
Introduction: Job stress has negative effects on mental health and occupational performance of employees. The present study aimed to compare job stress and its components among offshore and onshore Oil and Gs company employees in western part of Iran ...
Keyvan RAFIEYAN, Shoja ARABAN, Saeeid ROMANI, Ghodratela RAHMANI, Leila MOHSENINEZHAD, Azame KHATMI   +5 more
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Discussion on the development of offshore floating photovoltaic plants, emphasizing marine environmental protection

Frontiers in Marine Science
The development of solar energy is one of the most effective means to deal with the environmental and energy crisis. The floating photovoltaic (PV) system is an attractive type because of its multiple advantages and has been well developed based on fresh
Sheng Wu, Nian Jiang, Shuai Zhang, Pingping Zhang, Peng Zhao, Yang Liu, Yanhui Wang   +6 more
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Offshore Hydrogen, Methanol, and Ammonia Production Review

Energies
Far offshore wind resources are important for reaching the global renewable energy and decarbonization objectives, but great distances to shore and deep waters preclude underwater electricity lines or traditional turbine or platform foundations. At these
Onur Otlu, Zehra Yumurtaci
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Undrained capacity of offshore axially loaded piles with the CSUH model incorporating cylindrical cavity theory

Frontiers in Built Environment
Axially loaded piles are widely employed in deep-water offshore platforms, offshore wind turbine foundations, electrical-transmission towers, and bridge piers, and other structures to support axial loads.
Xianlin Jia, Sai Fu, Kun Pan, Li Pang
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SHADOW GLOBALIZATION

Vestnik MGIMO-Universiteta, 2014
The article reviews some development trends brought about by globalization, particularly, a growing tax evasion and tax avoidance, an expansion of illicit financial flows and the proliferation of a global criminal network.
Larissa Mihaylovna Kapitsa
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