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  • 1
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    Publication Date: 2023-01-16
    Description: Die Rehbergschichten treten im linksrheinischen Buntsandstein zwischen Trifels- und Karlstalschichten auf. Es ist ein Wechsel von Felsbänken und Dünnschichten, wobei die Felsbänke die petrographischen Merkmale der Trifelsschichten, die Dünnschichten die sedimentologischen Merkmale der Unteren Karlstalschichten enthalten. Die Untergrenze der Rehbergschichten bildet die tiefste Lage von Dünnschichten (Scheidter Niveau). Die Obergrenze der Rehbergschichten bildet die stratigraphisch höchste Felsbank mit den petrographischen Merkmalen der Trifelsschichten oder des smi. Stratigraphisch markante Felsbänke bestehen innerhalb der Rehbergschichten nicht, eine stratigraphische und kartographische Unterteilung der Rehbergschichten ist nicht möglich. Genetisch werden die Rehbergschichten als Wechsel zwischen äolisch und fluviatil sedimentierten Schichten verstanden. Die Rehbergschichten tragen in der Landschaft weite Verebnungsflächen, wobei Verebnungen und Hangverflachungen in verschiedenen Niveaus übereinander vorkommen.
    Description: Abstract: The Rehberg sandstone is found in the Southwest German and Alsatian Buntsandstein between Trifels and Karlstal sandstones. Banquettes and lamelliform layers relieve one another, the banquettes containing the petrographic characteristics of the Tifels sandstone and the fine bedded layers the sedimentological characteristics of the lower Karlstal layers. The lower boundary of the Rehberg sandstone forms the lowest deposit of the fine bedded layers (Scheidter Niveau). The upper boundary of the Rehberg sandstone forms the stratigraphically highest banquette with the petrographic characteristics of the Trifels sandstone or the sny. Within the Rehberg sandstone stratigraphically noticeable banquettes do not exist. A Stratigraphie and cartographic division of the Rehberg sandstone is not possible. As far as genesis is concerned, the Rehberg sandstone are regarded as an alternation of eolian and fluviatile sedimented layers. The morphological structure of the landscape formed by the Rehberg sandstone shows wide peneplanations which occur at different levels.
    Description: research
    Keywords: ddc:554.3 ; Buntsandstein ; Pfalz ; Stratigraphie
    Language: German
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    Hessisches Landesamt für Bodenforschung, Wiesbaden
    In:  SUB Göttingen | KART B 104:5519 | KART H 86:5519
    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Description: Geologische Karte 1: 25 000 mit Erläuterungen. Digitalisat des FID GEO (Fachinformationsdienst Geowissenschaften der festen Erde), erstellt durch das GDZ (Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum), Karte aus dem Bestand der SUB Göttingen.
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    Keywords: ddc:912 ; ddc:554.3 ; ddc:943.2 ; Geologische Karte ; Hungen
    Language: German
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    Hessische Geologische Landesanstalt, Darmstadt
    In:  SUB Göttingen | KART B 104:6118 | KART H 86:6118
    Publication Date: 2022-11-22
    Description: Geologische Karte 1: 25 000 mit Erläuterungen. Digitalisat des FID GEO (Fachinformationsdienst Geowissenschaften), erstellt durch das GDZ (Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum), Karte aus dem Bestand der SUB Göttingen.
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    Description: DFG, SUB Göttingen
    Keywords: ddc:912 ; ddc:554.3 ; Roßdorf ; Geologische Karte
    Language: German
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2022-07-25
    Description: research
    Keywords: ddc:554.3
    Language: German
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    Kraatz, Berlin
    In:  SUB Göttingen | KART B 140:1860 | KART H 140:Degow
    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Description: Geologische Karte 1: 25 000 mit Erläuterungen. Digitalisat des FID GEO (Fachinformationsdienst Geowissenschaften), erstellt durch das GDZ (Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum), Karte aus dem Bestand der SUB Göttingen. Koordinaten Vorlage: Nullmeridian Ferro E 033 20 - 033 30 / N 054 12 - 054 06.
