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UNIVERSITY AIR [22 records]

Record 1 2015-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric Physics
  • The Moon (Astronomy)
DEF

Phenomenon caused by the presence of large quantities of suspended particles in the atmosphere which selectively remove the longer lunar ... visible wavelengths more than the ... green wavelengths.

OBS

When a month has two full moons the second is known as a "blue" moon, though it only rarely has a blue tint that unusual atmospheric conditions can supply. Occasionally the moon takes on unusual colors, but most often it tends to be reddish, reports Guy Ottewell of Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina. The occasional blue or bluish-green moon can take place when a lot of dust is present in the air, such as after a volcanic eruption, Ottewell notes in his Astronomical Calendar 1999.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique de l'atmosphère
  • Lune (Astronomie)
DEF

Phénomène dû à la présence d'une grande quantité de particules suspendues dans l'atmosphère qui éliminent sélectivement les longueurs d'onde relativement grandes de la lumière lunaire [...] visible plutôt que les longueurs d'onde plus courtes, correspondant au [...] vert.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Física de la atmósfera
  • Luna (Astronomía)
DEF

Fenómeno debido a la presencia en la atmósfera de una gran cantidad de partículas en superficie que atenúan selectivamente las longitudes de onda más largas de la radiación [...] lunar visible más que las longitudes de onda [...] verdes.

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Record 2 2012-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
OBS

He enrolled in the Royal Canadian Air Force in 1951 in the University Air Training Plan at Queen's University, Kingston, and began training on Harvards at Centralia, Ont., that summer.

Key term(s)
  • UATP

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
OBS

Il s'engage dans l'Aviation royale du Canada en 1951, suit les cours du programme universitaire d'instruction aérienne à l'université Queens, à Kingston, et commence son entraînement sur avion "Harvard" dès l'été de la même année, à Centralia (Ontario).

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
OBS

A hand-held remote control for regulating air ventilation(developed by McGill University, Inspiraplex, Tamblyn Consulting and the Centres of Excellence Program). Information obtained from Public Works and Government Services Canada in Toronto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Arms Control
  • Space Warfare
OBS

Conference proceedings prepared in 1989 by the Centre for Research of Air and Space Law, McGill University, in association with the Verification Research Program, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Key term(s)
  • Arms Control and Disarmament in Outer Space: Towards Open Skies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Contrôle des armements
  • Guerre spatiale
OBS

Actes d'une conférence établis en 1989 par le Centre de recherche en droit aérien et spatial, Université McGill, en collaboration avec le Programme de recherche sur la vérification, ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Space Warfare
OBS

Conference proceedings prepared in 1985 by McGill University, Centre for Research of Air and Space Law, in association with the Verification Research Program, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Key term(s)
  • An Arms Race in Outer Space

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Guerre spatiale
OBS

Actes d'une conférences établis en 1985 par l'Université McGill, Centre de recherche en droit aérien et spatial, en collaboration avec le Programme de recherche sur la vérification, ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Arms Control
  • Space Warfare
OBS

Conference proceedings prepared in 1985 by McGill University, Centre for Research of Air and Space Law, in association with the Verification Research Program, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

Key term(s)
  • Arms Control and Disarmament in Outer Space: Lecture Seminars Given at the Centre for Research of Air and Space Law
  • Arms Control and Disarmament in Outer Space: Lecture-Seminars Given at the Center for Research of Air and Space Law
  • Arms Control and Disarmament in Outer Space: Lecture Seminars Given at the Center for Research of Air and Space Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Contrôle des armements
  • Guerre spatiale
OBS

Actes d'une conférences établis en 1985 par l'Université McGill, Centre de recherche en droit aérien et spatial, en collaboration avec le Programme de recherche sur la vérification, ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international.

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compressors
  • Freezing and Refrigerating
DEF

A compressor in which increase in ammonia vapor pressure is attained by changing the internal volume of the compression chamber.

CONT

A large majority of ammonia compressors are used for industrial refrigeration, but there are also industrial air conditioning applications such as district cooling plants, university and hospital complexes that have used ammonia for air conditioning...

CONT

Ammonia compressor treatment. Refrigeration systems that use ammonia as the refrigerant are often called compression refrigeration systems. The refrigerant vapor is compressed and passes to the condenser where heat is removed by cooling water. These systems often use an evaporative condenser or cooler to condense the ammonia.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compresseurs
  • Congélation, surgélation et réfrigération
CONT

[...] fabrication du compresseur à ammoniac pour les fabriques de glace et les entrepôts frigorifiques [...]

CONT

D'immenses appareils de congélation, munis de compresseurs d'ammoniac, sont installés à la surface du sol et envoient dans les profondeurs une solution de liquide congélant calcique au moyen de solides tuyaux de 30 cm d'épaisseur.

