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Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

By: Lucien Wald

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Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

By: Lucien Wald

The sun radiates a tremendous amount of energy, called solar energy or solar radiation, which is the main natural source of energy on the Earth, by far. Because solar radiation is the almost unique supplier of energy to the Earth, it has a primary influence on life and activities on the Earth. The climate is a first example, but there are many others, such as plant growth or human health, or even the design of buildings, the production of energy, notably electrical and thermal, or even aging materials. This book aims to provide simple answers to anyone who has questions about solar radiation. Its ambition is to help by presenting the fundamental elements of the solar radiation received on the ground. The book includes many examples and numerous illustrations, as well as some simple but fairly precise equations to calculate the various elements covered and to reproduce the figures and graphs. The first of the three parts of this book is devoted to the relative geometry between the direction of the sun and an observer on the ground as well as to the solar radiation emitted by the sun and received at the top of the atmosphere. The orbit of the Earth around the sun and the solar declination are described. The concept of time is introduced which is closely linked to the solar cycle and the rotation of the Earth on itself. Equations are given to calculate the solar radiation received on a horizontal or inclined surface located at the top of the atmosphere. The spectral distribution of the extraterrestrial solar radiation is described. The second part of this book addresses how the solar radiation incident at the top of the atmosphere is attenuated and modified in its downward path to the ground. The reflection of the radiation by the ground is presented. The solar radiation received on the ground by a horizontal or inclined collector plane, such as a natural slope or a rooftop, is discussed, as well as its spectral distribution. The variability of the radiation is addressed in relation to the properties of solar radiation estimated from the measurements. The third part deals with direct or indirect measurements of the solar radiation received on the ground over a given integration time (minute, hour, day, or month), whether for total radiation or radiation in a spectral range such as ultraviolet (UV), or daylight, or photosynthetically active radiation (PAR). It also explains how to check the plausibility of the measurements. Fundamentals of Solar Radiation will be a valuable resource to all professionals, engineers, researchers, students, and other practitioners that seek an understanding of solar radiation.

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1000380238

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Data Fusion

Definitions and Architectures : Fusion of Images of Different Spatial Resolutions

By: Lucien Wald

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Data Fusion

Definitions and Architectures : Fusion of Images of Different Spatial Resolutions

By: Lucien Wald

This book establishes the fundamentals (particularly definitions and architectures) in data fusion. The second part of the book is devoted to methods for the fusion of images. It offers an in-depth presentation of standard and advanced methods for the fusion of multi-modality images.

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Presses des MINES

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291176238X

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Asymptotics in Statistics

Some Basic Concepts

By: Lucien Le Cam,Grace Lo Yang

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Asymptotics in Statistics

Some Basic Concepts

By: Lucien Le Cam,Grace Lo Yang

This is the second edition of a coherent introduction to the subject of asymptotic statistics as it has developed over the past 50 years. It differs from the first edition in that it is now more 'reader friendly' and also includes a new chapter on Gaussian and Poisson experiments, reflecting their growing role in the field. Most of the subsequent chapters have been entirely rewritten and the nonparametrics of Chapter 7 have been amplified. The volume is not intended to replace monographs on specialized subjects, but will help to place them in a coherent perspective. It thus represents a link between traditional material - such as maximum likelihood, and Wald's Theory of Statistical Decision Functions -- together with comparison and distances for experiments. Much of the material has been taught in a second year graduate course at Berkeley for 30 years.

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299

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461211662

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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Decision Theory

By: Lucien Le Cam

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Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Decision Theory

By: Lucien Le Cam

This book grew out of lectures delivered at the University of California, Berkeley, over many years. The subject is a part of asymptotics in statistics, organized around a few central ideas. The presentation proceeds from the general to the particular since this seemed the best way to emphasize the basic concepts. The reader is expected to have been exposed to statistical thinking and methodology, as expounded for instance in the book by H. Cramer [1946] or the more recent text by P. Bickel and K. Doksum [1977]. Another pos sibility, closer to the present in spirit, is Ferguson [1967]. Otherwise the reader is expected to possess some mathematical maturity, but not really a great deal of detailed mathematical knowledge. Very few mathematical objects are used; their assumed properties are simple; the results are almost always immediate consequences of the definitions. Some objects, such as vector lattices, may not have been included in the standard background of a student of statistics. For these we have provided a summary of relevant facts in the Appendix. The basic structures in the whole affair are systems that Blackwell called "experiments" and "transitions" between them. An "experiment" is a mathe matical abstraction intended to describe the basic features of an observational process if that process is contemplated in advance of its implementation. Typically, an experiment consists of a set E> of theories about what may happen in the observational process.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1461249465