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    Description: DFG, SUB Göttingen
    Keywords: ddc:912 ; ddc:554.3 ; Geologische Karte
    Language: German
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    Kraatz, Berlin
    In:  SUB Göttingen | KART B 140:1760 | KART H 140:Lassehne
    Publication Date: 2024-02-21
    Description: Geologische Karte 1: 25 000 mit Erläuterungen. Digitalisat des FID GEO (Fachinformationsdienst Geowissenschaften), erstellt durch das GDZ (Göttinger Digitalisierungszentrum), Karte aus dem Bestand der SUB Göttingen. Koordinaten Vorlage: Nullmeridian Ferro E 033 20 - 033 30 / N 054 18 - 054 12.
    Description: map
    Description: DFG, SUB Göttingen
    Keywords: ddc:912 ; ddc:554.3 ; Geologische Karte
    Language: German
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    In:  Beihefte zum Archiv für Schiffs- und Tropenhygiene 25 () Beiheft 2
    Publication Date: 1921
    Description: Temperaturabhängigkeit von Malariaerregern in einheimischen Anophelesmücken KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: optimale Generation-Entwicklung bei einer permanenten Außentemperatur von 24-30°C, unter 15-16°C keine Entwicklung KATASTER-DETAIL:
    Keywords: Europa ; 1901-1903 ; Umweltmedizin ; Infektionskrankheiten
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  • 8
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    In:  Klima - Wetter - Mensch, Woltereck, H. (Hrsg.), Verlag von Quelle und Meyer, Lepzig, S.127-229
    Publication Date: 1938
    Description: Bioklimatik einzelner Klimaelemente, atmosphärischer Zustände und Vorgänge KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: KATASTER-DETAIL:
    Keywords: Umweltmedizin
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    In:  Verlag von Julius Springer, Berlin
    Publication Date: 1938
    Description: Meteorotrope Krankheiten, Saisonkrankheiten KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: KATASTER-DETAIL:
    Keywords: Umweltmedizin
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    In:  Klima - Wetter - Mensch, Woltereck, H. (Hrsg.), Verlag von Quelle und Meyer, Lepzig, S.253-296
    Publication Date: 1938
    Description: Seuchenerreger und -überträger und der Einfluss von Temperatur, Feuchtigkeit und Jahresschwankungen KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: KATASTER-DETAIL:
    Keywords: Umweltmedizin
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  • 11
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The Pioneer Venus probes approached Venus with high relative velocity. As they entered the atmosphere, they were rapidly decelerated by aerodynamic drag, and a great deal of heat was generated. To protect the probe structure and the scientific instruments, a carbon phenolic heat shield was placed on the front of the probes. Because the design of heat shields for planetary entry is a developing technology, thermocouples were placed in the heat shields so that actual and predicted heat shield performance could be compared. The function of the heat shield is discussed, the probe environments during entry into the Venusian atmosphere are described, and some results from the heat shield experiment are presented. It was found that for the most part, the heat shields performed better than expected.
