Articles Tagged: Earth and atmospheric sciences
Articles & Features
SECTION: Features
How much are the greenland and antarctic ice sheets melting?
Designing better simulation software to prepare for a warming world.
By Josefin Ahlkrona, October 2018
DEPARTMENT: Blogs
On earthquakes, lakes, and sensors
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By Gunnar Wolf, July 2018
FEATURE: Features
Profile: Matthew Pryor
Using tech to manage droughts, from Australia to California
By Adrian Scoică, December 2015
SECTION: Features
Storm-chasing drones
Unmanned aircraft systems. Aerial robots. Drones. Regardless of the name, this new technology is being developed to revolutionize the sampling and understanding of complex atmospheric phenomena.
By Eric Frew, March 2014
Connecting with oceans using underwater acoustic networks
Oceans cover a majority of our planet and are currently lacking in regards to exploration and technological innovations. One technology that can help enable more aquatic applications is underwater acoustic networks (UANs). This article discusses the current status of UANs, the new applications that can be provided, and the challenges faced by this technology.
By Michael Zuba, March 2014
A dexterous crabster robot explores the seafloor
Crabster CR200 is a giant crab robot with six legs and 30 powerful joints developed at the Korea Research Institute of Ships and Ocean Engineering. The robot can help explore ancient shipwrecks in areas of harsh tidal currents and turbid water, where traditional underwater vehicles have trouble operating.
By Bong-Huan Jun, Hyungwon Shim, March 2014
DEPARTMENT: Hello world
Efficient sensor placement for environmental monitoring
By Marinka Zitnik, March 2014
SECTION: Features
Scientific computing in the age of complexity
Climate modeling has come a long way since von Neumann declared it a problem too hard for pencil and paper, but tailor-made for the new digital computers. As the models and computers both evolve toward ever-greater complexity, they are changing our notions of digital simulation itself.
By V. Balaji, March 2013
A look inside the earth
On the computational resources and techniques required for imaging the Earth's crust.
By Gregory A. Newman, March 2013
Geographic information systems and problem solving environments
By Jinsoo Park, October 1997
A sustainable fishing simulation using mathematical modeling and database access through the World Wide Web
By Vineet Kapur, Douglas Troy, James Oris, October 1997