Spectral Derivatives of Optical Depth for Partitioning Aerosol Type and Loading by Tang-Huang Lin, Si-Chee Tsay, Wei-Hung Lien, Neng-Huei Lin, Ta-Chih Hsiao

“…Quantifying aerosol compositions (e.g., type, loading) from remotely sensed measurements by spaceborne, suborbital and ground-based platforms is a challenging task. …”
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BOOMERanG constraints on primordial non-Gaussianity from analytical Minkowski functionals by de Oliveira-Costa, Angelica, Tegmark, Max Erik

“…These are the best fNL limits to date for suborbital probes.…”
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Using Remote Sensing and in situ Measurements for Efficient Mapping and Optimal Sampling of Coral Reefs by Alberto Candela, Kevin Edelson, Michelle M. Gierach, David R. Thompson, Gail Woodward, David Wettergreen

“…We demonstrate feasibility and performance of our approach in a proof of concept using spaceborne remote sensing together with high-quality airborne data from the NASA Earth Venture Suborbital-2 (EVS-2) Coral Reef Airborne Laboratory (CORAL) mission as a proxy for in situ samples. …”
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The CHRONOS mission: capability for sub-hourly synoptic observations of carbon monoxide and methane to quantify emissions and transport of air pollution by D. P. Edwards, H. M. Worden, D. Neil, G. Francis, T. Valle, A. F. Arellano Jr.

“…CHRONOS observations would contribute to an integrated observing system for atmospheric composition using surface, suborbital and satellite data with atmospheric chemistry models, as defined by the Committee on Earth Observing Satellites. …”
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Gravitational Force—Induced 3D Chromosomal Conformational Changes Are Associated with Rapid Transcriptional Response in Human T Cells by Christian Vahlensieck, Cora Sandra Thiel, Ye Zhang, Andreas Huge, Oliver Ullrich

“…To pinpoint potential underlying mechanisms, we compared gene expression and three-dimensional (3D) chromosomal conformational changes in human Jurkat T cells during the short-term gravitational changes in parabolic flight and suborbital ballistic rocket flight experiments. We found that differential gene expression in gravity-responsive chromosomal regions, but not differentially regulated single genes, are highly conserved between different real altered gravity comparisons. …”
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Razanandrongobe sakalavae, a gigantic mesoeucrocodylian from the Middle Jurassic of Madagascar, is the oldest known notosuchian by Cristiano Dal Sasso, Giovanni Pasini, Guillaume Fleury, Simone Maganuco

“…On the basis of this new data, some previously uncertain features of the holotype maxilla—such as the margin of the suborbital fenestra, the contact surfaces for the palatine, the ectopterygoid, and the jugal—are now apparent. …”
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The PhotoDissociation Region Toolbox: Software and Models for Astrophysical Analysis by Marc W. Pound, Mark G. Wolfire

“…It consists of an open-source Python toolkit and photodissociation region (PDR) models for analysis of infrared and millimeter/submillimeter line and continuum observations obtained by ground-based and suborbital telescopes, and astrophysics space missions. …”
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Biological aspects of an interesting fossil fish: <i>Paramblypterus duvernoyi</i> (Amblypteridae, Actinopterygii) by K. Dietze

“…Compared to most other lower actinopterygians, certain modified features regarding the suspensory apparatus, snout bones, gape, dermohyal and suborbital region, and palaloquadrate-maxillary chamber, are present in <i>P. duvernyoi</i>. …”
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EUSO-SPB2: A balloon experiment for UHECR and VHE neutrino observation by Cummings Austin, Eser Johannes, Filippatos George, Olinto Angela, Venters Tonia, Wiencke Lawrence

“…The Extreme Universe Space Observatory on a Super Pressure Balloon 2 (EUSO-SPB2) experiment will make new measurements from suborbital space as a precursor for future space missions that will address the challenge of the extremely low fluxes of ultra-high energy cosmic rays (UHECR) and very high energy (VHE) neutrinos. …”
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Molecular phylogenetic analysis of the genus Gloydius (Squamata, Viperidae, Crotalinae), with description of two new alpine species from Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, China by Jing-Song Shi, Jin-Cheng Liu, Rohit Giri, John Benjamin Owens, Vishal Santra, Sourish Kuttalam, Melvin Selvan, Ke-Ji Guo, Anita Malhotra

“…The new species, Gloydius lipipengi sp. nov., can be differentiated from its congeners by the combination of the following characters: the third supralabial not reaching the orbit (separated from it by a suborbital scale); wide, black-bordered greyish postorbital stripe extending from the posterior margin of the orbit (not separated by the postoculars, covering most of the anterior temporal scale) to the ventral surface of the neck; irregular black annular crossbands on the mid-body; 23-21-15 dorsal scales; 165 ventral scales, and 46 subcaudal scales. …”
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Analysis of soldiers' orbital wall fracture surgical treatment in General Hospital of Northen Theater Command by Chun-Meng Dai, Run-Hai Zhou

“…Eye movement disorder of 33 patients were improved. Abnormal suborbital perception of 7 patients disappeared. And enophthalmos of 3 patients were corrected. …”
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A technoregulatory analysis of government regulation and oversight in the United States for the protection of passenger safety in commercial human spaceflight by Leybovich, Michael Elliot

