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- Creator:
- King, Fraser and Pettersen, Claire
- Description:
- Microphysical observations of precipitating particles are crucial for numerical weather prediction models and remote sensing retrieval algorithms. This dataset provides a unified, comprehensive collection of particle microphysical observations from the Precipitation Imaging Package (PIP) over the Northern Hemisphere. Data spans from 2014-2023 across 10 measurement sites and encompasses over 775 thousand precipitating minutes. Within this dataset, users will find a range of microphysical attributes for rain and snow, along with higher-order products.
- Keyword:
- precipitation, imaging, package, PIP, snowfall, rainfall, disdrometer, particle, microphysics
- Discipline:
- Other
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- Creator:
- Cevidanes, Lucia
- Description:
- Image Pre-Processing To allow reliable detection and comparison of changes between several individuals or within the same individual at different time points, before extracting the quantitative bone texture/morphometry features, all hr-CBCT scans were pre-processed using validated protocols. Extraction of Trabecular Bone Texture-based and Morphometry Imaging Features Using the “crop-volume” tool in 3D Slicer, a rectangular shaped volume of interest (VOI) was cropped from the trabecular bone in the mandibular condyles and the articular fossa. Then, using the average minimum and maximum intensity values of all VOIs, we standardized the grey level intensities of the VOIs to eliminate inaccuracies of textural features calculation and possible dependency on the global characteristics of the images. Lastly, imaging markers were extracted from the standardized VOIs using “BoneTexture” module in 3D-slicer. Measurement of the 3D Articular Joint Space To assess the progression/improvement of osteoarthritic changes in the affected individuals, we measured the 3D superior joint space. We pre-labelled two landmarks in the sagittal view of the oriented CBCT scans: on the most superior point of the condyle and on the opposing surface of the articular fossa. To avoid biasing the landmarks’ placements, pre-labelling was performed simultaneously on T1 and T2 scans, using two independent windows in ITK-SNAP. After the volumetric reconstruction of the identified landmarks, linear measurements were obtained in millimeters using the Q3DC tool in 3D Slicer. Three-dimensional Shape Analyses and Quantification of Remodeling in the Condyles SPHARM-PDM software was used to compute the correspondence across 4002 surface points among all condyles. The output point-based models displayed color-coded maps that enabled visual evaluation of consistent parametrization of all condyles. An average condyle shape for the TMJ OA and control groups was calculated through propagation of original surface point correspondences across all stages of deformations and averaging the condyle surface meshes. For visualization of the 3D qualitative changes of the average models within the same group at different time points or among different groups, semi-transparent overlays were created using 3D Slicer software. The vector differences were presented on the condyle surfaces, scaled according to the magnitude of difference, and pointing towards the direction of bone change. For quantification of remodeling in the condyles, calculation of signed distances across condyles surface meshes reflected the quantitative bone changes in the TMJ OA and control samples. To quantify regional bone changes across the lateral and anterior surfaces of the condyles, we used the Pick ‘n Paint tool in 3D Slicer to propagate regional surface points to the corresponding regions of shapes across all subjects and time points.
- Keyword:
- Degenerative joint disease, Temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis, TMJ OA, Machine learning, Prognosis
- Discipline:
- Health Sciences
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- Creator:
- Hong, Yi, Fry, Lauren M., Orendorf, Sophie, Ward, Jamie L., Mroczka, Bryan, Wright, David, and Gronewold, Andrew
- Description:
- Accurate estimation of hydro-meteorological variables is essential for adaptive water management in the North American Laurentian Great Lakes. However, only a limited number of monthly datasets are available nowadays that encompass all components of net basin supply (NBS), such as over-lake precipitation (P), evaporation (E), and total runoff (R). To address this gap, we developed a daily hydro-meteorological dataset covering an extended period from 1979 to 2022 for each of the Great Lakes. The daily P and E were derived from six global gridded reanalysis climate datasets (GGRCD) that include both P and E estimates, and R was calculated from National Water Model (NWM) simulations. Ensemble mean values of the difference between P and E (P – E) and NBS were obtained by analyzing daily P, E, and R. Monthly averaged values derived from our new daily dataset were validated against existing monthly datasets. This daily hydro-meteorological dataset has the potential to serve as a validation resource for current data and analysis of individual NBS components. Additionally, it could offer a comprehensive depiction of weather and hydrological processes in the Great Lakes region, including the ability to record extreme events, facilitate enhanced seasonal analysis, and support hydrologic model development and calibration. The source code and data representation/analysis figures are also made available in the data repository.
