James Thomson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3752456 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Thomson |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Thomson |
| SIGNATURE | THOMSON J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1748 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Winter-to-summer transition of Arctic sea ice breakup and floe size distribution in the Beaufort Sea
Breakup of the near-continuous winter sea ice into discrete summer ice floes is an important transition that dictates the evolution and fate of the marginal ice zone (MIZ) of the Arctic Ocean. During the winter of 2014, more than 50 autonomous drifting buoys were deployed in four separate clusters on the sea ice in the Beaufort Sea, as part of the Office of Naval Research MIZ program. These systems measured the ocean-ice-atmosphere properties at …
Ice and ocean velocity in the Arctic marginal ice zone: Ice roughness and momentum transfer
The interplay between sea ice concentration, sea ice roughness, ocean stratification, and momentum transfer to the ice and ocean is subject to seasonal and decadal variations that are crucial to understanding the present and future air-ice-ocean system in the Arctic. In this study, continuous observations in the Canada Basin from March through December 2014 were used to investigate spatial differences and temporal changes in under-ice roughness a…
Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror
The RAND Corporation held a conference three years after 9/11 to share results from recent terrorism studies with government and military officials, congressional staff, foundations, NGOs, foreign embassy representatives, and the public. Participants discuss understanding the nature of the terrorist threat; taking direct action against terrorists and terrorist organizations; seeking to reduce support for terrorists; and protecting the homeland.
US Interests and the Fate of the Alliance
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJames ThomsonJames Thomson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the RAND Corporation, headquartered in Santa Monica, California and the Chairman of the Board of RAND Europe, headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. He served in posts dealing with European security in the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations. The views expressed here are those of the author and not of either the RAND Corpora…
Regional Unemployment Disparities in Australia
In this paper we examine the nature of disparities in regional (state) unemployment rates in Australia over the period 1978-99 and their relationship to the national unemployment rate. Using co-integration analysis, we find that there is a negative relationship between the two implying that, as the national unemployment rate falls, micro and/or differentiated labour market policies need to bite harder (and affect proportionately more people) if e…
Community Mediation Centers: Humanistic Alternatives to the Court System, a Pilot Study
We introduce the concept of community mediation centers as alternatives to the traditional, adversarial, and less humanistic court system. We make the case that mediation is indeed a humanistic dispute resolution process by first describing the benefits of the process and then by sharing results of a study we conducted using archival cases from an actual mediation center. The study examines the disputing person's Maslowian levels both before and …
James Thomson: Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and Other Poems
A Nuptial Song, intended to have been inserted in the Fourth Act [of Sophonisba]
"11 A Nuptial Song, intended to have been inserted in the Fourth Act [of Sophonisba]" published on by null.
A Pastoral betwixt Thirsis and Corydon upon the death of Damon
"13 A Pastoral betwixt Thirsis and Corydon upon the death of Damon" published on by null.
James Thomson: The Seasons
Churchill Falls Power Facilities
The Churchill Falls Power Project is now at a peak stage of construction. The paper gives a brief history of the development and a general description of the design of the principal elements. The scope of engineering assignments is given.
How not to Derive "Ought" from "Is
The Book of Silchester
On the Law of Inertia; the Principle of Chronometry; and the Principle of Absolute Clinural Rest, and of Absolute Rotation
There is no distinction known to men among states of existence of a body which can give reason for any one state being regarded as a state of absolute rest in space, and any other being regarded as a state of uniform rectilinear motion. Men have no means of knowing, nor even of imagining, any one length rather than any other, as being the distance between the place occupied by the centre of a ball at present, and the place that was occupied by th…
The City of Dreadful Night
In this haunting poem from the latter part of the nineteenth century, Scots-born writer James Thomson anticipated the modern age's nightmare vision of the city as a place of loneliness, alienation and spiritual despair. In contrast to the late Victorian confidence all around him, Thomson dared to face the possibility that the universe was utterly indifferent to human affairs. The strange and dark images in The City of Dreadful Night have become a…
To Seraphina. Ode
"25 To Seraphina. Ode" published on by null.
The Castle Of Indolence, An Allegorical Poem
"The Castle Of Indolence, An Allegorical Poem" published on by null.
