Remote sensing of tropical tropopause layer radiation balance using A-train measurements

Determining the level of zero net radiative heating (LZH) is critical to understanding parcel trajectory in the Tropical Tropopause Layer (TTL) and associated stratospheric hydration processes. Previous studies of the TTL radiative balance have focused on using radiosonde data, but remote sensing measurements from polar-orbiting satellites may provide the relevant horizontal and vertical information for assessing TTL solar heating and infrared cooling rates, especially across the Pacific Ocean. CloudSat provides a considerable amount of vertical information about the distribution of cloud properties relevant to heating rate analysis. The ability of CloudSat measurements and ancillary information to constrain LZH is explored. We employ formal error propagation analysis for derived heating rate uncertainty given the CloudSat cloud property retrieval algorithms. Estimation of the LZH to within approximately 0.5 to 1 km is achievable with CloudSat, but it has a low-altitude bias because the radar is unable to detect thin cirrus. This can be remedied with the proper utilization of Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations (CALIPSO) lidar backscatter information. By utilizing an orbital simulation with the GISS data set, we explore the representativeness of non-cross-track scanning active sounders in terms of describing the LZH distribution. In order to supplement CloudSat, we explore the ability of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) and Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS (AMSR-E) to constrain LZH and find that these passive sounders are useful where the cloud top height does not exceed 7 km. The spatiotemporal distributions of LZH derived from CloudSat and CALIPSO measurements are presented which suggest that thin cirrus have a limited effect on LZH mean values but affect LZH variability

Laboratory studies of uv emissions of H_2 by electron impact. The Werner- and Lyman-band systems

We report a laboratory measurement of absolute emission cross sections of both the Lyman bands (B^1Σ_u^+→X^1Σ_g^+) and Werner bands (C^1Π_u→X^1Π_g^+) of H_2 by electron impact over the energy range from threshold to 400 eV with the same optical system. We find the emission cross section for the B^1Σ_u^+→X^1Σ_g^+ transition at 100 eV to be (3.55±0.8) × 10^(−17) cm^2 (2.7 × 10^(−17) cm^2, direct excitation, 0.85 × 10^(−17) cm^2, cascading) and the emission cross section for the C^1Π_u→X^1Σ_g^+ transition at 100 eV to be (3.1±0.6) × 10^(−17) cm^2 (cascading is estimated to be not present). The cross-section ratio Qc/Qb for direct excitation is 1.21±0.30 at 300 eV in excellent agreement with published values for this ratio from theoretical calculations and experimental data of the optical oscillator strengths. We measure the cross section for cascading to the B state to be 24±10% of the total emission cross section both at 100 and 300 eV. We show that cascading increases to 51±20% of the total cross section of the B state at 20 eV. The vibrational population distribution of the B state is found to be a function of electron-impact energy as the importance of cascading relative to direct excitation changes with electron-impact energy

Search for Jovian auroral hot spots

Auroral emission originating at the foot of the Io-associated flux tube at Jupiter has been detected with a high-resolution spectrometer/telescope on board the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory Copernicus. The emission intensity at Ly-alpha is found to be greater than 100 kR, and the emission is located at zenographic latitudes greater than 65°

Neutral theory of chemical reaction networks

To what extent do the characteristic features of a chemical reaction network reflect its purpose and function? In general, one argues that correlations between specific features and specific functions are key to understanding a complex structure. However, specific features may sometimes be neutral and uncorrelated with any system-specific purpose, function or causal chain. Such neutral features are caused by chance and randomness. Here we compare two classes of chemical networks: one that has been subjected to biological evolution (the chemical reaction network of metabolism in living cells) and one that has not (the atmospheric planetary chemical reaction networks). Their degree distributions are shown to share the very same neutral system-independent features. The shape of the broad distributions is to a large extent controlled by a single parameter, the network size. From this perspective, there is little difference between atmospheric and metabolic networks; they are just different sizes of the same random assembling network. In other words, the shape of the degree distribution is a neutral characteristic feature and has no functional or evolutionary implications in itself; it is not a matter of life and death.Comment: 13 pages, 8 figure

Effects of Fall Dormancy, Cutting Frequency, and K Application Rate on Dry Matter Yield and Nutritive Value of Alfalfa

[Introduction] This study was conducted to determine the effect of the cutting frequency and K application rate on the dry matter yield (DMY) and nutritive value of new alfalfa varieties in Korea. [Material and Methods] The sowing date and rate were September 21, 2019, and 20 kg/ha, respectively. The treatment was by the split-split plot design, and the main plot was the Fall dormancy (FD) of 3 (Rugged Rancher), 4 (SW4113), and 9 (SW9720), the sub-plot was excess 40 day (LCF), from 31 to 40 days (MCF), and under 30 day (HCF) times of cutting frequency (CF), and the sub-sub plot was 150 (K 150), 300 (K 300), and 450 (K 450) kg/ha of K application rate. The first harvest reached 10% of the flowering, and after the first harvest, it was conducted according to the cutting frequency treatment. The survey contents were investigated as DMY, Crude protein (CP), Neutral detergent fiber (NDF), Acid detergent fiber (ADF), and K content. [Results and Discussion] K 450 of DMY was significantly higher than K 150 (p \u3c 0.05). The CF was not significant at each level (p \u3e 0.05). FD 3 and FD 4 of DMY were significantly higher than FD 9 (p \u3c 0.05). The CP, NDF, and ADF according to FD and CF were significantly different at each treatment (p \u3c 0.05). The CP and ADF according to the K treatment were significantly higher at K 150 than K 300 and K 450 (p \u3c 0.05). In addition, the NDF according to the K treatment was significantly higher in K 150 and K 450 than K 300 (p \u3c 0.05). The K content of alfalfa significantly differed according to the K treatment (p \u3c 0.05). Therefore, it is judged that a high DMY can be expected when the K application rate, cutting frequency, and FD is 450 kg/ha, HCF, and 4, respectively

