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18 February 2025

In order to improve the magnetic properties of non-oriented silicon steel, the effects of different normalizing temperatures on the microstructure, texture, and magnetic properties of 3.0%Si 0.8%Al non-oriented silicon steel were studied by OM, EBSD,...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Green Super-Clean Steels)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,620 Views
15 Pages

28 October 2023

In this work, the influence of normalizing temperature on vanadium micro-alloyed P460NL1 steel is studied in terms of microstructures and impact toughness. With the normalizing temperature increased from 850 °C to 950 °C, the V(C,N) particles...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
8,129 Views
17 Pages

Temperature affects a number of physiological factors in plants and is related to water use, yield and quality in many crop species. Seasonal canopy temperature, measured with infrared thermometers, is often used in conjunction with environmental fac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Innovative Approaches to Agricultural Water Management)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
6,890 Views
16 Pages

31 March 2014

This study investigated the rebound behavior of SiO2 particles normally impacting a planar surface under different temperature conditions. The system has been characterized for an aerosol inlet temperature range of 20–190 °C, flow velocities of 0–20...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,837 Views
29 Pages

Relative Radiometric Correction Method Based on Temperature Normalization for Jilin1-KF02

  • Shuai Huang,
  • Song Yang,
  • Yang Bai,
  • Yingshan Sun and ,
  • Bo Zou,
  • Hongyu Wu,
  • Lei Zhang,
  • Jiangpeng Li and
  • Xiaojie Yang
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

2 November 2024

The optical remote sensors carried by the Jilin-1 KF02 series satellites have an imaging resolution better than 0.5 m and a width of 150 km. There are radiometric problems, such as stripe noise, vignetting, and inter-slice chromatic aberration, in th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Remote Sensing Payloads, from Design to Flight Test)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
7,877 Views
34 Pages

Determination of Optimum Viewing Angles for the Angular Normalization of Land Surface Temperature over Vegetated Surface

  • Huazhong Ren,
  • Guangjian Yan,
  • Rongyuan Liu,
  • Zhao-Liang Li and ,
  • Qiming Qin,
  • Françoise Nerry and
  • Qiang Liu
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

27 March 2015

Multi-angular observation of land surface thermal radiation is considered to be a promising method of performing the angular normalization of land surface temperature (LST) retrieved from remote sensing data. This paper focuses on an investigation of...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,014 Views
14 Pages

6 September 2022

The objective of this research was to develop a solution for the deterioration effect on the high-temperature rutting performance and water stability of SMC. This research proposed a method for designing an SMC normal temperature modified asphalt mix...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Materials and Technologies for Road Pavement Maintenance)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,530 Views
13 Pages

16 November 2017

In the working process of Double-Fed Wind Turbines (DFWT), it is very important to monitor and predict the temperature of the high-speed output shaft of the gearbox timely and effectively. Support vector machine has more advantages in the temperature...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,327 Views
8 Pages

Roles of Silicon Content and Normalization Temperature on Cold Workability and Recrystallization of High-Grade Non-Oriented Silicon Steel

  • Yuan Lin,
  • Hongxia Wang,
  • Shijia Wang,
  • Wenkang Zhang and ,
  • Lixia Wang,
  • Zhiyuan Feng and
  • Yide Wang
  • + 2 authors+ 0 author

23 April 2022

In order to decrease the difficulty of cold workability and study the recrystallization behavior of high-grade non-oriented silicon steel, Si content and normalization temperature were optimized simultaneously. The microstructure and texture of both...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Structural Changes during Steel Processing)
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  • Article
  • Open Access
28 Citations
3,797 Views
14 Pages

The Effect of Elevated Temperatures on the TRM-to-Masonry Bond: Comparison of Normal Weight and Lightweight Matrices

  • Paraskevi D. Askouni,
  • Catherine (Corina) G. Papanicolaou and
  • Michael I. Kaffetzakis

