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Architecture and data processing alternatives for the tse computer. Volume 4: Image rotation using tse operations
The tse computer's capability of achieving image congruence between temporal and multiple images with misregistration due to rotational differences is reported. The coordinate transformations are obtained and a general algorithms is devised to perform image rotation using tse operations very efficiently. The details of this algorithm as well as its theoretical implications are presented. Step by step procedures of image registration are described in detail. Numerous examples are also employed to demonstrate the correctness and the effectiveness of the algorithms and conclusions and recommendations are made
Architecture and data processing alternatives for the TSE computer. Volume 2: Extraction of topological information from an image by the Tse computer
A simple programmable Tse processor organization and arithmetic operations necessary for extraction of the desired topological information are described. Hardware additions to this organization are discussed along with trade-offs peculiar to the tse computing concept. An improved organization is presented along with the complementary software for the various arithmetic operations. The performance of the two organizations is compared in terms of speed, power, and cost. Software routines developed to extract the desired information from an image are included
Delineation of major soil associations using ERTS-1 imagery
The delineation of a major soil association in the loess region of Obion County has been accomplished using ERTS-1 imagery. Channel 7 provides the clearest differentiation. The separation of other smaller soil associations in an intensive row crop agricultural area is somewhat more difficult. Soil differentiation has been accomplished visually as well as electronically using a scanning microdensitometer. Lower altitude aircraft imagery permits a more refined soil association identification and where imagery is of sufficient scale, even individual soils may be identified
ERTS-A imagery interpretation techniques in the Tennessee Valley
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ERTS-1 imagery interpretation techniques in the Tennessee Valley
The author has identified the following significant results. The feasibility of delineating major soil associations and land uses through computerized analyses is discussed. Useful and potential applications in detecting landscape change and land use mapping are described. Recommendations for improving the data processing effort in a multidisciplinary program are presented
ERTS-A imagery interpretation techniques in the Tennessee Valley
There are no author-identified significant results in this report
Protostellar collapse: rotation and disk formation
We present some important conclusions from recent calculations pertaining to
the collapse of rotating molecular cloud cores with axial symmetry,
corresponding to evolution of young stellar objects through classes 0 and begin
of class I. Three main issues have been addressed: (1) The typical timescale
for building up a preplanetary disk - once more it turned out that it is of the
order of one free-fall time which is decisively shorter than the widely assumed
timescale related to the so-called 'inside-out collapse'; (2) Redistribution of
angular momentum and the accompanying dissipation of kinetic (rotational)
energy - together these processes govern the mechanical and thermal evolution
of the protostellar core to a large extent; (3) The origin of
calcium-aluminium-rich inclusions (CAIs) - due to the specific pattern of the
accretion flow, material that has undergone substantial chemical and
mineralogical modifications in the hot (exceeding 900 K) interior of the
protostellar core may have a good chance to be advectively transported outward
into the cooler remote parts (beyond 4 AU, say) of the growing disk and to
survive there until it is incorporated into a meteoritic body.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
Saturn Forms by Core Accretion in 3.4 Myr
We present two new in situ core accretion simulations of Saturn with planet
formation timescales of 3.37 Myr (model S0) and 3.48 Myr (model S1), consistent
with observed protostellar disk lifetimes. In model S0, we assume rapid grain
settling reduces opacity due to grains from full interstellar values (Podolak
2003). In model S1, we do not invoke grain settling, instead assigning full
interstellar opacities to grains in the envelope. Surprisingly, the two models
produce nearly identical formation timescales and core/atmosphere mass ratios.
We therefore observe a new manifestation of core accretion theory: at large
heliocentric distances, the solid core growth rate (limited by Keplerian
orbital velocity) controls the planet formation timescale. We argue that this
paradigm should apply to Uranus and Neptune as well.Comment: 4 pages, including 1 figure, submitted to ApJ Letter
Satellite on-board processing for earth resources data
Results of a survey of earth resources user applications and their data requirements, earth resources multispectral scanner sensor technology, and preprocessing algorithms for correcting the sensor outputs and for data bulk reduction are presented along with a candidate data format. Computational requirements required to implement the data analysis algorithms are included along with a review of computer architectures and organizations. Computer architectures capable of handling the algorithm computational requirements are suggested and the environmental effects of an on-board processor discussed. By relating performance parameters to the system requirements of each of the user requirements the feasibility of on-board processing is determined for each user. A tradeoff analysis is performed to determine the sensitivity of results to each of the system parameters. Significant results and conclusions are discussed, and recommendations are presented
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