- Keyword:
- Great Lakes, Hydrometeorological, National Water Model, Daily, Overlake precipitation, Overlake evaporation, Total runoff, Net Basin Supply, and Water Balance
- Discipline:
- Science and Engineering
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- Creator:
- Sorensen, Troy R, Espey, Eamon, Kelley, John G. W. , Kessler, James, and Gronewold, Andrew D.
- Description:
- Inland lakes play a critical role in ecosystem stability, and robust validation of lake models is essential for understanding their dynamics. While remote sensing data can assist with lake surface temperature validation, in situ data typically provides more accurate, reliable data not limited to only the lake surface. However, in situ temperature data for many individual lakes, particularly in North America, is difficult for researchers to quickly access in a standardized format. This database offers a well-organized collection of in situ near-surface and subsurface temperatures from 134 sites divided among 29 large North American inland lakes collected from a variety of sources. The database includes multiple subsurface temperatures throughout the depth profile of 84 of these sites, providing comprehensive data for lake model evaluation. All lakes selected for this database are large enough (over approximately 30 km^2 to be represented by large-scale operational weather models, supporting robust lake model validation efforts on the lakes that have the greatest impact on climatology.
- Keyword:
- lake, temperature, in situ, and subsurface
- Citation to related publication:
- Sorensen, T., Espey, E., Kelley, J.G.W. et al. A database of in situ water temperatures for large inland lakes across the coterminous United States. Sci Data 11, 282 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-024-03103-8
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Moore, Talia Y., Danforth, Shannon M., Larson, Joanna G., and Davis Rabosky, Alison R.
- Description:
- Warning signals in chemically defended organisms are critical components of predator-prey interactions, often requiring multiple coordinated display components for a signal to be effective. When threatened by a predator, venomous coral snakes (genus Micrurus) display a vigorous, non-locomotory thrashing behaviour that has been only qualitatively described. Given the high-contrast and often colourful banding patterns of these snakes, this thrashing display is hypothesized to be a key component of a complex aposematic signal under strong stabilizing selection across species in a mimicry system. By experimentally testing snake response across simulated predator cues, we analysed variation in the presence and expression of a thrashing display across five species of South American coral snakes. Although the major features of the thrash display were conserved across species, we found significant variation in the propensity to perform a display at all, the duration of thrashing, and the curvature of snake bodies that was mediated by predator cue type, snake body size, and species identity. We also found an interaction between curve magnitude and body location that clearly shows which parts of the display vary most across individuals and species. Our results suggest that contrary to the assumption in the literature that all species and individuals perform the same display, a high degree of variation persists in thrashing behaviour exhibited by Micrurus coral snakes despite presumably strong selection to converge on a common signal. This quantitative behavioural characterization presents a new framework for analysing the non-locomotory motions displayed by snakes in a broader ecological context, especially for signalling systems with complex interaction across multiple modalities.
- Keyword:
- aposematism, biomechanics, coral snake mimicry, curvature, Elapidae, non-locomotory motion, Peruvian Amazon, and snake behaviour
- Citation to related publication:
- Moore, T. Y., Danforth, S. M., Larson, J. G., & Davis Rabosky, A. R. (2020). A Quantitative Analysis of Micrurus Coral Snakes Reveals Unexpected Variation in Stereotyped Anti-Predator Displays Within a Mimicry System. Integrative Organismal Biology, 2(1). https://doi.org/10.1093/iob/obaa006
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Vo, Thi and Glotzer, Sharon C.
- Description:
- The goal of this project is to develop a first principle driven approach for predicting the self-assembly behavior of entropically driven crystallization. We first developed a set of mean-field theoretical framework that captures the relevant energetic contributions to the assembly process and then evaluate relevant terms within our framework to determine the excess free energy of formation for each lattice (matlab/octave codes). We then validate theoretical predictions of relevant features like shape and bonding orbitals using standard MD simulations using HOOMD-Blue (simulation scripts). and This research was supported by the Office of the Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering (OUSD(R&E)), Newton Award for Transformative Ideas during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Award number HQ00342010030.