27 May 2019

Textile Reinforced Mortar (TRM) is a composite material that has already been successfully used as an externally bonded strengthening means of existing structures. The bond of TRM with various substrates is of crucial importance for determining the d...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Textile Reinforced Cement Composites: New Insights in Structural and Material Engineering)
  • Article
  • Open Access
64 Citations
7,274 Views
24 Pages

4 March 2019

Ambient-cured heavyweight geopolymer concrete (HWGC) is a new type of concrete that combines the benefits of both heavyweight concrete (HWC) and geopolymer concrete (GC). HWGC provides proper protection from the sources that emit harmful radiations i...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances in Self-Compacting Concrete and Geopolymer Concrete)
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  • Open Access
9 Citations
3,966 Views
18 Pages

Investigation of High-Temperature Normal Infrared Spectral Emissivity of ZrO2 Thermal Barrier Coating Artefacts by the Modified Integrated Blackbody Method

  • Tong Zhang,
  • Xuyao Song,
  • Gongjin Qi,
  • Baolin An and ,
  • Wei Dong,
  • Yan Zhao,
  • Zhiyong Wang,
  • Xiaosu Yi,
  • Zundong Yuan and
  • Hongyu Mao
  • + 7 authors+ 2 authors

29 December 2021

Zirconium oxide (ZrO2) is widely used as the thermal barrier coating in turbines and engines. Accurate emissivity measurement of ZrO2 coating at high temperatures, especially above 1000 °C, plays a vital role in thermal modelling and radiation th...

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  • Open Access
539 Views
17 Pages

15 July 2026

Junction temperature (Tj) is a key parameter that directly governs the optical performance and operational reliability of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which have become indispensable in modern illumination and display systems. Accurate real-time Tj...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
3,131 Views
14 Pages

The near-threshold design is widely employed in the energy-efficient circuits, but it suffers from a high sensitivity to process variation, which leads to 2X delay variation due to temperature effects. Hence, it is not negligible. In this paper, we p...

(This article belongs to the Section Circuit and Signal Processing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,161 Views
20 Pages

Inversion of Land Surface Temperature and Prediction of Geothermal Anomalies in the Gonghe Basin, Qinghai Province, Based on the Normalized Shade Vegetation Index

  • Zongren Li,
  • Rongfang Xin,
  • Xing Zhang,
  • Shengsheng Zhang and ,
  • Delin Li,
  • Xiaomin Li,
  • Xin Zheng and
  • Yuanyuan Fu
  • + 3 authors+ 0 author

20 October 2025

Against the backdrop of global energy transition, geothermal energy has emerged as a critical renewable resource, yet its exploration remains challenging due to uneven subsurface distribution and complex surface conditions. This study pioneers a nove...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing for Land Surface Temperature and Related Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
4,251 Views
17 Pages

Effect of Normalizing Annealing Temperature on Precipitates and Texture of Nb-Cr-Bearing Decarburized Grain-Oriented Silicon Steels

  • Yulong Liu,
  • Chengyi Zhu,
  • Juan Jia,
  • Yong Wang and ,
  • Yu Liu and
  • Guangqiang Li
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 April 2019

The evolution of precipitates and texture was investigated in Nb-Cr-bearing decarburized specimens after normalizing at different temperatures. Enough inhibitors, including Nb(C,N), were obtained, of 20~40 nm in size. Increasing normalizing annealing...

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  • Open Access
71 Citations
16,749 Views
21 Pages

1 October 2007

In this paper we develop a method to estimate land-surface water content in amostly forest-dominated (humid) and topographically-varied region of eastern Canada. Theapproach is centered on a temperature-vegetation wetness index (TVWI) that uses stand...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Natural Resources and the Environment)
  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,200 Views
14 Pages

16 December 2018

As-received Gr.91 steel tube was normalized at either 940 or 1060 °C for 1 h, followed by Ar-assisted cooling to room temperature, then tempered at 760 °C for 2 h. Those samples were designated as 940NT or 1060NT samples. An infrared heating...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Creep and High Temperature Deformation of Metals and Alloys)
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  • Open Access
13 Citations
2,390 Views
20 Pages

20 November 2024

In order to efficiently utilize industrial solid waste while minimizing the preparation cost of engineering materials and the technical difficulty of construction, this paper prepared a high fly ash content alkali-activated fly ash slag composite sys...

