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As the operating temperature increases, the tradeoff between performance and reliability becomes tricky as the classical hot-carrier (HC) picture has to be modified into the energy-driven formalism, taking int...
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The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) Terra and Aqua satellites are key instruments that provide data on global land, atmosphere, and ocean dyna...
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Introduction
