Chapter1: Polarization, scattering, and propagation of electromagnetic waves -- Chapter2: Polarimetric Doppler radar -- Chapter3: Scattering by an ensemble hydrometeors - Polarimetric perspective. Chapter4: Microphysical and dielectric properties of hydrometeors -- Chapter5: Polarimetric variables -- Chapter6: Data quality and measurement errors -- Chapter7: Polarimetric “fingerprints” of m…
Global Perspectives on Structural Health Monitoring of Civil Structures -- Are Civil Structural Engineers “Risk Averse”? Can Civionics Help? -- Monitoring Technologies for Maintenance and Management of Urban Highways in Japan -- The Role of Sensing and Measurement in Achieving FHWA’S Strategic Vision for Highway Infrastructure -- Recent Development of Bridge Health Monitoring System in Ko…
Fundamentals of Chemical Sensing -- Microtechnology for Chemical Sensors -- Microfabricated Chemical Sensors -- CMOS Platform Technology for Chemical Sensors -- Outlook and Future Developments.This book, "Integrated Chemical Microsensor Systems in CMOS Technology", provides a comprehensive treatment of the highly interdisciplinary field of CMOS chemical microsensor systems. It is targeted at st…
The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) Mission for the NASA Earth Observing System (EOS) -- The SORCE Mission -- SORCE Contributions to New Understanding of Global Change and Solar Variability -- An Overview of the Disposition of Solar Radiation in the Lower Atmosphere: Connections to the SORCE Mission and Climate Change -- The SORCE Spacecraft and Operations -- The Total Irradiance…
Adaptive Optics Instrumentation, Data Acquisition and Reduction Strategies -- The Sun and (Exo-)Planets -- Star Formation and Brown Dwarfs -- Evolved Stars -- Galactic Center and AGN -- Galaxies and Cosmology.The field of Adaptive Optics (AO) for astronomy has matured in recent years, and diffraction-limited image resolution in the near-infrared is now routinely achieved by ground-based 8 to 10…
Microrheology -- Micron-Resolution Particle Image Velocimetry -- Electrokinetic Flow Diagnostics -- Micro- and Nano-Scale Diagnostic Techniques for Thermometry and Thermal Imaging of Microelectronic and Data Storage Devices -- Nanoscale Mechanical Characterization of Carbon Nanotubes -- Applications of the Piezoelectric Quartz Crystal Microbalance for Microdevice Development.Microscale Diagnost…
Epitaxy: Wide Band-Gap Nitrides -- Epitaxy: Silicon-Germanium Alloys -- Epitaxy: Growth and Defect Phenomena -- High Resolution Microscopy and Nanoanalysis -- Self-Organised and Quantum Domain Structures -- Processed Silicon and Other Device Materials -- Device Studies -- Scanning Electron and Scanning Probe Advances.This is a long-established international biennial conference series, organised…
Theory: Electromagnetic Radiation from a Charged Particle in a Crystal - Qualitative Consideration -- Radiation of a Charged Particle in Periodic Media - Classical Theory -- Quantum Electrodynamics in a Crystal -- Experiments and Applications: Characteristics of PXR from Relativistic Electrons -- Special Cases of PXR Generation -- X-Ray Radiation from Nonrelativistic Particles -- Prospective PX…
Fully Developed Turbulent Pipe Flow -- Decay of Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow -- Optimal Characteristic Parameters for the Disturbances in Turbulent Pipe Flow -- Measurement of Velocity and Turbulence Downstream of Flow Conditioners -- Signal Processing of Complex Modulated Ultrasonic Signals -- Vortex-Shedding Flow Metering Using Ultrasound -- Ultrasonic Gas-Flow Measurement Using Correl…
Intrinsic Noise -- Fundamental Concepts -- Physical Noise Sources -- Noise Parameters -- Noise Analysis of Linear Circuits -- Frequency Domain Noise Analysis of Linear Multiports -- Noise Models of Electronic Devices -- Interfering Signals -- External Noise -- Interference Reduction Methods -- Methods of Reducing Emission of Interfering Signals -- Interconnection Modeling and Crosstalk -- Metho…