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Studies of satellite support to weather modification in the western US region
The applications of meteorological satellite data to both summer and winter weather modification programs are addressed. Appraisals of the capability of satellites to assess seedability, to provide real-time operational support, and to assist in the post-experiment analysis of a seeding experiment led to the incorporation of satellite observing systems as a major component in the Bureau of Reclamations weather modification activities. Satellite observations are an integral part of the South Park Area cumulus experiment (SPACE) which aims to formulate a quantitative hypothesis for enhancing precipitation from orographically induced summertime mesoscale convective systems (orogenic mesoscale systems). Progress is reported in using satellite observations to assist in classifying the important mesoscale systems, and in defining their frequency and coverage, and potential area of effect. Satellite studies of severe storms are also covered
Chern-Simons theory and three-dimensional surfaces
There are two natural Chern-Simons theories associated with the embedding of
a three-dimensional surface in Euclidean space; one is constructed using the
induced metric connection -- it involves only the intrinsic geometry, the other
is extrinsic and uses the connection associated with the gauging of normal
rotations. As such, the two theories appear to describe very different aspects
of the surface geometry. Remarkably, at a classical level, they are equivalent.
In particular, it will be shown that their stress tensors differ only by a null
contribution. Their Euler-Lagrange equations provide identical constraints on
the normal curvature. A new identity for the Cotton tensor is associated with
the triviality of the Chern-Simons theory for embedded hypersurfaces implied by
this equivalence. The corresponding null surface stress capturing this
information will be constructed explicitly.Comment: 10 pages, unnecessary details removed, typos fixed, references adde
Bringing Home the Crisis: How US Evening News Framed the 2011 Japan Nuclear Crisis
Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/112264/1/jccm12068.pd
A Parsec Scale Accelerating Radio Jet in the Giant Radio Galaxy NGC315
Observations of the core of the giant radio galaxy NGC315 made with VLBI
interferometers are discussed in the context of a relativistic jet. The
sidedness asymmetry suggests Doppler favoritism from a relativistic jet. The
presence of moving features in the jet as well as jet counter--jet brightness
ratios hint at an accelerating, relativistic jet. An increasing jet velocity is
also supported by a comparison of the jet's observed properties with the
predictions of an adiabatic expansion model. On the parsec scale, the jet is
unpolarized at a wavelength of 6 cm to a very high degree in clear distinction
to the high polarization seen on the kiloparsec scale.Comment: 24 pages with 8 figures. ApJ in pres
A View through Faraday's Fog 2: Parsec Scale Rotation Measures in 40 AGN
Results from a survey of the parsec scale Faraday rotation measure properties
for 40 quasars, radio galaxies and BL Lac objects are presented. Core rotation
measures for quasars vary from approximately 500 to several thousand radians
per meter squared. Quasar jets have rotation measures which are typically 500
radians per meter squared or less. The cores and jets of the BL Lac objects
have rotation measures similar to those found in quasar jets. The jets of radio
galaxies exhibit a range of rotation measures from a few hundred radians per
meter squared to almost 10,000 radians per meter squared for the jet of M87.
Radio galaxy cores are generally depolarized, and only one of four radio
galaxies (3C-120) has a detectable rotation measure in the core. Several
potential identities for the foreground Faraday screen are considered and we
believe the most promising candidate for all the AGN types considered is a
screen in close proximity to the jet. This constrains the path length to
approximately 10 parsecs, and magnetic field strengths of approximately 1
microGauss can account for the observed rotation measures. For 27 out of 34
quasars and BL Lacs their optically thick cores have good agreement to a lambda
squared law. This requires the different tau = 1 surfaces to have the same
intrinsic polarization angle independent of frequency and distance from the
black hole.Comment: Accepted to the Astrophysical Journal: 71 pages, 40 figure
First Keck Nulling Observations of a Young Stellar Object: Probing the Circumstellar Environment of the Herbig Ae star MWC 325
We present the first N-band nulling plus K- and L-band V2 observations of a
young stellar object, MWC325, taken with the 85 m baseline Keck Interferometer.
The Keck nuller was designed for the study of faint dust signatures associated
with debris disks, but it also has a unique capability for studying the
temperature and density distribution of denser disks found around young stellar
objects. Interferometric observations of MWC 325 at K, L and N encompass a
factor of five in spectral range and thus, especially when spectrally dispersed
within each band, enable characterization of the structure of the inner disk
regions where planets form. Fitting our observations with geometric models such
as a uniform disk or a Gaussian disk show that the apparent size increases
monotonically with wavelength in the 2-12 um wavelength region, confirming the
widely held assumption based on radiative transfer models, now with spatially
resolved measurements over broad wavelength range, that disks are extended with
a temperature gradient. The effective size is a factor of about 1.3 and 2
larger in the L-band and N-band, respectively, compared to that in the K-band.
The existing interferometric measurements and the spectral energy distribution
can be reproduced by a flat disk or a weakly-shadowed nearly flat-disk model,
with only slight flaring in the outer regions of the disk, consisting of
representative "sub-micron" (0.1 um) and "micron" (2 um) grains of a 50:50
ratio of silicate and graphite. This is marked contrast with the disks
previously found in other Herbig Ae/Be stars suggesting a wide variety in the
disk properties among Herbig Ae/Be stars.Comment: Accepted for publication in the Ap
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