    Keywords: SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 85; Dec. 30
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  • 12
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
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  • 13
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The paper reports results of an extensive set of three-dimensional hydrodynamic calculations performed to investigate the susceptibility of rotating clouds to gravitational fragmentation; only isothermal collapse sequences were considered. It is found that rotating isothermal gas clouds are unstable to fragmentation under a wide range of conditions. The degree of instability and the mode (ring vs. blob) of fragmentation is sensitive to alpha, but insensitive to beta. The initial amplitude of a perturbation does not appear to be crucial; fragmentation should occur eventually even for low-amplitude initial NAPs.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
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  • 14
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Experiments using ground-based measurements of canopy temperatures have shown that plant temperatures are good indicators of plant water stress, and thus are useful for assessing water requirements and predicting yields. An intensive 23-day airborne- and ground-measurement program was conducted in Phoenix, Arizona in 1977 to compare airborne-acquired wheat canopy temperatures with simultaneous ground measurements. For canopies that covered at least 85 percent of the soil surface, airborne measurements differed from ground measurements of plant temperature by less than 2 C. Regardless of the amount of plant cover, the airborne measurements were virtually identical to ground-nadir measurements, and thus represent a combination of plant temperature and solid background temperature.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; 46; Feb. 198
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  • 15
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Spectroscopy and polarimetry of several very red stars, noted on Near Infrared Photographic Sky Survey photographs in the region of NGC 1333, have yielded a 'map' suggesting the extent of polarization arising from a two-cloud structure in the region. Spectral types and color indices of the stars make it possible to infer that grain radii in the clouds exceed typical interstellar medium values and, further, that they increase with optical depth into the cloud. The present observations indicate that the cloud structure is far more extensive than previously realized.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astronomical Journal; 85; Dec. 198
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  • 16
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The NASCAP computer code is used to compute the charging and discharging characteristics of a typical communications satellite in geosynchronous orbit. For the case of a severe substorm, satellite surface differential charging in sunlight is found to be substantially less than that required to produce discharges in ground simulation studies. A discharge process is postulated involving discharges triggered at edges (or imperfection) followed by discharges to space. The characteristics of such discharges are parametrically varied to evaluate the possible effects on the satellite. It has been found that discharge characteristics inferred from satellite monitors could be caused by predicted space discharges, that single cell discharges to space can reduce surface potential over entire satellite, and that low-density electron trajectory computations indicate that discharge generated electrons may not return to the satellite by long trajectories. Current transients predicted do not agree with the available ground simulation results indicating that additional work must be done both analytically and experimentally to understand and fully explain these discrepancies.
    Keywords: SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: A numerical hydrodynamics computer code analysis of the collapse and establishment of equilibrium of adiabatic gas clouds restricted to axial symmetry found that the clouds are originally uniform in density and rotation. The method can compare the dynamic collapse and approach to equilibrium with the data on incompressible uniformly rotating equilibrium clouds and on equilibrium structures of differentially rotating polytropes. It is concluded that the stellar formation theory indicates that the low alpha fragments produced at the termination of the dynamic isothermal collapse phase of interstellar clouds may undergo significant dynamic collapse in an adiabatic regime leading to transitory ring formation and additional fragmentation on a smaller scale.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 242
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Copernicus observations of H2 toward stars in the Pleiades and 23 Orionis have been obtained because of their importance in understanding the formation of interstellar CH(+). No model of CH(+) equilibrium seems to agree very well with these observations; in particular, the suggestions that CH(+) is formed either from collisions between vibrationally excited H2 and C(+) or from radiative association of C(+) and H2 can apparently be excluded. These data do suggest that there is a correlation between the amounts of rotationally excited H2 and CH(+) which are present. Observations of the Pleiades also help interpretations of the reflection nebulae near these stars.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 242
