The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) requires Contractor support services to provide wind field modeling, mapping, and related analysis in support NIST's recently initiated ...

We’ve marveled at this mesmerizing map of cargo ships plying the oceans of the worlds, been amazed by another depicting the birth of major cities over thousands of years, and charmed by this one ...

The current wind speed maps are based on new uniform recurrence interval wind speed contours developed by wind researchers. But the ASCE 7 standard also carries new factors to use with the new maps, ...

Predicting the weather is a science, but it’s not a perfect science. Wind, in particular, is hard to nail down. Truly reliable predictions extend just days in advance---weeks, at most. Foretelling ...

Jess Thomson is a Newsweek Science Reporter based in London UK. Her focus is reporting on science, technology and healthcare. She has covered weird animal behavior, space news and the impacts of ...

Drones and similar small unmanned aerial vehicles (sUAVs) have seen a massive surge in popularity over the past few years owing to their innovative applications, such as crop monitoring, search and ...

Winter storm Jonas brought with it record-breaking amounts of snow and blustering winds when it plowed through the northeastern and mid-Atlantic United States in late January. Now, scientists at NASA ...

Abu Dhabi Countries can soon easily identify suitable areas for solar and wind energy projects and determine the right technology from a map and a database. A map identifying the areas with solar ...

Hurricane Rafael appears to have veered to the west after making landfall in Cuba as a Category 3 storm, marking the fifth ...