Land Earth Station Operator

Instrument for measuring the intensity of radiant energy. Its principle is based on the variation of electrical resistance, with the incoming radiation, of one or both the metallic strips which the instrument comprises.

The angular position of the sun at solar noon with respect to the plane of the equator.

Project Analysis and Reporting System.

A contrary indicator moving in the opposite direction of the market and useful in spotting short.

The greatest distance at which it is just possible to see and recognize with the unaided eye (1) in the daytime, a prominent dark object against the sky at the horizon, and (2) at night, a known, preferably unfocused, moderately intense light source.

International Maritime Pilot's Association. Located in Belgium, but mostly managed from the Netherlands.

Human Element

Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

A line secured along the deck to lay hold of in heavy weather; a line thrown on board a wreck by life-saving crew; a knotted line secured to the span between life-boat davits for the use of the crew when hoisting and lowering

A radar term for a single pulse of radio energy.

Installations character for Centralized Monitoring and Control systems for machinery.

A generic term for liquefied and pressurized gas, ordinarily butane, propane, or a mixture of the two, contained in a cylinder for domestic use.

A condition within the letter of credit which restricts its negotiation to a named bank.

A short oar. To scull, is to impel a boat by one oar at the stern.

An instrument used for the measurement of the reflecting, power (the albedo) of a surface. A pyranometer adapted for the measurement of radiation reflected from the earth's surface is sometimes employed as an albedometer.

In the Far East, a warehouse where goods are stored and delivered.

A plastic card enabling the holder to access an automated teller machine to obtain cash and.

A balloon designed to float at a constant pressure level. This may be accomplished by a pressure valve which controls the release of ballast so as to maintain flight above a selected pressure level until the supply of ballast is exhausted. See Moby Dick b ...

A device used by energy auditors to pressurize a building to locate places of air leakage and energy loss.