A device for obtaining a continuous record of stage at a point on a stream. The most common recorders consist of a float-actuated pen which traces a record on a clock driven chart.

The process of decomposing biomass with anaerobic bacteria to produce biogas.

The general term for anemometers operating on the principle that the heat transfer to air from an object at an elevated temperature is a function of the air speed. Examples are the hot-wire anemometer and the katathermometer.

The interval between full moon and change of moon and the highest high tide.

Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Japanese Class Society)

Ocean Drilling Program

Wrecked

The cost of producing electricity up to the point of the powerplant busbar.

(EVA)A measure of corporate performance which reveals whether a company is earning more or less than.

A general term for instruments designed to measure the speed or force of the wind.

A building architectural element (vestibule) with two airtight doors that reduces the amount of air infiltration and exfiltration when the exterior most door is opened.

A company which is in severe trouble, but still with some hope of recovery, may be put into the. – As used in international conventions, the government of the state whose flag the ship is flying.

The maximum distance along the runway at which the runway lights are visible to a pilot at touchdown. Runway visual range may be determined by an observer located at the end of the runway, facing in the direction of landing, or by means of a transmissomet ...

A cargo consolidator in ocean trades who will buy space from a carrier and subsell it to smaller shippers. The NVOCC issues bills of lading, publishes tariffs and otherwise conducts itself as an ocean common carrier, except that it will not provide the ac ...

The concept in technical analysis that a trend in a share price is more meaningful if the number of.

A tariff term referring to ocean rate less accessorial charges, or simply the base tariff rate.

Heating a metal or alloy to such a high temperature that its properties are impaired. When the original properties cannot be restored by further heat treating, by mechanical working, or by a combination of working and heat treating, the overheating is kno ...

An anchor engine used for heaving in the chain cable and anchor.

The positive pole or electrode of an electrolytic cell, vacuum tube, etc. (see also sacrificial anode).

This is the voltage-ampere requirement of a device designed to convert electric energy to a non-electrical form.