  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
3,557 Views
10 Pages

21 September 2021

Grasslands play an irreplaceable role in maintaining carbon balance and stabilizing the entire Earth’s ecosystem. Although the grasslands in Inner Mongolia are sensitive and vulnerable to climate change, a generalized effect of climate change on the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing and GIS in Environmental Monitoring)
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  • Open Access
3 Citations
4,166 Views
15 Pages

Warming, i.e., increments of temperature, is evident at the global, regional, and local level. However, understanding the dynamics of local warming at high spatial resolution remains challenging. In fact, it is very common to see extremely variable l...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Spatial Analysis for Terrestrial Ecosystems: Advances in Mapping, Analyses and Management)
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  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,822 Views
12 Pages

15 February 2023

Settlements along the coastlines of oceans and lakes, which are among the world’s most densely populated areas, are in immediate danger due to stressors brought on by climate change and dangers posed by human activities. This study investigates...

(This article belongs to the Section Biosphere/Hydrosphere/Land–Atmosphere Interactions)
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  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,203 Views
16 Pages

20 January 2022

This paper points out the shortcomings of existing normalization methods, and proposes a brightness temperature inversion normalization method for multi-source remote sensing monitoring of forest fires. This method can satisfy both radiation normaliz...

(This article belongs to the Topic Natural Hazards and Disaster Risks Reduction)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
3,189 Views
16 Pages

Simulation Study of Thermal–Mechanical Coupling Fretting Wear of Ti-6Al-4V Alloy

  • Ling Li,
  • Wang Zhang,
  • Ganghua Li,
  • Jingjing Wang and ,
  • Lixia Li and
  • Miaoxia Xie
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

23 July 2022

Fretting wear phenomenon has a non-negligible impact on the reliability of the contact parts of mechanical power systems. The impact of temperature increases in actual working conditions is taken into consideration in order to increase the accuracy o...

(This article belongs to the Section Applied Thermal Engineering)
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  • Open Access
23 Citations
4,208 Views
12 Pages

15 September 2020

Ti-6Al-4V (TC4) titanium alloy parts were successfully fabricated by laser melting deposition (LMD) technology in this study. Proper normalizing temperatures were presented in detailed for bulk LMD specimens. Optical microscope, scanning electron mic...

  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,355 Views
6 Pages

This paper presents the results of a series of reverse geometry normal plate impact experiments designed to investigate the onset of incipient plasticity in commercial purity polycrystalline magnesium (99.9%) under weak uniaxial-strain shock compress...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 18th International Conference on Experimental Mechanics)
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  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,743 Views
11 Pages

20 November 2021

This study presents an innovative, low-cost, mass-manufacturable ion implantation technique for converting thin film normally on AlGaN/GaN devices into normally off ones. Through TCAD (Technology Computer-Aided Design) simulations, we converted a cal...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Thin-Film Transistors)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,816 Views
22 Pages

14 February 2018

The paper investigates the distribution properties of measurement series of river water temperatures for the lowland River Noteć and its tributaries (Western Poland), as well as air temperatures at different data time resolution levels (1987–2013). T...

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88 Views
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6 November 2026

Annual land surface temperature (LST) products are widely used to characterize urban heat, but absolute temperatures combine local surface variation with broader differences among cities and years. This study evaluates AlphaEarth annual satellite emb...

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  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,324 Views
16 Pages

28 November 2024

Background/Objectives: Individual habitual conditions entail a risk during the interpretation of vital parameters. We developed algorithms for calculating, validating, and interpreting individual normal ranges of body temperature and oxygen saturatio...

