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Distance over which a quantity decreases by a factor of e
In physics, a scale height, usually denoted by the capital letter H, is a distance over which a physical quantity decreases by a factor of e. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Scale heightA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Deep learning enables image-based tree counting, crown segmentation, and height prediction at national scaleInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: LadderThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Water availability predicts forest canopy height at the global scaleCited 117 times
- Go sideways: Reference atmospheric modelA closely related topic
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📖 Definitions
Noun The distance over which a quantity changes by a factor of e (the base of natural logarithms)
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Water availability predicts forest canopy height at the global scale
Global empirical models of the density peak height and of the equivalent scale height for quiet conditions
Approximate Schumann resonance parameters for a two-scale-height ionosphere
Model of topside ionosphere scale height based on topside sounder data
Topographic cues of nano‐scale height direct neuronal growth pattern
Topside sounder model of scale height and transition height characteristics of the ionosphere
Inconsistency between height-height correlation and power-spectrum functions of scale-invariant surfaces for roughness exponent α∼1
About anisotropy of atomic-scale height step on (0001) sapphire surface
🆕 Influential since 2022
Deep learning enables image-based tree counting, crown segmentation, and height prediction at national scale
Large-scale building height retrieval from single SAR imagery based on bounding box regression networks
Large-Scale Forest Height Mapping by Combining TanDEM-X and GEDI Data
Optimizing the NeQuick Topside Scale Height Parameters Through COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3 Radio Occultation Data
On the scale height of the molecular gas disc in Milky Way-like galaxies
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕LadderCathy Newman · 2024
- 📕Determining the solar flare photosphereic scale height from SMM gamma-ray measurementsRichard E. Lingenfelter · 1991
- 📕Scaling new heights in technical communicationInternational Professional Communication Conference (1994 Banff, Alta.) · 1994
- 📕Build a Commercial Real Estate EmpireGregory Helmerick, Mark Ferguson · 2020
- 📕Mountaintops and Mai TaisJohnston, Douglas M., Jr. · 2021
- 📕Scaling heightsGopal Lahiri, Kiriti Sengupta · 2014
- 📕LIVE FREE, Scale HeightsKenneth IKEOKWU · 2021
- 📕Electron densities and scale heights in the topside ionosphereKwok-Long Chan · 1966
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