Essays about: "Extinction Threshold"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words Extinction Threshold.

  1. 1. Simulations of the Tenuous Upper Atmospheres of Exoplanets

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Astrofysik; Lunds universitet/Fysiska institutionen

    Author : Lucian Spitzner; [2023]
    Keywords : astronomy; astrophyics; exoplanets; transmission spectroscopy; magnetic fields; atmospheres; ions; Physics and Astronomy;

    Abstract : Over the last decade, the interest in research on extraterrestrial planets has expanded dramatically. With the number of confirmed exoplanets having increased tenfold over the last ten years, we now know that many different types of exoplanets exist. READ MORE

  3. 2. "Stick vs. Rope. Gun vs. Strand." : The Monomyth and the Hero as Warrior in Kojima Productions' 2019 Video Game Death Stranding

    University essay from Karlstads universitet

    Author : Beatrice Näsling; [2022]
    Keywords : Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; video game; Joseph Campbell; monomyth; hero s journey; violence; heroic archetypes.; Kojima Productions; Death Stranding; TV-spel; Joseph Campbell; monomyt; hjältens resa; våld; hjältearketyper;

    Abstract : Released in 2019, the video game Death Stranding follows the monomythic structure described by Joseph Campbell in his 1949 book The Hero with a Thousand Faces. The journey begins with the protagonist, Sam “Porter” Bridges, reluctantly accepting his calls to adventure, and, as he begins to move west, he receives supernatural aid from an increasing number of helpers he encounters along the way. READ MORE

  4. 3. Atmospheric Attenuation for Lidar Systems in Adverse Weather Conditions

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för fysik

    Author : Johan Viklund; [2021]
    Keywords : Lidar; Lidar equation; Extinction coefficient; Signal attenuation;

    Abstract : In this study, the weather impact on lidar signals has been researched. A lidar system was placed with a target at approximately 90 m and has together with a weather station collected data for about a year before this study. READ MORE

  5. 4. Development of PSC detection tools using IRF lidar data

    University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknik

    Author : Oriol Peláez Mercadal; [2020]
    Keywords : atmospheric science; polar stratospheric clouds; lidar; data analysis;

    Abstract : Polar stratospheric clouds (PSCs) play a crucial role in ozone depletion mechanisms. Thus, their observations are important to understand their formation processes and active effects towards the atmosphere. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sublime Extinctions in Anthropocene Fiction: Literary representations of geologic force in works by Ballard, McCarthy and Watkins

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

    Author : Samuel Teeland; [2018]
    Keywords : Anthropocene; Extinction; Sublime; J.G. Ballard; Cormac McCarthy; Claire Vaye Watkins; Languages and Literatures; Cultural Sciences;

    Abstract : This essay examines representations of extinction in a selection of Anthropocene fiction. The Anthropocene is a potential new geological epoch, in which the human species capacity for massive ecological transformation is rivalling that of geologic processes. READ MORE