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: A simple method of computing theoretical models of very massive stars endowed with fast axial rotation and tangled magnetic fields is described and used in the present paper. Both of the two perturbing (nongravitational) forces induce changes in the luminosity and radius that are studied as functions of zero-age chemical composition, opacity, and evolutionary state of the interior. The central condensation of the star is found to have a significant influence on shifts of the upper main-sequence band in the H-R diagram if the perturbing force is concentrated in the stellar envelope (but not if the perturbing force is distributed so as to be approximately proportional to gravity everywhere); the layers of the envelope that contribute most heavily to the central condensation lie approximately at a radius fraction of r/R = 0.5. It is shown that fast uniform rotation and intense envelope magnetic fields lead to probably the largest possible shifts of the main-sequence band in the H-R diagram that rotation and magnetic fields can induce. These displacements are, however, too small to account for the total width of the observed main-sequence band at luminosities brighter than log (L/solar luminosity) = 4.5.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 242
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  • 20
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: It is shown that only a small fraction of the many supernovae in the Galaxy produces observable supernova remnants; this fraction, which is found to depend weakly on the lower mass limit of the SN progenitors, and more strongly on the specific characteristics of the associated interstellar medium, decreases from about 15% near the galactic center to 10% at R(gal) of about 10 kpc and drops nearly to zero for R(gal) greater than 15 kpc. Whether an SNR is detectable is determined by the density of the ambient interstellar medium in which it is embedded; it is found that SNRs are detectable only above some critical density (about 0.1 per cu cm). The presence of large low-density superbubble cavities around stellar associations due to the combined effects of stellar winds and supernova shells strongly suggests that a large portion of the detectable SNRs must have runaway stars as their progenitors.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 242
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The transient gamma-ray burst observed on March 5, 1979 by the nine spacecraft forming the interplanetary gamma-ray burst network is discussed. Measurements reveal the event to be unlike any previously observed gamma-ray burst or X-ray burster, with a maximum intensity greater than several thousandths erg/sq cm per sec, a rise time of less than 200 microsec, a narrow and featureless initial spike and a regular 8-sec oscillation with a compound pulse shape. The source of the transient has been localized to a region including the supernova remnant N 49 in the Large Magellanic Cloud, at a distance of 55 pc, and a ratio of X-ray point-source steady state to transient emission of less than 10 to the -9th was obtained. The identification of the burst source with the supernova remnant at that distance would require an enormous source output if it was radiated isotropically, and substantially less if beaming is present. Alternatively, the event could be explained by a nearby, invisible neutron star.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Comments on Modern Physics; vol. 9
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The paper presents data on the accumulated V-band orbital phase curves of polarization in Cygnus X-1 which disagree with the analysis of Simmons, Aspin, and Brown (1980). No curves which conform to the canonical model were observed, and a noncanonical structure is indicated by F tests on third, fourth, and fifth harmonics, which have a probability of 0.85 as a group. The fifth harmonic has a probability of 0.99; in contrast, the fundamental harmonic has a probability of only 0.6, which is below the detection threshold. Therefore, major conclusions of Simmons et al based on a nonsymmetrical canonical model assuming that fundamental harmonics are present, but harmonics with n greater than 2 are absent, are unacceptable. Analysis of the author's data by Simmons et al is criticized on the grounds that he did not take into account the cumulative aspects of the data and did not recognize the need to average out the random noise generated by Cygnus X-1 over many orbital cycles.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 91; 1-2,; Nov. 198
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The X-ray observations of the galaxy clusters Abell 2319 and 576 show a reduced temperature of the microwave background due to the Suniaev-Zeldovich effect. The X-ray maps indicate smooth emission in these clusters concentrated toward the optical center; the surface brightness in the 1-3 keV band falls with the inverse square of radius outside a small core, and fits the Hubble's law of optical surface brightness of elliptical galaxies. The low temperature indicates that in A576 (1) the core radius of the gravitational potential is two to three times larger than inferred from galaxy counts, (2) the temperature rises with radius over most of the cluster and falls to zero at large radii, and (3) the gas does not obey the equation of state.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 241
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: A mathematical model is developed to predict carboxyhemoglobin concentrations in regions of the body for short exposures to carbon monoxide levels expected during escape from aircraft fires. The model includes the respiratory and circulatory dynamics of absorption and distribution of carbon monoxide and carboxyhemoglobin. Predictions of carboxyhemoglobin concentrations are compared to experimental values obtained for human exposures to constant high carbon monoxide levels. Predictions are within 20% of experimental values. For short exposure times, transient concentration effects are predicted. The effect of stress is studied and found to increase carboxyhemoglobin levels substantially compared to a rest state.