- Keyword:
- Self-Assembly, Entropy, Thermodynamics, Simulations, and Theory
- Citation to related publication:
- Vo, T., & Glotzer, S. C. (2021). Microscopic Theory of Entropic Bonding for Colloidal Crystal Prediction. ArXiv:2107.02081 [Cond-Mat]. http://arxiv.org/abs/2107.02081
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Amir Salaree
- Description:
- We carry out a set of exploratory numerical experiments based on ocean bottom pressure and seismic data from a simulated linear array of SMART (Scientific Monitoring And Reliable Telecommunication) cable stations off the trench in the Sumatra-Java region. We use a set of earthquake rupture as well as submarine landslide scenarios to calculate tsunami propagation via hydrodynamic simulations. We also investigate the contribution of SMART stations to improvement of earthquake early warning by calculating the arrival times of seismic phases. Existing telecom cables can also contribute to the SMART network, if they are equipped with scientific sensors and repeaters. In this study we use the MOST (Method of Splitting Tsunami; Titov et al, 2016) to simulate tsunamis, and the TauP toolkit (Crotwell et al, 1999) to calculate seismic arrival times. This study was supported by grants from National Science Foundation (PREEVENTS geosciences directorate No. 1663769) and NASA JPL (Award NNN13D462T). - Crotwell, H.P., Owens, T.J. and Ritsema, J., 1999. The TauP Toolkit: Flexible seismic travel-time and ray-path utilities. Seismological Research Letters, 70(2), pp.154-160. Titov, V., Kânoğlu, U. and Synolakis, C.E., 2016, Development of MOST for real-time tsunami forecasting. J Waterw Port Coast Ocean Eng 142:03116004-1–03116004-16
- Keyword:
- SMART Cables, Tsunami, Earthquake, Landslide, Early Warning, Indian Ocean, Indonesia, Sumatra, Java, and Simulation
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Abid, Chaima, Kessentini, Marouane, Alizadeh, Vahid, Dhaouadi, Mouna, and Kazman, Rick
- Description:
- Data about the evaluation of the refactorings impact on security.
- Discipline:
- Science
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- Creator:
- Brandt, Daniel, A., Bussy-Virat, Charles, D., and Ridley, Aaron, J.
- Description:
- The Multifaceted Optimization Algorithm (MOA) is a tool for generating corrected empirical model thermospheric densities during geomagnetic storms. It consists of a suite of Python functions that operate around the Spacecraft Orbit Characterization Kit (SpOCK), an orbital propagator developed by Charles D. Bussy-Virat, PhD, Joel Getchius, and Aaron J. Ridley, PhD at the University of Michigan, and it estimates new densities for the NRLMSISE-00 atmospheric model. MOA generates new model densities by estimating modifications to inputs to the NLRMSISE-00 model that minimize the orbit error between modeled spacecraft in SpOCK, and their actual altitudes as described in publicly-available Two-Line Element Sets (TLEs), made available online via Space-track.org. MOA consists of three sub-process: (1) The Area Optimization Algorithm (AROPT), (2) the F10.7 Optimization Algorithm (FOPT), and (3) the Ap Optimization Algorithm (APOPT). AROPT computes the contribution to the drag of the modeled spacecraft due to their varying projected area. FOPT estimates modifications to the 10.7 cm solar radio flux in NRLMSISE-00, and APOPT estimates modifications to the Earth's magnetic activity in NRLMSISE-00. MOA finds these modifications across many spacecraft, and the medians of those modifications are then applied in NLRMSISE-00 along the orbit of another satellite to generate new densities for verification. In this instance, modifications are applied along the orbits of the Swarm spacecraft and compared to Swarm GPS-derived densities.
- Keyword:
- Orbit, Satellite, Two-line Element Set, Thermosphere, and Drag
- Citation to related publication:
- Brandt, D. A., Bussy-Virat, C. D., & Ridley, A. J. (2020). A Simple Method for Correcting Empirical Model Densities During Geomagnetic Storms Using Satellite Orbit Data. Space Weather, 18(12), e2020SW002565. https://doi.org/10.1029/2020SW002565
- Discipline:
- Engineering
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- Creator:
- Baskar, Deepika and Gorodetsky, Alex
- Description:
- Studying the effect of wind on urban air mobility typically requires comprehensive fluid dynamics simulations in a realistic urban geometry. Motivated to enable wide-spread autonomous drone activity in urban centers, such studies have indeed been considered by several authors in the recent literature. However, the accessibility of these approaches to those with less fluid dynamics experience and/or without access to purpose built simulation tools has limited validation and application of the resulting path planning strategies. and The .dat files contain the flow variables for each of the 402240 points sampled from the region under study. For flow visualization purposes, the .dat files are readable using Tecplot Software.
- Keyword:
- UAM, Energy efficient path planning , CFD, and City of Boston
- Citation to related publication:
- Baskar, D., & Gorodetsky, A. (2020). A Simulated Wind-field Dataset for Testing Energy Efficient Path-Planning Algorithms for UAVs in Urban Environment. In AIAA AVIATION 2020 FORUM. American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-2920
- Discipline:
- Other and Engineering