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(6+6) ways to improve one's English
热度 4 虞左俊 2010-7-30 10:35
Ok, I didn't come up with these tips myself, but I worked on them: to reduce the number from 70 to 6+6 for you, based on my own experience and common sense. If you prefer to go over the 70 ways yourself, here is the link: 70 ways to im ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3669 次阅读|4 个评论 热度 4
2010 SUOMI AWARD WINNER: TIM LIU
虞左俊 2010-7-30 08:56
Nowadays, there is too much depressing news. Just look at today's front page of Yahoo!... I am here to share some good news. If you use satellite winds, or study air-sea interaction, you probably know Tim Liu at NASA/JPL. Well, he is the winner of 2010 Suomi Award by the AMS ( ...
个人分类: From the U.S.|3510 次阅读|3 个评论
General rules for using abbreviations in a research paper
虞左俊 2010-7-28 12:00
For abstract, define only those abbreviations that you will use in the abstract, not those you will use in the main text. For example: Abstract: The sea-surface temperature (SST) in the eastern Pacific Ocean becomes abnormally warm every 3-5 years, known as the El Nino. ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|4711 次阅读|4 个评论
Only in Hawaii: policemen are nice
虞左俊 2010-7-24 07:17
A re-retired co-worker came to town to have dim sum with us. We went in her car, and took an on-street parking that has one-hour limit. Good time went by fast. As we walked towards her parked car, a uniformed police woman was looking at the parking meter for her car We ...
个人分类: Uniquely Hawaii|2955 次阅读|1 个评论
Noun as Adjective
虞左俊 2010-7-23 16:46
I just finished re-editing a manuscript. I was asked why I put a hyphen in between sea and surface for sea-surface temperature (SST). I know most of my colleagues do not use a hyphen for SST, because they probably don't care one way or ...
个人分类: Scientific Writing|3721 次阅读|1 个评论
Green tides off China (4): More needs to be done and can be done …
虞左俊 2010-7-21 08:28
After LIU's presentation in Yantai, my first thought was to pay the nori farmers to clean up the mess after they harvest the nori. I was laughed at, literally, for being so naive. Ok, I was, because someone showed me an estimate for such a payment, too much RMB to be realized, unless Bill G ...
个人分类: My Research Interests|3178 次阅读|没有评论

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