    Keywords: AEROSPACE MEDICINE
    Type: Journal of Combustion Toxicology; 7; Nov. 198
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  • 25
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Potential industrial sites were assessed using high and medium altitude aircraft photographs and supporting information on the 4,730 sq. km. (1,825 sq. mile) county. Factors evaluated include land availability, slope, site accessibility, soil drainage, other subsurface characteristics, and the expected physical as well as visual impacts on existing land use. Areas unavailable or unsuitable for development were eliminated first, and the remaining areas evaluated and the best sites identified.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Cornell Univ. Remote Sensing Program; 138 p
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: A zoom stereoscope was used to interpret aerial color photographs of the Finger Lakes region near Bath, New York, and areas of conifers were delineated on acetate sheets. Scale was determined for each photograph and units were converted to acres. Photographically enlarged positive transparencies of imagery from LANDSAT bands 5,6, and 7 for the southern portion of the study area were placed in a cold additive viewer and registered with each other to provide a composite image. A green filter was used on band 5, blue on band 6, and red on band 7. Conifers appeared at dark, reddish purple. Average was determined using a grid. Results show that the total confer stands within 50 miles of Bath is approximately 176,000 acres of which 60,000 acres are in Pennsylvania. The study was conducted to determine the feasibility of locating a particleboard manufacturing firm in the Southern Tier.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Cornell Univ. Remote Sensing Program; 3 p
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Manual photointerpretation techniques were used to analyze images acquired by high altitude aircraft, the Skylab multispectral and Earth terrain camera (ETC), the LANDSAT multispectral scanner, and the LANDSAT-3 return beam vidicon camera. A color-additive viewer, and digital image analysis were also used on the LANDSAT MSS imagery. The value of each type of remotely sensed data was judged by the ease and accuracy of clearcut identification, and by the amount of detail discernible, especially regarding revegetation. Results of a site study in the Allegheny National Forest, Pennsylvania indicate that high altitude aerial photography, especially color infrared photography acquired during the growing season, is well suited for identifying clearcuts and assessing revegetation. Although photographs acquired with Skylab's ETC also yielded good results, only incomplete inventories of clearcuts could be made using LANDSAT imagery. Results for the Adirondack region of New York State were similar for the aircraft and satellite photography, but even less satisfactory for the LANDSAT imagery.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Cornell Univ. Remote Sensing Program; 157 p
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The evolution of the national launch vehicle stable is presented along with lists of launch vehicles used in NASA programs. A partial list of spacecraft used throughout the world is also given. Scientific spacecraft costs are presented along with an historial overview of project development and funding in NASA.
    Keywords: SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
    Type: Beyond the Atmosphere: Early Years of Space Sci.; p 133-170
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: A 3.0 MHz Pulsed Doppler velocity meter (PD) was used to determine blood velocities in the ascending aorta from the suprasternal notch before, during and after progressive 5 min stages of lower body negative pressure (LBNP) in 7 subjects. Changes in stroke volume were calculated from the systolic velocity integrals. A unique 20 MHz PD was used to estimate bloodflow in the posterior tibial artery. With -20 torr mean stroke volume fell 11% and then continued to decline by 48% before LBNP was terminated. Mean tibial flow fell progressively with LBNP stress, due to an increase in reverse flow component and a reduction in peak forward flow and diameter. Stroke volume increased and heart rate fell dramatically during the first 15 sec of recovery. The LBNP was terminated early in 2 subjects because of vasovagal symptons (V). During V the stroke volume rose 86% which more than compensated for the drop in heart rate. This implies that V is accompanied by a paradoxical increase in venous return and that the reduction in HR is the primary cardiovascular event. During the first 15 sec of recovery these 2 subjects had a distinctive marked rise to heart rate reminiscent of the Bainbridge reflex.
    Keywords: AEROSPACE MEDICINE
    Type: Spec. Physiol. Studies in Support of Manned Space Flight; p 92-104
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The nova outburst is modeled by spherically accreting H-rich material onto a 1 solar mass He white dwarf at a rate of 10 to the -8th solar mass/yr. The star accretes for 5848 years, when the nuclear reactions run away near the base of the accreted envelope. The nuclear-energy generation rate rises to 4.6(8) solar luminosities, and the envelope expands in response to it. However, nova-like mass ejection does not occur because the envelope is of insufficient mass, the base of the envelope is only mildly electron degenerate, and there is no enrichment of the CNO abundance. To overcome these limiting conditions, it is suggested that the H-rich material be accreted either more slowly than 10 to the -10th solar mass/yr or with angular momentum. Outbursts resulting in the former case should be similar to the nova models computed by Starrfield, Truran, and Sparks. Outbursts in the latter case should be strengthened, and novae might result because the H-rich material will be mixed into the surface layers of the white dwarf, as first suggested by Kippenhahn and Thomas (1978).
