113 research outputs found
Oceanographic observations in Baffin Bay during July-September 1968 [by] Robin D. Muench ... [et al.].
No full textOceanographic observations in Kane Basin and Baffin Bay, May and August-October 1969 / Martin J. Moynihan, Robin D. Muench.
No full textKierkegaard's Socratic Task
No full textThe Danish philosopher Søren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) conceived of himself as the Socrates of nineteenth century Copenhagen. Having devoted the bulk of his first major work, *The Concept of Irony with Continual Reference to Socrates*, to the problem of the historical Socrates, Kierkegaard maintained at the end of his life that it is to Socrates that we must turn if we are to understand his own philosophical undertaking: "The only analogy I have before me is Socrates; my task is a Socratic task." The overall aim of my dissertation is to examine and critically assess this claim, and ultimately to argue that the Socratic nature of Kierkegaard's endeavor finds its fullest expression in the activity and writings of one of his best-known literary creations, Johannes Climacus, the pseudonymous author of *Philosophical Fragments* and *Concluding Unscientific Postscript*. The first part of my dissertation addresses Kierkegaard's own status as a Socratic figure. I examine Kierkegaard's claim that his refusal to call himself a Christian--in a context where it was the social norm to do so--is methodologically analogous to Socrates' stance of ignorance. I also consider how the use of a pseudonymous manner of writing allows Kierkegaard to employ a Socratic method. In the second part of my dissertation I focus on Kierkegaard's pseudonym Johannes Climacus and his claim that his contemporaries suffer from a peculiar kind of ethical and religious forgetfulness. I argue that Climacus adopts two Socratic stances in order to address this condition. In *Philosophical Fragments* he adopts the stance of someone who has intentionally "forgotten" the phenomenon of Christianity, whereas in the *Postscript* he adopts the stance of someone who openly declares that he is not a Christian. In the process, he develops a conception of philosophy that places a premium on self-restraint and an individual's ability to employ the first personal "I." As Climacus emerges as Kierkegaard's Socratic pseudonym par excellence, we obtain two significant results: a deeper understanding of Kierkegaard's conception of Socrates and Socratic method, and a compelling conception of philosophy rooted in Greek antiquity
The physical oceanography of the northern Baffin Bay region
No full textThesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washingto
On the fate of the Antarctic Slope Front and the origin of the Weddell Front
No full textData from the Deep Ocean Ventilation Through Antarctic Intermediate Layers (DOVETAIL) and Antarctic Large-Scale Box Analysis and the Role of the Scotia Sea (ALBATROSS) projects are combined in the region of the Antarctic Peninsula and the South Scotia Ridge to determine the paths and transports associated with the Antarctic Coastal Current, the Antarctic Slope Front, and the Weddell Front. The Antarctic Coastal
Current flows over the Antarctic continental shelf and is not tied to a particular isobath. It transports ~1 Sv westward to the Bransfield Strait. Its subsequent course is uncertain, but we speculate that it may continue southwest along the western side of the Antarctic Peninsula, close to the coast. The Antarctic Slope Front, present almost all the way around
Antarctica tied to the continental slope, has not previously been mapped after it reaches the tip of the Antarctic Peninsula. We show that the frontal jet splits into two branches in the northwest Powell Basin where the isobaths diverge. The shoreward portion of the water associated with the front (lying above isobaths shallower than 1500 m) is able to cross the South Scotia Ridge and head northwestward and retains many of the properties of the Antarctic Slope Front. It is associated with a transport of ~7 Sv. The portion of the front constrained to lie above isobaths deeper than 1500 m becomes the Weddell Front. This takes a path around the northern Powell Basin and south of the South Orkney Islands. Of the ~13 Sv that circulates around the southern flank of the South Orkney Plateau, ~8 Sv of Weddell Sea Deep Water and Warm Deep Water leaves the front to continue west. The remaining shallow and intermediate water retroflects and returns south associated with the Weddell Front through the Orkney Passage. Approximately 5–7 Sv is transported eastward associated with the Weddell Front, tied closely to the southern flanks of the Bruce and
Discovery Banks above the 2000–2500 m isobaths, and forming the southern boundary of the Weddell Scotia Confluence
(Table A2) Bottom layer properties during Nathanial B. Palmer cruise NBP04-08 to the southern Ocean, October 2004
No full textDissolved oxygen was originally given in ml/l and was recalculated to µmol/l by multiplying by 44.66; Definition of concentration at bottom and accross bottom layer thickness follows Muench et al. (2009)
Graphene electrically tuneable third harmonic generation
No full textElectrical control of the nonlinear optical response enables applications such as gate-tunable switches and frequency converters. Graphene displays strong-light matter interaction and electrically and broadband tunable third order nonlinear susceptibility. We show that the third harmonic generation efficiency in graphene can be tuned by over two orders of magnitude by controlling the Fermi energy and the incident photon energy
(Table A1) Bottom layer properties during Nathanial B. Palmer cruise NBP00-08 to the southern Ocean, December 2000/January 2001
No full textDissolved oxygen was originally given in ml/l and was recalculated to µmol/l by multiplying by 44.66; Definition of concentration at bottom and accross bottom layer thickness follows Muench et al. (2009). No station list was available for this campaign
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