The issue of permanent nondipole contributions to the time-averaged field lies at the very heart of
paleomagnetism and the study of the ancient geomagnetic field. In this paper we focus on paleomagnetic
directional results from igneous rocks of the southwestern U.S.A. in the age range 0–5 Ma and investigate
both...
Two direct elicitation of utility (D.E.U.) techniques
were used to estimate risk attitudes of a group of agricultural
producers. The two elicitation techniques used in the
study were 1) an error-in-response model using a modified
Ramsey method, and 2) stochastic dominance with respect to a
function (SDF). The primary objective...
The "unusual" behavior of agricultural land prices is the subject of considerable debate and controversy and is the object of this research. There is little doubt that land prices have been increasing steadily since 1959 and dramatically throughout the decade of the 1970's. However, there is widespread disagreement among economists,...
Theoretical studies and experimental results are presented for the rotational motion of molecule's in crystalline solids. The group theory is solved for molecules of any symmetry matrix isolated at a site in a crystal field of any symmetry. As the potential terrier to rotation of the molecule relative to the...
Severe scouring from splash damming was one of the earliest reported forms of widespread anthropogenic disturbance in streams of the Pacific Northwest, USA. Splash damming was a common method of log transport in western Oregon from the 1880s through the 1950s. Before being released in large freshets to downstream lumber...
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Long-term climate regime shifts have profound and persistent impacts on ocean temperature and circulation patterns, and on the dynamics of marine fish populations -- affecting abundance, growth and migratory behavior. Such shifts are a particularly important source of uncertainty for marine fisheries. Here, we argue that climate regime shifts can...
The implicit particle filter is applied to a stochastically forced shallow water model of nearshore
flow, and found to produce reliable state estimates with tens of particles. The state vector of this model consists
of a height anomaly and two horizontal velocity components at each point on a 128 x...