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: A model is proposed in which regions of enhanced synchrotron emission are formed via radiative thermal instabilities in relativistic flows. A perturbed volume in which the magnetic field is enhanced by a few tens of a percent relative to the steady value collapses due to the increased cooling rate and consequent loss in pressure. The collapse further increases the magnetic field, leading to even shorter radiative lifetimes. The instability progresses in this way until either the external electron pressure is balanced by the perturbed magnetic pressure or the overall expansion of the flow becomes important. A fluid-dynamical treatment of the instability is performed, and the results are shown to apply to flux variations and formation of knots in the relativistic flows which are thought to occur in quasars and active galactic nuclei. The knots possess the same kinematic properties as the collimated flow and can thus be responsible for the apparent superluminal motions observed in compact radio sources.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The effects of head cooling on thermoregulation and associated plasma fluid and electrolyte shifts during rest and submaximal exercise in the heat are investigated. Thermoregulatory responses and plasma volume were measured in four male subjects fitted with liquid-cooled neoprene headgear during 60 min of rest, 60 min of ergometer exercise at 45% maximal oxygen uptake and 30 min of recovery in the supine position at 40.1 C and 40% relative humidity. It is found that, compared to control responses, head cooling decreased thigh sweating and increased mean skin temperature at rest and attenuated increases in thigh sweating, heart rate, rectal temperature and ventilation during exercise. During recovery, cooling is observed to facilitate decreases in sweat rate, heart rate, rectal temperature and forearm blood flow and enhance the increase in average temperature. Cooling had no effect on plasma protein, osmotic or electrolyte shifts, and decreased plasma volume losses. The findings indicate the effectiveness of moderate head cooling for the improvement of human performance during exercise in heat.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The various stages in carrying out a monocluster block unsupervised classification using Landsat MSS data are described. Procedures for carrying out these various stages were found to be far from well-established for the type of terrain being investigated, which is rugged and contains many small land cover units. Two particular difficulties were encountered: first, that of precise ground location of pixels; and, secondly, that of objectively evaluating the results. Ways in which these can be surmounted are suggested.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The use of an annular momentum control device (AMCD) is proposed for enhancing the modal damping of large space structures (LSS's) during fine pointing missions. Theoretical and experimental studies proved that an AMCD cannot destabilize the LSS and that the system is asymptotically stable under certain conditions.
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    Type: Journal of Guidance and Control; 3; Sept
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Large, high-voltage space power systems are being proposed for future space missions. These systems must operate in the charged-particle environment of space, and interactions between this environment and the high-voltage surfaces are possible. Ground simulation testing has indicated that dielectric surfaces that usually surround biased conductors can influence these interactions. For positive voltages greater than 100 V, it has been found that the dielectrics contribute to discharges. Using these experimental results a large, high-voltage power system operating in geosynchronous orbit was analyzed with the NASCAP code. Results of this analysis indicated that very strong electric fields exist in these power systems. A technology investigation is required to understand the interactions and develop techniques to alleviate any impact on power system performance.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: A binary star model is used to account for the 16.59-d flaring behavior of the X-ray emission from Circinus X-1. The orbital eccentricity of 0.8 + or - 0.1 is derived from the X-ray light curve by assuming that the sharp X-ray cut-off every 16.59-d is a result of bound-free absorption in the primary star's stellar wind. The shape of the light curve has changed over the last eight years, and this is interpreted as due to orbital precession of the binary system. Simultaneous radio and X-ray observations of the flare from Circinus X-1 on February 1-5, 1978 are reported. These are accounted for within the framework of the model. The radio observations at 5 GHz are used independently to derive a high value of the orbital eccentricity (e = 0.7).
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    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 86; 3, Ju; July 198
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: IUE observations of the eclipsing binary system Zeta Aurigae made prior to and during the eclipse of the relatively small B8 V star by the cool supergiant star (spectral type K2 II) are reported. Spectral lines produced by the absorption of B star radiation in the atmosphere of the K star during eclipse can be used as a probe of the extended K star atmosphere, due to the negligible cool star continuum in the 1200-3200 A region. Spectra taken prior to eclipse are found to be similar to those of the single B8 V star 64 Ori, with the exception of very strong multi-component absorption lines of Si II, Si IV, C IV and the Mg resonance doublet with strong P Cygni profiles, indicating a double shell. Absorption lines including those corresponding to Al II, Al III, Cr II, Mn II, Fe II, Ni II and Ca II are observed to increase in strength and number as the eclipse progresses, with high-ionization-potential lines formed far from the K star, possibly in a shock wave, and low-ionization potential lines, formed in cool plasma, probably a cool wind, nearer to the K star. Finally, an emission-line spectra with lines corresponding to those previously observed in absorption is noted at the time the B-star continuum had disappeared.