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Brahms's Vocal Duets and Quartets with Piano

A Guide with Full Texts and Translations

By: Lucien Stark

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Brahms's Vocal Duets and Quartets with Piano

A Guide with Full Texts and Translations

By: Lucien Stark

. . . a generous treatment of some of Brahms's most endearing and imaginative creations." —Choice " . . . an excellent addition to the literature on vocal chamber music . . . " —Notes In this sequel to A Guide to the Solo Songs of Johannes Brahms, Lucien Stark opens up a beautiful and largely neglected repertoire, providing the full German text for each song, along with a new English translation, notes on vocal ranges, and a wealth of engaging commentary of technical, aesthetic, and historical interest.

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Indiana University Press

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0253334020

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Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

By: Lucien Wald

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The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek

Linguistic Prehistory of the Greek Dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache

By: Lucien van Beek

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The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek

Linguistic Prehistory of the Greek Dialects and Homeric Kunstsprache

By: Lucien van Beek

How can we explain metrical irregularities in Homeric phrases like ἀνδροτῆτα καὶ ἥβην? What do such phrases tell us about the antiquity of the epic tradition? And how did doublet forms such as τέτρατος beside τέταρτος originate? In this book, you will find the first systematic and complete account of the syllabic liquids in Ancient Greek. It provides an up-to-date, comprehensive and innovative etymological treatment of material from all dialects, including Mycenaean. A new model of linguistic change in the epic tradition is used to tackle two hotly-debated problems: metrical irregularities in Homer (including muta cum liquida) and the double reflex. The proposed solution has important consequences for Greek dialect classification and the prehistory of Epic language and meter.

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BRILL

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9004469745

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Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

By: Alfred North Whitehead,Lucien Price

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Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

By: Alfred North Whitehead,Lucien Price

Philosopher, mathematician, and general man of science, Alfred North Whitehead was a polymath whose interests and generous sympathies encompassed entire worlds. Here, clearly modelled on Eckermann's conversations with Goethe and recorded in Whitehead's own home, are some of the landmarks, signposts, milestones, and noble scenery of that extraordinary mind. Whitehead's approach to life and science provides a compass for the modern world. In these pages the immense reaches of his thought - in philosophy, religion, science, statesmanship, education, literature, art, and conduct of life - are gathered and edited by the writer Lucien Price, a sophisticated journalist whose own interests were as eclectic as Whitehead's and whose memory for verbatim conversation was nothing short of miraculous. The scene, the Cambridge of Harvard from 1932-1947 (with flashbacks to London; Cambridge, England; and his native Ramsgate in Kent); the cast, men and women, often eminent, who join him for these penetrating, audacious, and exhilarating verbal forays. The subjects range from the homeliest details of modern living to the greatest ideas that have animated the mind of man over the past thirty centuries.--Back cover.

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David R. Godine Publisher

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1567921299

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Data Fusion

Definitions and Architectures : Fusion of Images of Different Spatial Resolutions

By: Lucien Wald

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Anthologie Eins. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Lucien Knauer

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Anthologie Eins. Life is a Story - story.one

By: Lucien Knauer

Ein einsamer Reisender streift durch die stillen Ruinen der alten Welt. Ein Zeitreisender muss sich einem moralischen Dilemma stellen. Das Skelett eines lang verstorbenen Schreckens wird in einem Fluss gefunden. Eine Arbeiterin auf einer Mondbasis gerät zwischen die Fronten eines neuen kalten Krieges. Wie hängen diese Ereignisse zusammen? Gar nicht. Erfahren Sie diese und 6 weitere Kurzgeschichten in Anthologie Eins.

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Book's by Lucien Wald

Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

Data Fusion

Data Fusion

Asymptotics in Statistics

Asymptotics in Statistics

Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Decision Theory

Asymptotic Methods in Statistical Decision Theory

Brahms's Vocal Duets and Quartets with Piano

Brahms's Vocal Duets and Quartets with Piano

Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

Fundamentals of Solar Radiation

The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek

The Reflexes of Syllabic Liquids in Ancient Greek

Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

Dialogues of Alfred North Whitehead

Data Fusion

Data Fusion

Anthologie Eins. Life is a Story - story.one

Anthologie Eins. Life is a Story - story.one

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