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  • Open Access
2 Citations
1,696 Views
18 Pages

Accurate Determination of the Temperature Sensitivity of UV-Induced Fiber Bragg Gratings

  • Miguel Cosme,
  • Marizane Pota,
  • João Preizal,
  • Paulo Caldas and ,
  • Ricardo Oliveira,
  • Rogério Nogueira,
  • Francisco M. Araújo,
  • José L. Cruz and
  • Gaspar M. Rego
  • + 4 authors+ 0 author

9 January 2026

Over the past 18 months, we have performed hundreds of temperature characterizations of fiber Bragg gratings inscribed in different germanium-doped silica glass fibers. Under experimental conditions, the main conclusions are as follows: the temperatu...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
48 Citations
8,470 Views
18 Pages

2 March 2015

Forest fires are a critical natural disturbance in most of the forested ecosystems around the globe, including the Canadian boreal forest where fires are recurrent. Here, our goal was to develop a new daily-scale forest fire danger forecasting system...

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  • Open Access
8 Citations
2,333 Views
15 Pages

15 October 2022

The experiment was carried out in a reciprocating lubricated conformal sliding contact between steel discs of the same hardness. The effects of disc surface texturing on the friction coefficient at various operating conditions (temperature, normal lo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Tribology: Friction and Wear of Engineering Materials (Second Volume))
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  • Open Access
24 Citations
5,616 Views
13 Pages

18 April 2022

The size and the weight of wheat grains vary across the length of each spike (Triticum aestivum L.). High temperature and water scarcity often reduce the single grain weight, and this reduction also varies across the spike length. Plants tend to cope...

(This article belongs to the Topic Physiological and Molecular Characterization of Crop Tolerance to Abiotic Stresses)
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  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,818 Views
18 Pages

14 August 2024

Urban heat poses significant challenges in rapidly developing cities, particularly in countries like Bangladesh. This study investigates the cooling effects of urban green spaces in Rajshahi city, addressing a critical research gap in developing urba...

  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,502 Views
33 Pages

17 February 2023

Thermostatic bath calibration performance is usually checked for uniformity and stability to serve a wide range of industrial applications. Particularly challenging is the assessment at the limiting specification ends where the sensor system may be l...

(This article belongs to the Section Physical Sensors)
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  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,093 Views
16 Pages

Study on Friction Behavior of Ferroalloy and Wet Granulation Sulfur under Low Normal Load Conditions

  • Haoyuan Dai,
  • Jianchun Fan,
  • Yanqiu Yu,
  • Li Sun and ,
  • Zhibin Hu and
  • Jiancun Gao
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

28 November 2019

To study the friction behavior of ferroalloy and wet granulation sulfur under low normal load conditions, a series of experiments were performed using a homemade rotating test apparatus. Scanning electron microscopy with an energy dispersive spectrom...

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  • Open Access
155 Citations
12,471 Views
15 Pages

16 September 2017

Precision irrigation management is based on the accuracy and feasibility of sensor data assessing the plant water status. Multispectral and thermal infrared images acquired from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) were analyzed to evaluate the applicabi...

(This article belongs to the Section Remote Sensing in Agriculture and Vegetation)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
5,952 Views
16 Pages

20 August 2019

The Operational Simplified Surface Energy Balance (SSEBop) model uses the principle of satellite psychrometry to produce spatially explicit actual evapotranspiration (ETa) with remotely sensed and weather data. The temperature difference (dT) in the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing: 10th Anniversary)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
2 Citations
2,395 Views
6 Pages

Fire Damage to Boreal Forests of Siberia Estimated Based on the dNBR Index

  • Evgenii I. Ponomarev,
  • Andrey N. Zabrodin and
  • Nikita D. Yakimov

The impact of fire on the boreal forests of eastern Siberia was analyzed using the normalized burn ratio (NBR) and its pre- versus post-fire difference (dNBR) applied to Landsat-8/OLI data. We provided the classification of fire impact in relation to...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 3rd International Electronic Conference on Forests—Exploring New Discoveries and New Directions in Forests)
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  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,208 Views
17 Pages