Bulk Fermi surface and momentum density in heavily doped La2−x_{2-x}Srx_xCuO4_4 using high resolution Compton scattering and positron annihilation spectroscopies

We have observed the bulk Fermi surface (FS) in an overdoped ($x$=0.3) single crystal of La$_{2-x}$Sr$_x$CuO$_4$ by using Compton scattering. A two-dimensional (2D) momentum density reconstruction from measured Compton profiles yields a clear FS signature in the third Brillouin zone along [100]. The quantitative agreement between density functional theory (DFT) calculations and momentum density experiment suggests that Fermi-liquid physics is restored in the overdoped regime. In particular the predicted FS topology is found to be in good accord with the corresponding experimental data. We find similar quantitative agreement between the measured 2D angular correlation of positron annihilation radiation (2D-ACAR) spectra and the DFT based computations. However, 2D-ACAR does not give such a clear signature of the FS in the extended momentum space in either the theory or the experiment.Comment: 9 pages, 8 figure

Six-body Light-Front Tamm-Dancoff approximation and wave functions for the massive Schwinger model

The spectrum of the massive Schwinger model in the strong coupling region is obtained by using the light-front Tamm-Dancoff (LFTD) approximation up to including six-body states. We numerically confirm that the two-meson bound state has a negligibly small six-body component. Emphasis is on the usefulness of the information about states (wave functions). It is used for identifying the three-meson bound state among the states below the three-meson threshold. We also show that the two-meson bound state is well described by the wave function of the relative motion.Comment: 19 pages, RevTeX, 7 figures are available upon request; Minor errors have been corrected; Final version to appear in Phys.Rev.

Domain Walls and Flux Tubes in N=2 SQCD: D-Brane Prototypes

This paper could have been entitled "D branes and strings from flesh and blood." We study field theoretic prototypes of D branes/strings. To this end we consider (2+1)-dimensional domain walls in (3+1)-dimensional N=2 SQCD with SU(2) gauge group and two quark flavors in the fundamental representation. This theory is perturbed by a small mass term of the adjoint matter which, in the leading order in the mass parameter, does not break N=2 supersymmetry, and reduces to a (generalized) Fayet-Iliopoulos term in the effective low-energy N=2 SQED. We find 1/2 BPS-saturated domain wall solution interpolating between two quark vacua at weak coupling, and show that this domain wall localizes a U(1) gauge field. To make contact with the brane/string picture we consider the Abrikosov-Nielsen-Olesen magnetic flux tube in one of two quark vacua and demonstrate that it can end on the domain wall. We find an explicit 1/4 BPS-saturated solution for the wall/flux tube junction. We verify that the end point of the flux tube on the wall plays the role of an electric charge in the dual (2+1)-dimensional SQED living on the wall. Flow to N=1 theory is discussed. Our results lead us to a conjecture regarding the notorious "missing wall" in the solution of Kaplunovsky et al.Comment: 41 pages, 5 figures, Sect. 9.3 expanded, typos correcte

An Adaptive Contextual Recommender System: a Slow Intelligence Perspective

This paper introduces an Adaptive Context Aware Recommender system based on the Slow Intelligence approach. The system is made available to the user as an adaptive mobile application, which allows a high degree of customization in recommending services and resources according to his/her current position and global profile. A case study applied to the town of Pittsburgh has been analyzed considering various users (with different profiles as visitors, students, professors) and an experimental campaign has been conducted obtaining interesting result

H_2 fluorescence spectrum from 1200 to 1700 Å by electron impact: Laboratory study and application to Jovian aurora

A combined experimental study of the fluorescence spectrum of H_2 at wavelengths of 1200-1700 Å by electron impact and its application to modeling the Jovian aurora have been carried out. Our laboratory data suggest that at 100 eV the relative cross sections for direct excitation of Lyɑ, Lyman bands (B^1Σ_u^+-X^1Σ_g^+), and Werner bands (C^1π_u-X^1Σ_g^+) are 1, 2.3±0.6, and 2.6±0.5, respectively, in conflict with Stone and Zipfs (1972) results for the Werner bands. Cascade from E,F^1Σ_g^+ states contributes an additional 31% to the B^1Σ_u^+ state population. It is shown that the most likely fate for the metastable H(2^2S) atoms produced in the Jovian aurora is collisional quenching to H(2^2P), and this could add as much as 60% to the predicted Lyɑ emission. On the basis of detailed atmospheric and radiative transfer modeling, we conclude that the recent IUE and Voyager observations are consistent with precipitation of electrons with energy in the range of 1-30 keV or other energetic particles that penetrate to number densities of 4 X 10^(10)-5 X 10^(13) cm^(-3) or column densities of 5 X 10^(17)-2 X 10^(20) cm^(-2) in the atmosphere. The globally averaged energy flux and production of hydrogen atoms are 0.5-2 ergs cm^(-2) s^(-1) and 1-4 X 10^(10) atoms cm^(-2) s^(-1), respectively