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Atmospheric constraint statistics for the Space Shuttle mission planning
The procedures used to establish statistics of atmospheric constraints of interest to the Space Shuttle mission planning are presented. The statistics considered are for the frequency of occurrence, runs, and time conditional probabilities of several atmospheric constrants for each of the Space Shuttle mission phases. The mission phases considered are (1) prelaunch, (2) launch, (3) return to launch site, (4) abort once around landing, and (5) end of mission landing
Equilibrium orbit analysis in a free-electron laser with a coaxial wiggler
An analysis of single-electron orbits in combined coaxial wiggler and axial
guide magnetic fields is presented. Solutions of the equations of motion are
developed in a form convenient for computing orbital velocity components and
trajectories in the radially dependent wiggler. Simple analytical solutions are
obtained in the radially-uniform-wiggler approximation and a formula for the
derivative of the axial velocity with respect to Lorentz factor
is derived. Results of numerical computations are presented and the
characteristics of the equilibrium orbits are discussed. The third spatial
harmonic of the coaxial wiggler field gives rise to group orbits which
are characterized by a strong negative mass regime.Comment: 13 pages, 9 figures, to appear in phys. rev.
Baltimore of Mount Pleasant: A Case Study of the Tradition of the Chanted Sermon in Virginia
Analysis of theme, style and structure of the chanted sermons of a Virginia preacher shows that the chanted sermon is a powerful ritualistic expression in certain communities. As practiced among Afro-American groups the chanted sermon is a ritual expression which serves to resolve conflicts, affirm values, and meet certain socio-psychological needs
Experimental Demonstration of Fermi Surface Effects at Filling Factor 5/2
Using small wavelength surface acoustic waves (SAW) on ultra-high mobility
heterostructures, Fermi surface properties are detected at 5/2 filling factor
at temperatures higher than those at which the quantum Hall state forms. An
enhanced conductivity is observed at 5/2 by employing sub 0.5 micron wavelength
SAW, indicating a quasiparticle mean-free-path substantially smaller than that
in the lowest Landau level. These findings are consistent with the presence of
a filled Fermi sea of composite fermions, which may pair at lower temperatures
to form the 5/2 ground state.Comment: 11 pages, 4 figure
Maximum Common Subgraph Isomorphism Algorithms
Maximum common subgraph (MCS) isomorphism algorithms play an important role in chemoinformatics by providing an effective mechanism for the alignment of pairs of chemical structures. This article discusses the various types of MCS that can be identified when two graphs are compared and reviews some of the algorithms that are available for this purpose, focusing on those that are, or may be, applicable to the matching of chemical graphs
Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin and Resting Testosterone Levels in Relation to Weight Status: NHANES 2003-2004
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HadISD: a quality-controlled global synoptic report database for selected variables at long-term stations from 1973--2011
[Abridged] This paper describes the creation of HadISD: an automatically
quality-controlled synoptic resolution dataset of temperature, dewpoint
temperature, sea-level pressure, wind speed, wind direction and cloud cover
from global weather stations for 1973--2011. The full dataset consists of over
6000 stations, with 3427 long-term stations deemed to have sufficient sampling
and quality for climate applications requiring sub-daily resolution. As with
other surface datasets, coverage is heavily skewed towards Northern Hemisphere
mid-latitudes.
The dataset is constructed from a large pre-existing ASCII flatfile data bank
that represents over a decade of substantial effort at data retrieval,
reformatting and provision. These raw data have had varying levels of quality
control applied to them by individual data providers. The work proceeded in
several steps: merging stations with multiple reporting identifiers;
reformatting to netCDF; quality control; and then filtering to form a final
dataset. Particular attention has been paid to maintaining true extreme values
where possible within an automated, objective process. Detailed validation has
been performed on a subset of global stations and also on UK data using known
extreme events to help finalise the QC tests. Further validation was performed
on a selection of extreme events world-wide (Hurricane Katrina in 2005, the
cold snap in Alaska in 1989 and heat waves in SE Australia in 2009). Although
the filtering has removed the poorest station records, no attempt has been made
to homogenise the data thus far. Hence non-climatic, time-varying errors may
still exist in many of the individual station records and care is needed in
inferring long-term trends from these data.
A version-control system has been constructed for this dataset to allow for
the clear documentation of any updates and corrections in the future.Comment: Published in Climate of the Past, www.clim-past.net/8/1649/2012/. 31
pages, 23 figures, 9 pages. For data see
http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/hadobs/hadis
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