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Large Eddy Simulations of Turbulent and Buoyant Flows in Urban and Complex Terrain Areas Using the Aeolus Model by Gowardhan, Akshay A., McGuffin, Dana L., Lucas, Donald D., Neuscamman, Stephanie J., Alvarez, Otto, Glascoe, Lee G.

“…Fast and accurate predictions of the flow and transport of materials in urban and complex terrain areas are challenging because of the heterogeneity of…”
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Patterning by Photochemically Directing the Marangoni Effect by Katzenstein, Joshua M, Janes, Dustin W, Cushen, Julia D, Hira, Nikhil B, McGuffin, Dana L, Prisco, Nathan A, Ellison, Christopher J

“…Polystyrene (PS) that has been exposed to ultraviolet light (UV) undergoes partial dehydrogenation of the alkane polymer backbone which increases its surface…”
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The effect of distributed electricity generation using natural gas on the electric and natural gas grids by Touretzky, Cara R., McGuffin, Dana L., Ziesmer, Jena C., Baldea, Michael

“…•Gas-fueled distributed generation increases dependency of electric grid on gas grid.•Optimal operation of group of 10kW and 50kW electric generators for load…”
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Integrating atmospheric models and measurements using passivity-based input observers by McGuffin, Dana L., Ydstie, B. Erik, Adams, Peter J.

“…•An observer integrates measurements with large-scale, nonlinear atmospheric models.•Model error exponentially decays by adjusting scaling factors on uncertain…”
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Distributed input observers to integrate satellite data with 3-D atmospheric models by McGuffin, Dana L., Ydstie, B. Erik, Adams, Peter J.

“…Chemical transport models (CTMs) simulate the concentration of gas pollutants and particulate matter in the atmosphere. Most CTMs include significant model…”
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Stratospheric temperature measurements from nanosatellite stellar occultation observations of refractive bending by McGuffin, Dana L, Cameron-Smith, Philip J, Horsley, Matthew A, Bauman, Brian J, De Vries, Wim, Healy, Denis, Pertica, Alex, Shaffer, Chris, Simms, Lance M

“…Stellar occultation observations from space can probe the stratosphere and mesosphere at a fine vertical scale around the globe. Unlike other measurement…”
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Surface energy gradient driven convection for generating nanoscale and microscale patterned polymer films using photosensitizers by Bin Kim, Chae, Janes, Dustin W., McGuffin, Dana L., Ellison, Christopher J.

“…ABSTRACT The Marangoni effect describes how fluid flows in response to gradients in surface energy. This phenomenon could be broadly harnessed to pattern the…”
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Novel estimation of aerosol processes with particle size distribution measurements: a case study with the TOMAS algorithm v1.0.0 by McGuffin, Dana L, Huang, Yuanlong, Flagan, Richard C, Petäjä, Tuukka, Ydstie, B. Erik, Adams, Peter J

“…Atmospheric aerosol microphysical processes are a significant source of uncertainty in predicting climate change. Specifically, aerosol nucleation, emissions,…”
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Atmospheric Inverse Modeling with Passivity-based Input Observers: Estimating Uncertain Aerosol Microphysics by McGuffin, Dana L

“…Atmospheric models simulate the concentration of gaseous pollutants and aerosols in the atmosphere. These models include significant mismatch from the true…”
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