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The Asian monsoon over the past 640,000 years and ice age terminations by Cheng, Hai, Edwards, R. Lawrence, Sinha, Ashish, Spötl, Christoph, Yi, Liang, Chen, Shitao, Kelly, Megan, Kathayat, Gayatri, Wang, Xianfeng, Li, Xianglei, Kong, Xinggong, Wang, Yongjin, Ning, Youfeng, Zhang, Haiwei

“…On the basis of our record's timing, the terminations are separated by four or five precession cycles, supporting the idea that the '100,000-year' ice age cycle is an average of discrete numbers of precession cycles. Furthermore, the suborbital component of monsoon rainfall variability exhibits power in both the precession and obliquity bands, and is nearly in anti-phase with summer boreal insolation. …”
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Rapid coupling between gravitational forces and the transcriptome in human myelomonocytic U937 cells by Cora S. Thiel, Svantje Tauber, Swantje Christoffel, Andreas Huge, Beatrice A. Lauber, Jennifer Polzer, Katrin Paulsen, Hartwin Lier, Frank Engelmann, Burkhard Schmitz, Andreas Schütte, Christiane Raig, Liliana E. Layer, Oliver Ullrich

“…We combined a parabolic flight experiment campaign with a suborbital ballistic rocket experiment employing the human myelomonocytic cell line U937 and analyzed the whole gene transcription by microarray, using rigorous controls for exclusion of effects not related to gravitational force and cross-validation through two fully independent research campaigns. …”
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Development of Green Storable Hybrid Rocket Propulsion Technology Using 98% Hydrogen Peroxide as Oxidizer by Adam Okninski, Pawel Surmacz, Bartosz Bartkowiak, Tobiasz Mayer, Kamil Sobczak, Michal Pakosz, Damian Kaniewski, Jan Matyszewski, Grzegorz Rarata, Piotr Wolanski

“…This was achieved by the ILR-33 AMBER suborbital rocket, which utilizes a hybrid rocket propulsion as the main stage. …”
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CHEEREIO 1.0: a versatile and user-friendly ensemble-based chemical data assimilation and emissions inversion platform for the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model by D. C. Pendergrass, D. J. Jacob, H. Nesser, D. J. Varon, M. Sulprizio, K. Miyazaki, K. W. Bowman

“…<p>We present a versatile, powerful, and user-friendly chemical data assimilation toolkit for simultaneously optimizing emissions and concentrations of chemical species based on atmospheric observations from satellites or suborbital platforms. The CHemistry and Emissions REanalysis Interface with Observations (CHEEREIO) exploits the GEOS-Chem chemical transport model and a localized ensemble transform Kalman filter algorithm (LETKF) to determine the Bayesian optimal (posterior) emissions and/or concentrations of a set of species based on observations and prior information using an easy-to-modify configuration file with minimal changes to the GEOS-Chem or LETKF code base. …”
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The Magnetic Sensitivity of the (250–278 nm) Fe ii Polarization Spectrum by David Afonso Delgado, Tanausú del Pino Alemán, Javier Trujillo Bueno

“…The unprecedented data obtained by the CLASP2 suborbital space experiment across the Mg ii h and k lines around 280 nm are a clear example of the capabilities of near-UV spectropolarimetry for magnetic field diagnostics throughout the whole solar chromosphere. …”
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ANÁLISE MORFOMÉTRICA EM BACIAS HIDROGRÁFICAS FLUVIAIS COMO INDICADORES DE PROCESSOS EROSIVOS E APORTE DE SEDIMENTOS NO ENTORNO DO RESERVATÓRIO DA USINA HIDRELÉTRICA (UHE) CORUMBÁ I... by Wagner Santos de Almeida, Newton Moreira de Souza, Dirceu Silveira Reis Junior, José Camapum de Carvalho

“…Foram utilizadas imagens dos sensores remotos orbital e suborbital, como imagem do satélite <em>Quick-Bird</em> e ortofotos obtidas antes do alagamento do reservatório da usina hidrelétrica (UHE) Corumbá IV, bem como modelos numéricos de terreno (MNT), com dados de mapa topográfico e de interferometria de radar da missão <em>Shutlle Radar Topografic Mission</em> (SRTM-NASA), além da base cartográfica digital e de mapa geológico na escala de 1:250.000. …”
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Dynamic gene expression response to altered gravity in human T cells by Cora S. Thiel, Swantje Hauschild, Andreas Huge, Svantje Tauber, Beatrice A. Lauber, Jennifer Polzer, Katrin Paulsen, Hartwin Lier, Frank Engelmann, Burkhard Schmitz, Andreas Schütte, Liliana E. Layer, Oliver Ullrich

“…We used the Affymetrix GeneChip® Human Transcriptome Array 2.0 containing 44,699 protein coding genes and 22,829 non-protein coding genes and performed the experiments during a parabolic flight and a suborbital ballistic rocket mission to cross-validate gravity-regulated gene expression through independent research platforms and different sets of control experiments to exclude other factors than alteration of gravity. …”
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Diagnosis of cutaneous anthrax in resource-poor settings in West Arsi Province, Ethiopia by Ramón Pérez-Tanoira, Jose Manuel Ramos, Laura Prieto-Pérez, Abraham Tesfamariam, Seble Balcha, Gabre Tissiano, Alfonso Cabello, Juan Cuadros, Natalia Rodríguez-Valero, Pablo Barreiro, Francisco Reyes, Miguel Górgolas

“…Four patients developed a malignant pustule on the suborbital region of the face. Patients responded positively to treatment, and the lesions resolved, leaving eschars. …”
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