OBS

La plupart des compresseurs récents, de moyenne ou grosse puissance, sont conçus pour fonctionner soit à l'ammoniac, soit pour les fluides frigorigènes halogénés les plus courants : R 12, R 22 et R 502.

OBS

compresseur frigorifique : Machine à gaz liquéfiable (fluide frigorigène), permettant de produire du froid par détente de ce gaz, avec récupération du travail de détente.

OBS

ammoniac : Appartenant à la grande famille des fluides frigorigènes les plus divers, l'ammoniac est un gaz formé d'azote (N) et d'hydrogène (H) combinées [...] Ne pas confondre [...] avec l'ammoniaque qui est une solution de gaz ammoniac dans l'eau.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Crop Conservation and Storage
OBS

An International Development Research Centre(IRDC) Project. "Drying is a preservation process that prevents the deterioration of perishable crops and allows for handling, transport, and storage of food products for sale outside the community where they are grown. Researchers at Chiang Mai University in northeastern Thailand have adapted drying technologies to help expand the markets for fruits and vegetables. For individual farmers, a cabinet-type tray dryer was designed with a capacity of 100 kg. Warm air is produced by a wood-fired furnace and a natural thermal draft moves the air throughout the unit. This dryer has been tested and accepted by the longan farmers who have tried it, and is suitable in those areas where sufficient fuelwood is available".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Conservation des récoltes
OBS

Un projet du Centre de recherches pour le développement international (CRDI). «Le séchage est un moyen de conservation qui prévient la détérioration des produits agricoles périssables et en permet la manutention, le transport et l'entreposage avant la mise en vente à l'extérieur de la communauté. Des chercheurs de l'Université Chiang Mai dans le nord-est de la Thaïlande ont perfectionné les techniques de séchage afin d'accroître le marché des fruits et légumes. Pour les petits agriculteurs, on a mis au point un séchoir à plateaux en forme d'armoire d'une capacité de 100 kg. Une fournaise à bois y produit de l'air chaud et un courant thermique naturel mobilise l'air dans l'unité. On a testé le séchoir et on l'a utilisé dans les plantations de longanes; les fermiers l'ont dès lors adopté. Le procédé convient là où il y a suffisamment de bois de chauffe.»

Spanish

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Record 9 2003-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Studies
CONT

Rimouski is the natural point of entry for the Gaspé Peninsula and also fulfills certain central place functions for Quebec' s North Shore because of ferry and air links and labour migration between the two shores. It is the chief institutional city in Quebec east of Quebec City, with a high concentration of provincial and federal civil servants, plus the only university in the east of the province.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Urbanisme
CONT

Point d'entrée naturel de la Gaspésie, [Rimouski] remplit en outre des fonctions de place centrale pour la Côte-Nord, à cause des services de traversier, des liaisons aériennes et des migrations de travail qui existent entre les deux rives. C'est aussi la principale ville institutionnelle de la province à l'est de Québec; beaucoup de fonctionnaires fédéraux et provinciaux y habitent, et on y trouve la seule université de l'est du Québec.

CONT

Les cités institutionnelles où les activités commerciales et industrielles sont au-dessus de la moyenne mais où figurent d'autres activités, services gouvernementaux, facultés [...] etc.

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
OBS

The Polar Science Center(PSC) is a unit of the Applied Physics Laboratory at the University of Washington. PSC was established in 1978. Our research focuses on observing and modeling the physical processes that control the nature and distribution of sea ice, the structure and circulation in high latitude oceans, and the interactions among air, ocean, and ice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-03-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Climatology
OBS

In the Budget 2000, the Government of Canada is providing $60 million to fund the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, which will operate as an independent body. This is the largest single investment in university research in these areas in Canadian history. The Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences will do science research in climate change, extreme weather and air quality. It will provide a better understanding of the implications of climate change and air quality for human health and the natural environment. Il will strengthen Canada's scientific capacity by helping to retain the best researchers in these fields and attract bright young scientists.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Climatologie
OBS

Dans le Budget 2000, le gouvernement du Canada a annoncé 60 millions de dollars pour financer la Fondation canadienne pour les sciences du climat et de l'atmosphère, qui fonctionnera en autonomie. Il s'agit du plus gros investissement dans ces secteurs de la recherche universitaire de toute l'histoire du Canada. Cette fondation effectuera des recherches scientifiques sur le changement climatique, les conditions météorologiques exceptionnelles et la qualité de l'air. Elle nous aidera à mieux comprendre l'incidence du changement climatique et de la pollution de l'air sur la santé humaine et l'environnement. Elle renforcera la capacité de recherche scientifique du Canada en aidant à retenir les meilleurs chercheurs dans ces domaines et à attirer les jeunes scientifiques prometteurs.

