Desirable characteristics for electromagnetic surveillance and collection equipment include ( 1 ) wide-spectrum or bandwidth capability because foreign frequencies are initially unknown, ( 2 ) wide dynamic range because signal strength is initially unknown, ( 3 ) narrow bandpass to discriminate the signal of interest from other electromagnetic radiation on nearby frequencies, and ( 4 ) good angle-of arrival measurement for bearings to locate the transmitter.

Desirable properties may vary for different projects, so there is no one " best " yarn.

Cruz was also ranked on Askmen. com's Most Desirable Women of 2008 at No. 26, in 2009 at No. 25, and in 2010 at No. 7.

" Type B " neighborhoods were considered " Still Desirable ", whereas older " Type C " were labeled " Declining " and outlined in yellow.

Hamilton received two MTV Movie Awards for her role in the film, one for Best Female Performance and the other for Most Desirable Female.

*:* Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flower — Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies, an 1884 book by John Wood.

It was ranked # 31 on Money Magazine's Most Desirable Places to Live for 2005.

Desirable acting work became scarce.

While selection work has been done since the late 1800s, most acreage of pecans grown today is of older cultivars, such as ' Stuart ', ' Schley ', ' Desirable ', with known flaws but also with known production potential.

She was ranked # 45 on AskMen. com's Top 99 Most Desirable Women in 2005, # 85 in 2006 and # 98 in 2007.

Desirable characteristics of the fibre include its texture, warmth, lightweight and pure white color.

At the 1992 MTV Movie Awards, Point Break was nominated for three awards including " Most Desirable Male " ( Keanu Reeves ), " Most Desirable Male " ( Patrick Swayze ), and " Best Action Sequence " for the second jump from the plane.

In 2008 it was voted Britain's " Most Desirable Village " by estate agent Savills.

Wehbe was ranked 49th in the 2006 Edition of the Top 99 Most Desirable Women by the website AskMen. com.

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Sánchez has been named to numerous annual lists of beautiful women including Maxim Magazines " Hot 100 " in 2001, 2002 and 2006 ; AskMen. com's " Top 99 Most Desirable Women " in 2005 and 2006 ; and FHMs " 100 Sexiest Women " in 2005 and 2006.

Whether or not this hypothesis is accurate, it is clear that several existing conditions such as war, famine, and weather contributed to the severity of the Black Death.

Since then, with several relaunches, an increase in funding and resources from the BBC and improvements in digital television technology, the channel has been able to diversify content, with two minute looped bulletins available to view via BBC Red Button, BBC News Online and the BBC's mobile website, alongside individual weather and sport bulletins.

Except for the several relatively good toll roads which connect major cities ( all of them one-lane ) roads are poorly maintained and subject to inclement weather, since only 10 % of the roadways are tarred.

Cold weather causes water trapped in tiny rock cracks to freeze and expand, breaking the rock into several pieces.

The trees differ also from other citrus species in that they enter into a period of winter dormancy so profound that they will remain in it through several weeks of subsequent warm weather without putting out new shoots or blossoms.

These techniques are superficially comparable to weather models that show hurricane storm tracks ; each of several algorithms independently models a complex system ( the weather, in this case ) somewhat differently from each of its sister weather algorithms, and the average of all the algorithms ' output is taken to be the most likely " storm track ".

* 1310 – 1330, many severe winters and cold, wet summers in Europe – the first clear manifestation of the unpredictable weather of the Little Ice Age that lasted for several centuries ( from about 1300 to 1900 ).

* 535: Postulated volcanic eruption in the tropics which causes several years of abnormally cold weather, resulting in mass famine in the Northern Hemisphere.

A period of several successive days with tornado outbreaks in the same general area ( spawned by multiple weather systems ) is a tornado outbreak sequence, occasionally called an extended tornado outbreak.

Bloodsucking mosquitoes, depending on species, gender, and weather conditions, have potential adult lifespans ranging from as little as a week to as long as several months.

Buildings serve several needs of society – primarily as shelter from weather and as general living space, to provide privacy, to store belongings and to comfortably live and work.

Thunderstorms can produce a range of severe weather that includes hail, tornadoes, a variety of other localized strong wind events, several types of lightning, and local very heavy downpours of rain that can cause flash floods, although lightning is the only one of these that requires a thunderstorm to be taking place.

By now desperate and increasingly deserted by their court, Edward and Hugh Despenser the younger attempted to sail to Lundy, a small island just off the Devon coast, but the weather was against them and after several days they were forced to land back in Wales.

Its flexibility and mild winter weather mean that it is used for testing by several motorsport teams, including Formula One teams.

The fruit bodies of several earthstars are hygroscopic: in dry weather the " petals " will dry and curl up around the soft spore sac, protecting it.

There were several problems with these engines, including water and corrosion in the injectors ( no water separator in the fuel line ), paraffin clogging of fuel lines and filters in cold weather, reduced lubrication in the heads due to undersized oil galleys, head bolt failures, and the use of aluminum rockers and stanchions in the 4. 3L engines.

The French subsequently tried to establish several colonies throughout North America that failed, due to weather, disease, or conflict with other European powers.

