AATSR derived aerosol properties over land

The dual view of the Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer (AATSR) allows for the accurate retrieval of aerosol properties over land using an algorithm in which these two views are used to eliminate the influence of the land reflectance on the top of the atmosphere radiation. The algorithm uses the AATSR IR and visible wavebands for cloud...

Brake wear from vehicles as an important source of diffuse copper pollution

In this article we show that brake wear from road traffic vehicles is an important source of atmospheric (participate) copper concentrations in Europe. Consequently, brake wear also contributes significantly to deposition fluxes of copper to surface waters. We estimated the copper emission due to brake wear to be 2.4 kiloton per year. For...

An integrated approach for gas dispersion, gas explosion and structural impact analysis for an offshore production platform on the Dutch continental shelf

The design of an offshore gas production platform has been subjected to an extensive quantitative risk analysis in particular with regard to its resistance to gas explosions loads. It was demonstrated that integration of the physical and structural effects of a gas explosion in an early stage of the design results in a safe and economical design...

Motion sickness when driving with a head-slaved camera system

De publicatie geeft een technische beschrijving van het TNO-TM hoofdvolgend camerasysteem. Daarnaast is een aantal belangrijke parameters gemeten ten aanzien van de relatie tussen bewegingen van het hoofd en de resulterende bewegingen van het cameraplatform.

Aerosol Optical Depth over Europe: Satellite Retrieval and Modeling

Aerosol optical depth (AOD) and Angstrom coefficients over Europe retrieved from satellite data for August 1997 provide information on the spatial variations of these aerosol properties. The AOD results are compared with initial results from model calculations, showing the relative influences of sulphate and nitrate aerosol.