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    Type: Nature; 286; Aug. 7
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Current estimates of QSO luminosity, number density, evolution, and spectral index are used to study whether the diffuse cosmic ray background is (1) entirely due to thermal bremmstrahlung of the intergalactic medium (IGM), (2) completely supplied by QSO X-rays, or (3) a combination of both. The upper limits on an IGM fractional density with respect to closure are Omega = 0.26, 0.24, and 0.21 for pure collisional, photo/collisional, and pure photoionization, respectively. These calculations give emission spectra, Compton distortion of the microwave background, and optical depths to distant QSOs for comparison with relevant data.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Improvements to a computer model of coma photochemistry are described. These include an expansion of the chemical reactions network and new rate constants that have been measured only recently. Photolytic reactions of additional molecules are incorporated, and photolytic branching ratios are treated in far greater detail than previously. A total of 25 photodissociative ionization (PDI) reactions are now considered (as compared to only 3 PDI reactions previously). Solar PDI of the mother molecule CO2 is shown to compete effectively with photoionization of CO in the production of observed CO(+). The CO(+) density peak predicted by the improved model, for CO2 or CO mother molecules, is deep in the inner coma, in better agreement with observation than the old CO2 model. However, neither CO2 nor CO mother molecule calculations reproduce the CO(+)/H2O(+) ratio observed in comet Kohoutek. PDI products of CO2, CO, CH4, and NH3 mother molecules fuel a complex chemistry scheme, producing inner coma abundances of CN, C2, and C3 much greater than previously calculated.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The formation of CN radicals by flash photolysis of a number of parent molecules was monitored by laser induced fluorescence in the B2Sigma(plus)-X2Sigma(plus) transition of CN. The rotational and vibrational energy of the newly formed radicals in the X state was measured directly. Formation of CN(A2Pi) in the lower vibrational levels was determined by an indirect method based on resonant energy transfer to higher vibrational levels of the ground state. These laboratory studies have shown that high initial internal excitation of CN with rotational levels of maximum N equals 50-70 is the rule. In general, the formation of simple molecules in excited states is commonly the case. There appear to be astrophysical systems where radiation from these excited levels may be detectable. Such observations would serve as a probe of molecular formation.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Low-resolution spectra of IRC + 10216 have been obtained from 2 to 8.5 microns from NASA's Kuiper Airborne Observatory at an altitude of 12.5 km (41,000 feet). Observations were made during 1976 January and 1977 February. In both sets of data, the spectral flux reaches its maximum between 6.0 and 6.6 microns and the previously reported 3.1-micron feature is observed; no obvious new absorption features have been found. The new data together with other spectral data and measurements of the spatial extent of IRC + 10216 impose conditions that must be met by models of the continuum. Several simple models for 2-8.5 micron radiation are examined. The new continuum data impose a constraint on the size of the grains in the cooler, optically thin part of the object. Earlier photometry has been combined with the present data to yield an improved value of the average period: 644 + or - 17 days. It appears that the variability is irregular and that the minima have been deeper in recent years than they were in 1965-1969.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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    Description: A series of two-dimensional numerical experiments is performed in order to test the response of an isothermal, self-gravitating gas disk to a uniformly rotating, barlike gravitational potential. The barlike potential is an equilibrium stellar model from the n-body calculations of Miller and Smith (1979). In the bar-dominated, central regions of the disk, a gas bar whose phase depends primarily on the location of principal resonances in the disk is formed. This response can be understood in terms of orbit-crowding effects. In the gas-dominated outer regions of the disk, two-armed trailing spiral waves are formed. The local pitch angle of these waves increases with increasing fractional gas mass. These self-gravitating gas waves are not self-sustaining. They are driven from the ends of equilibrium stellar bars, and their phase does not depend on the location of resonances in the disk. The relevance of these self-gravitating waves to observations and models of barred spiral galaxies is discussed. It is concluded that these waves and their associated ringlike structures may be consistent with the morphological distribution of gas features in barred spiral galaxies.