WIVERN, a space mission proposed within the ESA Earth Explorer program, aims to provide new insight in the cloud and dynamical structure of tropical cyclones (TC). The mission hinges upon a 800 km ...

Wivern – short for wind velocity radar nephoscope – would provide the first measurements of wind within clouds and precipitation while also delivering profiles of rain, snow, and ice water to ...

WIVERN, short for WInd VElocity Radar Nephoscope ( www.wivern.polito.it , [1] , [2] ), has been recently proposed in the ESA Earth Explorer 11 call with the specific goal of filling the observational ...

What equipment he didn’t have, he designed and built on his own, such as a nephoscope, an instrument for observation of clouds he used to collect readings for his doctoral dissertation. Andrija ...

PurposeTo evaluate the superior calyceal access’s performance and safety in relation to other calyceal access during percutaneous nephrolithotomy (PCNL).Meth ...

A new radar on a satellite that would measure winds within clouds in order to better predict extreme weather has been shortlisted as a potential new space mission. WIVERN (Wind Velocity Radar ...

Nephoscope The nephoscope is a device used to gauge the direction and speed of clouds. Vitamin G Riboflavin is the compound formerly known as vitamin G. Wittol ...

The ceremony was followed by an exhibition featuring meteorological instruments including various types of thermometers, a whirling hygrometer for measuring humidity, a nephoscope for measuring ...

Oct. 16, 2014 marks the 256th birthday of Noah Webster, the creator of America's first dictionary. However, not all of the words from the early 19th century are still in the dictionary today.