Using the NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer to characterise temporal and spatial trends in water temperature of large European lakes

Lakes are major repositories of biodiversity, provide multiple ecosystem services and are widely recognised as key indicators of environmental change. However, studies of lake response to drivers of change at a pan-European scale are exceptionally rare. The need for such studies has been given renewed impetus by concerns over environmental change and because of international policies, such as the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD), which impose legal obligations to monitor the condition of European lakes towards sustainable systems with good ecological status. This has highlighted the need for methods that can be widely applied across large spatial and temporal scales and produce comparable results. Remote sensing promises much in terms of information provision, but the spatial transferability and temporal repeatability of methods and relationships observed at individual or regional case studies remains unproven at the continental scale. This study demonstrates that NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) thermal data are capable of producing highly accurate (R2 &gt; 0.9) lake surface temperature (LST) estimates in lakes with variable hydromorphological characteristics and contrasting thermal regimes. Validation of the approach using archived AVHRR thermal data for Lake Geneva produced observations that were consistent with field data for equivalent time periods. This approach provides the basis for generalizing temporal and spatial trends in European lake surface temperature over several decades and confirms the potential of the full 30 year NOAA AVHRR archive to can provide AVHRR-derived LST estimates to help inform European policies on lake water quality.</p

LOGISTIC SUPPORT OF THE SLOVENIAN ARMED FORCES HELICOPTER UNIT IN INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS AND MISSIONS

Slovenska vojska s helikopterji sodeluje v mednarodnih operacijah in misijah od leta 1997. Pri svojem delovanju so se logistično naslanjali v glavnem na vodilne države na območju delovanja. Vzdrževalnih del na helikopterjih na območju delovanja niso izvajali. Logistična podpora helikopterske enote je v veliki meri specifična v primerjavi z logistično podporo delovanja večine ostalih enot. Predvsem ima pomembno vlogo vzdrževanje helikopterjev, pri katerih je potrebno izvajati tako imenovane intervalne preglede, torej preglede po več opravljenih urah letenja ali po določenem času. V nalogi smo analizirali možne načine in oblike logistične podpore delovanja helikopterske enote v mednarodnih operacijah in misijah in sicer za tri predvidene scenarije: popolnoma samostojno delovanje, delovanje v okviru ene članice NATO, ki je uporabnica enakega tipa helikopterjev, vzdrževanje in oskrbo z nadomestnimi deli zagotavlja podjetje, ki je proizvedlo naš tip helikopterja. Pri tem smo se osredotočili predvsem na področje vzdrževanja. Na koncu smo podali zaključke analize.Participation in international operations and missions with helicopters of the Slovenian Armed Forces started in 1997. Logistic support was based mainly on the lead nation in the area of operation. Helicopter maintenance works in the area of operations have not been performed. Logistic support of the helicopter unit is largely specific, compared with the logistic support of most other units. The most important is maintaining the helicopters, which should be carried out through so-called interval checks, which are carried out after several hours of flying time or after a specified time. In our Master\u27s degree research paper, we analyzed the possible principles and modes of logistic support of the helicopter units in international operations and missions, namely for three scenarios: a completely independent operation, to operate within a NATO member state who is a user of the same type of helicopters and the maintenance and supply of spare parts by manufacturer of our helicopter type. In doing so, we focused mainly on the area of maintenance. Finally we give conclusions of the analysis

Work of art as Object-Cause of Desire / Inalienabilis

Pričujoče magistrsko delo se loteva vznika umetniškega dela s konceptom želje, ki jo obravnava psihoanaliza, natančneje Jacques Lacan. V prvem delu teoretske raziskave sledi osnovnim konceptom Freudove in Lacanove psihoanalize – s strukturo duševnega aparata in psihičnimi procesi, ki jih motivira libido, tvorbo objekta želje in objekta, po katerem se želja povzroči (objekt mali a), in pozicijo umetnika-avtorja vzpostavi avtorja kot primarnega, prvotnega gledalca. Za poglobljeno razlago vznika in delovanja želje je za umetniškega avtorja-gledalca podan primer fotografa/fotografinje, ki je na strani želečega subjekta, katerega stvaritveno gibalo izvira iz želje videti. V praktičnem delu je predstavljen fotografsko-kiparski projekt Neodtujljivo, ki je nastajal prav z razmislekom o tem vzgibu, ki deluje kot analiza večletnega iskanja zadovoljitve v upodabljanju izbranega objekta – objekta želje.This Master’s thesis focuses on the creation of an artwork through the concept of desire, studied by psychoanalysis, specifically Jacques Lacan. In its first part of theoretical research it follows the basic concepts of Freud and Lacan’s psychoanalysis – development of the object of desire and the object from which desire is derived (object small a [objet petit a]) through the structure of psychic apparatus and psychological processes motivated by libido, which positions the artist-author into the role of the primary, primordial viewer. For in-depth explanation of creation and operation of desire for the artistic author-viewer, the presented example is a photographer, who serves as a representative of a subject of desire and whose creative incentive is derived from the desire to see. The practical part presents the photographic and sculptural project Inalienabilis that was in fact created through consideration of the drive, which serves as an analysis of multiyear search of satisfaction through recreation of the chosen object – the object of desire

Probing: Interview with Peter Koštrun and Peter Rauch

In August 2015, photographers Peter Rauch and Peter Koštrun took up the roles of curators at the Celje FOKUS Festival. At the exhibition, which they named Sondiranje (Probing), they compiled a collection of photographs of foreign, anonymous and unknown authors. The collection consists of artifacts collected by the authors in their archives over the years and was, upon receiving the invitation to participate, selected on the basis of their fascination with these artifacts. At one point in time, all the photos served their particular functions: advertising, family, propaganda, artistic expression, etc. The authors highlighted the alternative possibilities for interpreting such images, which may have, due to the time that has elapsed, been exempt from the first context because of the past time, perhaps due to the lack of signatures or the manner of presentation. Their assumption was that engaging viewers would break up the long, uniquely justified ways of understanding photographic material. Visiting authors and collectors were also invited to participate. Keywords: alternative possibilities, anonymous author, archive, collection, context, probing</jats:p