Regional Unemployment Disparities in Australia
In this paper we examine the nature of disparities in regional (state) unemployment rates in Australia over the period 1978-99 and their relationship to the national unemployment rate. Using co-integration analysis, we find that there is a negative relationship between the two implying that, as the national unemployment rate falls, micro and/or differentiated labour market policies need to bite harder (and affect proportionately more people) if e…
The Castle Of Indolence, An Allegorical Poem
"The Castle Of Indolence, An Allegorical Poem" published on by null.
To Seraphina. Ode
"25 To Seraphina. Ode" published on by null.
The City of Dreadful Night
In this haunting poem from the latter part of the nineteenth century, Scots-born writer James Thomson anticipated the modern age's nightmare vision of the city as a place of loneliness, alienation and spiritual despair. In contrast to the late Victorian confidence all around him, Thomson dared to face the possibility that the universe was utterly indifferent to human affairs. The strange and dark images in The City of Dreadful Night have become a…
On the Law of Inertia; the Principle of Chronometry; and the Principle of Absolute Clinural Rest, and of Absolute Rotation
There is no distinction known to men among states of existence of a body which can give reason for any one state being regarded as a state of absolute rest in space, and any other being regarded as a state of uniform rectilinear motion. Men have no means of knowing, nor even of imagining, any one length rather than any other, as being the distance between the place occupied by the centre of a ball at present, and the place that was occupied by th…
The Book of Silchester
How not to Derive "Ought" from "Is
Churchill Falls Power Facilities
The Churchill Falls Power Project is now at a peak stage of construction. The paper gives a brief history of the development and a general description of the design of the principal elements. The scope of engineering assignments is given.
James Thomson: The Seasons
James Thomson: Liberty, The Castle of Indolence, and Other Poems
A Nuptial Song, intended to have been inserted in the Fourth Act [of Sophonisba]
"11 A Nuptial Song, intended to have been inserted in the Fourth Act [of Sophonisba]" published on by null.
A Pastoral betwixt Thirsis and Corydon upon the death of Damon
"13 A Pastoral betwixt Thirsis and Corydon upon the death of Damon" published on by null.
Community Mediation Centers: Humanistic Alternatives to the Court System, a Pilot Study
We introduce the concept of community mediation centers as alternatives to the traditional, adversarial, and less humanistic court system. We make the case that mediation is indeed a humanistic dispute resolution process by first describing the benefits of the process and then by sharing results of a study we conducted using archival cases from an actual mediation center. The study examines the disputing person's Maslowian levels both before and …
Regional Unemployment Disparities in Australia
In this paper we examine the nature of disparities in regional (state) unemployment rates in Australia over the period 1978-99 and their relationship to the national unemployment rate. Using co-integration analysis, we find that there is a negative relationship between the two implying that, as the national unemployment rate falls, micro and/or differentiated labour market policies need to bite harder (and affect proportionately more people) if e…
US Interests and the Fate of the Alliance
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJames ThomsonJames Thomson is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the RAND Corporation, headquartered in Santa Monica, California and the Chairman of the Board of RAND Europe, headquartered in Leiden, the Netherlands. He served in posts dealing with European security in the Nixon, Ford and Carter administrations. The views expressed here are those of the author and not of either the RAND Corpora…
Three Years After: Next Steps in the War on Terror
The RAND Corporation held a conference three years after 9/11 to share results from recent terrorism studies with government and military officials, congressional staff, foundations, NGOs, foreign embassy representatives, and the public. Participants discuss understanding the nature of the terrorist threat; taking direct action against terrorists and terrorist organizations; seeking to reduce support for terrorists; and protecting the homeland.
Winter-to-summer transition of Arctic sea ice breakup and floe size distribution in the Beaufort Sea
Breakup of the near-continuous winter sea ice into discrete summer ice floes is an important transition that dictates the evolution and fate of the marginal ice zone (MIZ) of the Arctic Ocean. During the winter of 2014, more than 50 autonomous drifting buoys were deployed in four separate clusters on the sea ice in the Beaufort Sea, as part of the Office of Naval Research MIZ program. These systems measured the ocean-ice-atmosphere properties at …
Ice and ocean velocity in the Arctic marginal ice zone: Ice roughness and momentum transfer
The interplay between sea ice concentration, sea ice roughness, ocean stratification, and momentum transfer to the ice and ocean is subject to seasonal and decadal variations that are crucial to understanding the present and future air-ice-ocean system in the Arctic. In this study, continuous observations in the Canada Basin from March through December 2014 were used to investigate spatial differences and temporal changes in under-ice roughness a…
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