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The Nature of the Wind: Myth, Fact, and Faith in the Development of Wind Knowledge in Early Modern England
<p>Historically, the wind has functioned in multiple capacities, both physically and symbolically. The following study explores the ways in which natural history, myth and folklore, craft knowledge, and religion contributed to a growing body of knowledge about the wind at a moment in British …
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Nonlinear Observers for Aircraft Maneuvering in Wind
Knowledge of wind velocity is fundamental across fields from atmospheric science to aeronautics, yet direct wind sensing is often constrained by operational limits. This motivates indirect wind estimation methods that infer wind from aircraft motion. However, typical model-based estimators lack …