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WISP information display system user's manual
The wind shears program (WISP) supports the collection of data on magnetic tape for permanent storage or analysis. The document structure provides: (1) the hardware and software configuration required to execute the WISP system and start up procedure from a power down condition; (2) data collection task, calculations performed on the incoming data, and a description of the magnetic tape format; (3) the data display task and examples of displays obtained from execution of the real time simulation program; and (4) the raw data dump task and examples of operator actions required to obtained the desired format. The procedures outlines herein will allow continuous data collection at the expense of real time visual displays
Refutation of C. W. Misner's claims in his article "Yilmaz Cancels Newton''
It is shown that an article by C. W. Misner contains serious errors. In
particular, the claim that the Yilmaz theory of gravitation cancels the
Newtonian gravitational interaction is based on a false premise. With the
correct premise the conclusion of the article regarding the absence of
gravitational interactions applies to general relativity and not to the Yilmaz
theory.Comment: 12 pages, LaTeX, submitted to Il Nuovo Ciment
Study of software application of airborne laser doppler system for severe storms measurement
Significant considerations are described for performing a Severe Storms Measurement program in real time. Particular emphasis is placed on the sizing and timing requirements for a minicomputer-based system. Analyses of several factors which could impact the effectiveness of the system are presented. The analyses encompass the problems of data acquisition, data storage, data registration, correlation, and flow field computation, and error induced by aircraft motion, moment estimation, and pulse integration
A Comparative Study Of Lake Michigan Macrobenthos
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/109951/1/lno19661140576.pd
Geologic application of thermal inertia imaging using HCMM data
Three test sites in the western US were selected to discriminate among surface geologic materials on the basis of their thermal properties as determined from HCMM data. Attempts to determine quantitatively accurate thermal inertia values from HCMM digital data met with only partial success due to the effects of sensor miscalibrations, radiative transfer in the atmosphere, and varying meteorology and elevation across a scene. In most instances, apparent thermal inertia was found to be an excellent qualitative representation of true thermal inertia. Computer processing of digital day and night HCMM data allowed construction of geologically useful images. At some test sites, more information was provided by data than LANDSAT data. Soil moisture effects and differences in spectrally dark materials were more effectively displayed using the thermal data
Cosmological test of the Yilmaz theory of gravity
We test the Yilmaz theory of gravitation by working out the corresponding
Friedmann-type equations generated by assuming the Friedmann-Robertson-Walker
cosmological metrics. In the case that space is flat the theory is consistent
only with either a completely empty universe or a negative energy vacuum that
decays to produce a constant density of matter. In both cases the total energy
remains zero at all times, and in the latter case the acceleration of the
expansion is always negative. To obtain a more flexible and potentially more
realistic cosmology, the equation of state relating the pressure and energy
density of the matter creation process must be different from the vacuum, as
for example is the case in the steady-state models of Gold, Bondi, Hoyle and
others. The theory does not support the cosmological principle for curved space
K =/= 0 cosmological metrics
Diffusion, Fragmentation and Coagulation Processes: Analytical and Numerical Results
We formulate dynamical rate equations for physical processes driven by a
combination of diffusive growth, size fragmentation and fragment coagulation.
Initially, we consider processes where coagulation is absent. In this case we
solve the rate equation exactly leading to size distributions of Bessel type
which fall off as for large -values. Moreover, we provide
explicit formulas for the expansion coefficients in terms of Airy functions.
Introducing the coagulation term, the full non-linear model is mapped exactly
onto a Riccati equation that enables us to derive various asymptotic solutions
for the distribution function. In particular, we find a standard exponential
decay, , for large , and observe a crossover from the Bessel
function for intermediate values of . These findings are checked by
numerical simulations and we find perfect agreement between the theoretical
predictions and numerical results.Comment: (28 pages, 6 figures, v2+v3 minor corrections
Distributing the burdens of climate change
Global climate change raises many questions for environmental political theorists. This article focuses on the question of identifying the agents that should bear the financial burden of preventing dangerous climate change. Identifying in a fair way the agents that should take the lead in climate mitigation and adaptation, as well as the precise burdens that these parties must bear, will be a key aspect of the next generation of global climate policies. After a critical review of a number of rival approaches to burden sharing, the paper argues that only a principled and philosophically robust reconciliation of three approaches to burden sharing (‘contribution to problem’, ‘ability to pay’ and ‘beneficiary pays’) can generate a satisfactory mix of theoretical coherence and practical application
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