Modeling and Simulation of Urban Heat Islands in Thimphu Thromde Using Artificial Neural Networks

  • Sangey Pasang,
  • Chimi Wangmo,
  • Rigzin Norbu,
  • Thinley Zangmo Sherpa and ,
  • Tenzin Phuntsho and
  • Rigtshel Lhendup
  • + 1 author+ 0 author

18 December 2025

Urban Heat Islands (UHIs) are urbanized areas that experience significantly higher temperatures than their surroundings, contributing to thermal discomfort, increased air pollution, heightened public health risks, and greater energy demand. In Bhutan...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Urban Heat Islands, Global Warming and Effects)
  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
5,197 Views
11 Pages

7 December 2021

We present the mean-time-to-failure (MTTF) calculations for AlGaN/GaN high-electron-mobility transistors (HEMTs) using two independent acceleration factors. MTTF predictions are generally calculated through the Arrhenius relationship, based on channe...

(This article belongs to the Section Microelectronics)
  • Proceeding Paper
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,420 Views
7 Pages

In this research study, we use Landsat-5, -7, and -8 thermal remote sensing technology to analyze the urban heat mapping of the Greater Beirut Area (GBA) in Lebanon. The investigation is conducted within a time frame that spans over three decades fro...

(This article belongs to the Proceedings of ECRS 2023)
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  • Open Access
30 Citations
4,468 Views
15 Pages

24 April 2021

The relationship between the physic features of the Earth’s surface and its temperature has been significantly investigated for further soil moisture assessment. In this study, the spatiotemporal impacts of surface properties on land surface temperat...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Recent Advances in Drought Risk Assessment, Monitoring, and Forecasting)
  • Article
  • Open Access
14 Citations
4,408 Views
25 Pages

13 February 2023

Early forecasting of crop yield from field to region is important for stabilizing markets and safeguarding food security. Producing a precise forecasting result with fewer inputs is an ongoing goal for the large-area yield evaluation. We present one...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Crops and Vegetation Monitoring with Remote/Proximal Sensing)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
45 Citations
8,504 Views
14 Pages

12 June 2018

Forest fire is one of the major natural hazards/disasters in Canada and many ecosystems across the world. Here, our objective was to enhance the performance of an existing solely remote sensing-based forest fire danger forecasting system (FFDFS), and...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Remote Sensing of Wildfire)
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  • Open Access
465 Views
25 Pages

15 September 2026

Urban regeneration interventions extend beyond the renewal of physical building stock and the improvement of living conditions, as they also reshape local microclimatic conditions. This study examines changes in Surface Urban Heat Island (SUHI) patte...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Geospatial Solutions for Urban, Rural, and Environmental Challenges)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,345 Views
10 Pages

On Ball Numbers

  • Wolf-Dieter Richter

12 August 2019

We first shortly review, in part throwing a new light on, basics of ball numbers for balls having a positively homogeneous Minkowski functional and turn over then to a new particular class of ball numbers of balls having a Minkowski functional being...

(This article belongs to the Section E1: Mathematics and Computer Science)
  • Article
  • Open Access
13 Citations
4,031 Views
18 Pages

18 November 2019

Multispectral imaging (MI) provides important information for burned-area mapping. Due to the severe conditions of burned areas and the limitations of sensors, the resolution of collected multispectral images is sometimes very rough, hindering the ac...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances on Sub-pixel Processing: Unmixing and Mapping Methods)
  • Article
  • Open Access
34 Citations
5,027 Views
16 Pages

Mechanical Properties of Rubberized Concrete at Elevated Temperatures

  • Ashraf A. M. Fadiel,
  • Taher Abu-Lebdeh,
  • Iulian Sorin Munteanu,
  • Elisabeta Niculae and
  • Florian Ion Tiberiu Petrescu

The use of rubberized concrete has become increasingly popular as a means of disposing of waste materials, such as used and end-of-life tires, while also providing an effective solution for construction applications. The strength and durability of ru...

(This article belongs to the Section Composites Manufacturing and Processing)

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