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Improved method of producing oxide-dispersion-strengthened alloys
Dispersion strengthened alloys having the required properties are produced by a process in which the refractory particles are less than 100 to 500 A thick. These are fine enough to ensure the strength characteristics without appreciable degradation of other characteristics. The alloy consists of a matrix metal and a dispersoid metal
Optimal Transmit Covariance for Ergodic MIMO Channels
In this paper we consider the computation of channel capacity for ergodic
multiple-input multiple-output channels with additive white Gaussian noise. Two
scenarios are considered. Firstly, a time-varying channel is considered in
which both the transmitter and the receiver have knowledge of the channel
realization. The optimal transmission strategy is water-filling over space and
time. It is shown that this may be achieved in a causal, indeed instantaneous
fashion. In the second scenario, only the receiver has perfect knowledge of the
channel realization, while the transmitter has knowledge of the channel gain
probability law. In this case we determine an optimality condition on the input
covariance for ergodic Gaussian vector channels with arbitrary channel
distribution under the condition that the channel gains are independent of the
transmit signal. Using this optimality condition, we find an iterative
algorithm for numerical computation of optimal input covariance matrices.
Applications to correlated Rayleigh and Ricean channels are given.Comment: 22 pages, 14 figures, Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information
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Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Annual Report July 1, 1976 - June 30, 1977 and Quarterly Report no. 16 April 1, 1977 - June 30, 1977
More stations were surveyed during this report period
than during any previous period. A total of 818 mandays
was spent surveying 18 permanent and 67 random
subtidal stations, 19 permanent and 50 random intertidal
stations, and 64 sportfish catch-per-unit-of-effort
stations, as well as conducting corollary laboratory
work.
In the subtidal areas, Laminaria dentigera and Pterygophora
californica, both important subsurface kelp
species, increased in their combined total numbers from
the 1976 survey. However, Nereocystis luetkeana, the
bull kelp, declined substantially in all study areas.
Population trends of many of the dominant subtidal
macro-invertebrates have varied depending on the species
and on the type of method utilized. Regression analyses
have been performed on selected species for numbers
versus depth. Red algal abundance and diversity appear
to have increased in both subtidal study areas.
Of the three observation areas, sea otters were observed
least frequently in Diablo Cove. However, there continues
to be fresh evidence of otter foraging within
Diablo Cove.
Several seasons' data for intertidal algae and invertebrates have been summarized for one study area. While the algae biomass shows a fairly clear seasonality of
abundance, the trends in numbers of the six invertebrate
species considered are not as well defined.
Because of high variability in the data, the sportfish
catch-per-unit-of-effort and hook-and-line study was
cancelled in December.
Populations of intertidal red and black abalones,
Haliotis rufescens and H. cracherodii, respectively,
appear to have remained fairly stable during the
1976-77 period.
Two other ancillary studies were also terminated during
this period: interviews of commercial abalone and
urchin fishermen, and observations of foam in Diablo Cove. (107pp.
Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Quarterly Report no. 20: April 1 - June 30, 1978
Although we continue to monitor permanent stations
on a regular basis, we have suspended our 30-m2
random subtidal and 1/4-m2 random intertidal studies
during this interim year. The 1/4-m2 random subtidal study is being continued and we have added a new subtidal method of determining fish abundance.
Giant red sea urchin, Strongylocentrotus franciscanus,
numbers continue to decline at their last "stronghold"
in our subtidal study area, permanent station
15. The recruitment of juvenile blue rockfish,
Sebastes mystinus, appears to be either late or
low this year in our study areas. The most abundant
fish, so far, from the new method of assessment,
are adult blue rockfish, kelp greenling,
Hexagrammos decagrammus, and gopher rockfish,
Sebastes carnatus.
Various trends of abalone abundance at the permanent
intertidal stations, increasing at some,
decreasing at others, were observed during this
quarter.
Sea otters, Enhydra lutris, seem to have reached
their annual springtime peak in abundance during
April and May. Several otters were seen rafting
and foraging around and near the intake cove
breakwaters, apparently becoming emboldened to
human presence. (18pp.
Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Quarterly Report no. 22: October 1 - December 31, 1978
Field work for this quarter consisted of completion of random 1/4-m2 subtidal stations from the summer sampling season. In addition, one permanent subtidal station was surveyed. No intertidal stations were surveyed. Sea otters, Enhydra lutris, remained scarce in the vicinity of the power plant.
Lab work was comprised of processing subtidal algae
samples and sorting and identifying invertebrates from
intertidal samples. Analysis of preoperational data
for final report proceeded apace. (7pp.
Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Quarterly Report no. 19: January 1 - March 31, 1978
Field work was limited to monitoring permanent
intertidal and subtidal stations. Only a few
stations were surveyed due to a long series of
winter storms which produced large seas.
Office and laboratory work was devoted to completing computer data sheets for keypunching, completing the 1976/77 annual report and several quarterly reports, and processing the remaining algae samples collected at subtidal and intertidal stations in 1977.
Sea otter activity increased in South Cove and
Diablo Cove where sea otters were observed on
five out of 20 observation days. (11pp.
Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Quarterly Report no. 18; October 1 - December 31, 1977
Large storm-generated swells prevented us from
completing the random stations in the North Control.
The project has shifted to a low level of field work to allow for analysis of all data and preparation of the final report. Field work during the next year will be confined to monitoring permanent stations.
Four permanent subtidal stations were surveyed during the quarter, including a new station located at the entrance of Diablo Cove. Nine random 30m2 stations and 32 - 1/4m2 quadrats were also completed. It appears, from this year's subtidal studies, that there has been a decline in the
abundance of lingcod, Ophiodon elongatus, and kelp greenling, Hexagrammos decagrammus, in the Diablo Canyon area since our studies began in 1974.
A few sea otters continue to raft and forage in
Lion Rock Cove. (12pp.
Diablo Canyon power plant site ecological study Quarterly Report No. 21: July 1 - September 30, 1978
Rough seas and the hiring freeze further delayed completion
of our field and laboratory work.
All random 1/4-m2 stations were completed in Diablo Cove
but ten stations remain in the North Control. Nine
random fish species counts were conducted in Diablo Cove.
Very few sea otters, Enhydra lutris, were observed during
this quarter, none in Diablo Cove. (10pp.
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