However several days of poor weather and Montgomery's concerns over increasing levels of German resistance caused him to postpone the operation and then cancel it on 10 September.

The Harricana River flows into James Bay several miles east of Moosonee, so anyone wishing to take this route must allow about two days to cross the bay, an extremely dangerous proposition if the tides and the weather are unfavourable.

Although severe weather is unusual and generally forecast, it has claimed several lives over the years, including a party of five soldiers and one naval rating, caught in a week long storm while undergoing winter survival training in 1990.

Because workstations are designed for high-end tasks such as weather forecasting, video rendering, and game design, it's taken for granted that these systems must be running under full-load, non-stop for several hours or even days without issue.

Navigation in the strait can be extremely hazardous with strong tidal currents interacting with the Labrador Current, depths reaching several hundred metres in places, sea ice for 8 – 10 months of the year, and variable weather conditions including gales and fog.

The demonstrated or hypothesised mechanisms used by bacteria to weather minerals include several oxidoreduction and dissolution reactions as well as the production of weathering agents, such as protons, organic acids and chelating molecules.

Because nearby loads are often correlated ( hot weather in the Southwest portion of the US might cause many people to use air conditioners ), electricity often comes from distant sources.

The nearby Ross-on-Wye weather station shows average daily maximum temperatures ranging from in January to in July, with 1504 hours of sunshine per year, and an average annual rainfall of.

At the same time it indicates whether or not it is raining in nearby localities or whether there is unusually stormy weather at sea.

The justification for the additional expenditure and complexity related to digging a tunnel for part of the way – rather than simply raising that section of the bridge – was to avoid interfering with air traffic from the nearby Copenhagen International Airport, and also to provide a clear channel for ships in good weather or bad, and to prevent ice floes from blocking the strait.

When residents require hospitalization beyond the first aid care, they are airlifted out of the island by helicopter ( on emergencies ) to nearby ones or, if the weather permits, they are transported by the ferry.

As there are no nearby mountain ranges or bodies of water to ameliorate the climatic conditions, Argyle lies exposed to numerous weather systems including bitterly cold Arctic high pressure systems.

In January 1996, a weather station in nearby Newark, New Jersey recorded over of snow from the North American blizzard of 1996.

Kirtland is located in the snowbelt region of Lake Erie, and has snowfall and weather patterns similar to nearby Chardon.

It is on the southern Oregon Coast, at the northern end of what coastal Oregonians call the Banana Belt, because the weather from Port Orford south is noticeably warmer than the weather north of nearby Cape Blanco.

Its buildings could be seen beneath the water in clear weather and dressed stones were removed from them to nearby towns.

Due to the extreme weather on Mount Washington, both WHOM and WPKQ use specially designed FM antennas which are housed in special cylindrical radomes, manufactured by Shively Labs of nearby Bridgton, Maine.

The official weather station nearby has the county heat record with 33. 8 ° C recorded 11 June 2011.

Although the highest elevation of the Sauerland is the Langenberg ( 843 m ) near Olsberg, the much more renowned summit, which is well known for the nearby skiing facilities, its weather station and observation tower, is the slightly lower Kahler Asten ( 842 m ) near Winterberg.

One IEEE 802. 11 WAP can typically communicate with 30 client systems located within a radius of 103 m. However, the actual range of communication can vary significantly, depending on such variables as indoor or outdoor placement, height above ground, nearby obstructions, other electronic devices that might actively interfere with the signal by broadcasting on the same frequency, type of antenna, the current weather, operating radio frequency, and the power output of devices.

Local availability of fuel oil minimized transportation costs, and consistently good weather allowed frequent gunnery exercises off the nearby Channel Islands of California.

This also occurs before typhoons hitting Hong Kong or nearby regions in the northeast, e. g. Taiwan or Eastern Coast of China, such outbound airstream bring even hotter weather, in addition to dirtier air.

During the 1960s, 70s and early 1980s, the airport's primary runway was Runway 18 / 36, a 6076 foot runway with an FAA certified ILS approach, enabling all weather approaches by airliners and civilian aircraft, and a USAF certified High TACAN approach for practice use by Air Force aircraft at nearby Tyndall AFB.

NOAA Weather Radio All Hazards is a network of radio stations broadcasting continuous weather information directly from a nearby National Weather Service ( NWS ) office.

For a given country and town it gives coordinates, altitude, weather forecast, and a map showing the position of the town with respect to topography and borders and bodies of water ( not with respect to other towns ); it also lists towns which are very nearby, within 3 km, with direction.

They can also form around artificial lights in very cold weather when ice crystals called diamond dust are floating in the nearby air.

As they neared the end of their flight in full sunlight and clear weather conditions, with visibility extending 10 miles ( 16 km ), the PSA crew was alerted by the approach controller about a small Cessna 172 Skyhawk aircraft nearby.

Young swifts in the nest can drop their body temperature and become torpid if bad weather prevents their parents from catching insects nearby.

Originally Tullamarine extended westwards to the Organ Pipes National Park, and the nearby area bounded by the Maribyrnong River, Jacksons Creek and Deep Creek was called Tullamarine Island because of the difficulties faced by inhabitants in getting across the watercourses during wet weather.