Essays about: "cloud top pressure"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words cloud top pressure.
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1. Up in the Cloud : Exploring small and medium-sized enterprises cloud computing adoption factors
University essay from Jönköping University/Internationella HandelshögskolanAbstract : Background: The intense growth of data that is continuously expanding has resulted in SMEs using cloud computing to store, process and analyze data. Thus, a critical element is for SMEs to understand the value of cloud computing and the factors influencing the adoption decision. READ MORE
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2. Drivers of health-tech innovation in Region Skåne
University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionenAbstract : In direct comparison with other industries, technological innovations are slow to diffuse within the healthcare sector. Scholars estimate that the failure rate of implementing innovation within healthcare organizations range between 30% to 90%. This poses a question as to why the healthcare sector is lagging in the adoption of new technologies. READ MORE
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3. Deriving characteristics of thin cirrus clouds from observations with the IRF lidar
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknikAbstract : Cirrus clouds play an important role in radiative transfer, and thus have impact on the energy balance of the atmosphere and the climate of the Earth. Furthermore, they occur often and cover large areas globally at any time. Nevertheless, cirrus clouds are poorly studied, especially in the polar regions. READ MORE
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4. Towards a quality control for cloud top pressure and cloud top height products
University essay from Luleå tekniska universitet/Institutionen för system- och rymdteknikAbstract : Cloud top height plays an important roll in the energy budget and is also important for aviation. This thesis concerns the quality control of cloud top height (CTH) retrievals. The approach for quality controlling retrieved CTH has been using the forward simulating software RTTOV. READ MORE
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5. Retrieval of Cloud Top Pressure
University essay from Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för datavetenskap; Linköpings universitet/Tekniska fakultetenAbstract : In this thesis the predictive models the multilayer perceptron and random forest are evaluated to predict cloud top pressure. The dataset used in this thesis contains brightness temperatures, reflectances and other useful variables to determine the cloud top pressure from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) instrument on the two satellites NOAA-17 and NOAA-18 during the time period 2006-2009. READ MORE