Spanish

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Record 12 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

Over-the-horizon(OTH) radar systems were first developed during the Cold War as part of the early warning defense network. With the end of the Cold War, research into OTH radar continued, with a new focus : detection of illegal aircraft engaged in drug smuggling. Current research had its genesis in U. S. Air Force and Navy laboratories in the 1960s, as well as at Stanford University. At present, the United States, Russia, China, and Australia employ OTH radar for surveillance purposes. Much of the current effort is concentrated on the development of relocatable OTH radar(ROTHR), first demonstrated by the Navy in the early 1980s.

OBS

over-the-horizon; OTH: term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • over the horizon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

transhorizon : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law on Use of Air Space
  • Astronautics
DEF

space law: rules accepted by nations in conducting activities in outer space and on celestial bodies.

CONT

As part of international law, the law of outer space is meant to regulate relations between States, to determine their rights and duties resulting from all activities directed towards outer space and within it and to do so in the interest of mankind as a whole, to offer protection to life, terrestrial and non-terrestrial, wherever it may exist. Outer space is to be viewed as an overall notion and celestial bodies as parts of it.

CONT

The Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University in Montreal is the only place on this planet where an aspiring lawyer can enroll in a full-time post-graduate degree program.

OBS

space law: term(s) extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit aérien
  • Astronautique
DEF

Ensemble des règles concernant les relations dans l'espace extra-atmosphérique (ces règles sont, en principe, des règles internationales, parce qu'il s'agit d'un espace accessible à tous et qui ne se trouve sous aucun pouvoir étatique territorial).

OBS

droit astronautique : Ce droit comprendrait «la circulation interplanétaire et intersidérale».

OBS

droit interplanétaire : Ce droit comprendrait «la prise de possession elle-même des lieux sans maîtres extraterrestres et l'exploitation des corps solides».

OBS

droit de l'espace : terme(s) tiré(s) du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law on Use of Air Space
DEF

The law governing use of the airspace and occurrences therein.

CONT

Although radio waves, projectiles and other objects may traverse the airspace, air law has usually been related to aircraft, including operation thereof in the airspace or on the surface, rights therein, persons or property thereon, and events connected therewith.

CONT

The Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University in Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit aérien

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Arms Control
OBS

Conference proceedings prepared in 1988 by the Centre for Research of Air and Space Law, McGill University, in association with the Verification Research Program, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Actes d'une conférence établis par le Centre de recherche en droit aérien et spatial, Université McGill, en collaboration avec le Programme de recherche sur la vérification, ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international.

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Arms Control
OBS

Conference proceedings prepared in 1991 by the Centre for Research in Air and Space Law, McGill University, in association with the Verification Research Program, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Actes d'une conférence établis en 1991 par le Centre de recherche en droit aérien et spatial, Université McGill, en collaboration avec le Programme de recherche sur la vérification, ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international.

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Arms Control
OBS

Prepared in 1993 by the Centre for Research of Air and Space Law, McGill University. Available at the Non-Proliferation, Arms Control and Disarmament Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Contrôle des armements
OBS

Préparé en 1993 par le Centre de recherche en droit aérien et spatial, Université McGill. Disponible à la Direction de la non-prolifération et du contrôle des armements et du désarmement, ministère des Affaires étrangères et du Commerce international.

Spanish

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Record 18 1997-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law on Use of Air Space
CONT

The only place on this planet where an aspiring space lawyer can enroll in a full-time post-graduate degree program is the Institute of Air and Space Law at McGill University in Montreal. Lawyers from 121 countries have graduated from the institute since its beginnings in 1951, and they now work for governments, space agencies, and in private practice.

CONT

Space lawyers focus on commercial contracts and intellectual property rights in communications, remote sensing and manufacturing in microgravity.

OBS

Espionage, breach of contract, homicide - since escaping gravity does not diminish the human capacity for crime - any conflict conceivable on Earth could one day be played out in space, and someone has to ensure that space travellers from countries as different as Canada, Russia, Japan, the U.S. and Europe play by common rules.

Key term(s)
  • intergalactic judge
  • space jury
  • space law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit aérien
OBS

droit aérien, droit spatial

Key term(s)
  • droit astronautique
  • droit spatial

Spanish

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Record 19 1993-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weapon Systems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes d'armes

Spanish

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Record 20 1990-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
  • Continuing Education
CONT

The British Open University(OU) started as a university of the air but soon refined its distance teaching to a 10 percent use of TV.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement
  • Éducation permanente

Spanish

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Record 21 1989-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

published by the Centre for Research and the Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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Record 22 1986-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
OBS

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Spanish

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