TOPWATER PRIME TIME ON BAY

The Washington Post;  August 26, 2001 ;     11 words ...Fly-rodders may find the water surface rife with rock, blues and mackerel.

Removal of drop-outs from wave records with splines

Sea Technology;  October 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ......either insufficient echo return from the water surface to trigger the receiving circuit, or...removing drop-outs far away from the water surface, they tend to fail in removing drop-ou...University. In the experiments, the water surface elevation was recorded with two ultrasonic...

Acousto-Optic Comm Links Underwater and In-Air Platforms

Sea Technology;  June 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ......onto the water surface to detect...toward the water surface from a submerged...platform. The water surface is probed...dynamic air-water boundary...slowly varying water surfaces. Underwater...detected at the water surface by the non-tradition...calm ...

seamount

A Dictionary of Geography;      19 words ...seamount A mountain on the ocean floor which does not break the water surface. A flat‐topped seamount is a guyot .

cat's paws

A Dictionary of Weather;      17 words ...cat's paws A small area of ripples on a water surface which indicates the presence of a light puff of wind .

Reservoir Used for Fish Production

Xinhua English Newswire;  June 12, 1996 ;     143 words ......reservoirs which cover 2 million ha. of water surface, making up 40 percent of China's inland water surface. By the end of 1995, 70 percent of...of the country's 30 percent untapped water surface and increase its aquatic output to...

Warming could aid Utah

Deseret News (Salt Lake City);  April 16, 2007 ;     58 words ......forget to mention the possible benefits from global warming. For example, rising sea levels will mean more water surface. More water surface means more evaporation. More evaporation means more rain. More rain means thatdeserts could shrink or...

Temperature Microstructure beneath Surface Gravity Waves

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  November 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT Oceanic turbulence very near the water surface controls heat, momentum, energy, and...energy dissipation ε beneath a water surface dominated by wind-driven surface gravity...dissipation. Measurements very near the water surface show a region where TKE exceeds that...

Australian Inventor Develops Water Depth Measurement Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  July 26, 2007 ;     330 words ......measurement of water depth between a water surface and water bottom and adapted for mounting on an aircraft flying above the water surface. The apparatus includes a transmitter...subsequently reflected both from the water surface and the water bottom. The primary mirror...

Tiptoe acrobats get it just right.(PHYSICS)(Water striders )(Brief...

Science News;  January 5, 2008 ;     209 words ......striders spend most of their lives on a water surface, typically that of a pond. Microscopic...the size of large sand grains onto a water surface. For low-impact speeds, the spheres...surface, a water strider pushes the water surface just the right amount, Kim says. The...

Divers use drum to salvage oil from the water surface near an...

Getty Images;  December 19, 2007 ;     110 words ...MAMAT Getty Images 12-19-2007 Divers use drum to salvage oil from the water surface near an... Full Size JPG (303 KB) Divers use drum to salvage oil from the water surface near an over-turned oil tanker at the port in Surabaya, 19 December...

A diver uses drum to salvage oil from the water surface near...

Getty Images;  December 19, 2007 ;     110 words ...MAMAT Getty Images 12-19-2007 A diver uses drum to salvage oil from the water surface near... Full Size JPG (307 KB) A diver uses drum to salvage oil from the water surface near the over-turned oil tanker at the port in Surabaya, 19 December...

Indore to create world's largest water surface rangoli

The Hindustan Times;  April 2, 2008 ;     141 words ......April 15 this year to see the world's "largest water surface rangoli". The event, which will be inaugurated...the rangoli made across the 7.56 lakh square feet water surface. Organisers said that at least 15 boats, 20 life...

Nonintrusive Measurement of Ocean Waves: Lidar Wave Gauge

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology;  November 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ......lidar technology to directly measure water surface elevation from above the water's surface...four rangefinders, where each collects water surface elevation time series at a rate of...pulses can be used to actively measure water surface elevation from above the water ...

German Inventors Develop Water Surface Dirt Particles Taking Up Apparatus

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  January 18, 2007 ;     314 words ......particles of oil, algae or dirt, from a water surface. According to the U.S. Patent &...particles of oil, algae or dirt, from a water surface. A hull structure is moved over the water surface. In this case, a flow of water laden...