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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    Description: It is suggested that Freeman's (1970) result that the disk portions of spiral galaxies have a preferred central surface brightness might be the consequence of observing optically thick ensembles of a standard mix of stars and dust. Regardless of whether this hypothesis is correct, the observation that elliptical galaxies usually have central surface brightnesses considerably greater than the disk portions of spirals can be understood if there is much less dust within the elliptical systems. In particular, ellipticals probably have dust-to-total-mass ratios at least a factor of 100 smaller than in the disk portions of spirals, although there is no evidence that the dust-to-interstellar-gas ratios are different. When stars were forming within ellipticals, these galaxies were probably dustier than they are now, and their visible light output could have been substantially affected. It will probably be necessary to establish the dust content of galaxies as a function of redshift to use these objects as cosmological probes.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 191
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Journal of Environmental Quality; 9; Jan
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: X-ray spectral observations of two nearby low-luminosity clusters of galaxies are presented. For the Centaurus cluster an emission feature at 7.9 keV is detected at about one-third of the strength of the 6.7 keV line. This higher energy line represents K-beta emission from highly ionized iron. In addition, it is demonstrated that for neither the Centaurus nor the A1060 cluster can an isothermal model with an Fe emission line adequately fit the data. Instead, the simplest models which provide acceptable fits include a second, harder component which may be either a second exponential or a power law. The implications of the two-component nature of the continuum on the Fe abundance and the X-ray surface-brightness distribution are discussed.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Observations and limiting values for the flux of 1-20 MeV gamma rays from the Crab, the Seyfert galaxy NGC 4151, the black hole candidate Cyg X-1, Cyg X-3 and the two nearest quasars CG 135+1 and 3C 273 are reported. Measurements of the energy and scatter angle of gamma rays at zenith angles between 10 and 30 deg were obtained by a balloon-borne double-scatter gamma-ray telescope. The flux from the Crab from 1.2 to 10 MeV is found to be 0.0039 + or - 0.0020 photons/sq cm per sec, and the energy distribution of the flux from 1.2 to 20 MeV is determined. Two-standard-deviation upper limits to the gamma-ray flux in the intervals 1.2-3, 3-5, 5-10 and 10-20 MeV of 0.0003, 0.0002, 0.00006 and 0.00004 photons/sq cm/sec are found for NGC 4151, Cyg X-1 and Cyg X-3, while those of 0.0005, 0.0003, 0.0001 and 0.00004 photons/sq cm per sec are determined for both quasars. These upper limits are interpreted as restricting confirmed gamma-ray sources to the Crab and NP 0532, and as evidence against Seyfert galaxies as the source of cosmic diffuse radiation.
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    Type: Nature; 284; Apr. 17
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Copernicus and SAS-3 observations of Sco X-1 during very active states show strong and rapid X-ray flickering with time scales as short as 20 sec. Simultaneous optical photometry reveals similar and remarkably well correlated flickering of lower amplitude. The level of correlation decreases when the X-ray source becomes fainter, but optical and X-ray fluxes, averaged over 1 min, are usually well correlated for B magnitudes less than 12.9. Cross-correlation analysis of the data during periods of high activity shows no really significant time delay between X-ray and optical features, although the cross-correlation function peaks systematically for positive lag values (optical following X-rays). The amplitude of the X-ray flickering exhibits a strong energy-dependence consistent with the well-known intensity versus spectral-hardness relation derived from previous observations. The highly correlated optical activity is interpreted as due to reprocessing of X-ray photons in the binary system.
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    Type: Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 191
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The present analysis is an application of the theory described by Lucy (1971) for the calculation of P Cygni resonance line profiles formed by isotropic and coherent scattering in spherically symmetric expanding circumstellar envelopes. Copernicus satellite measurements of resonance features in the FUV spectrum of the O 7 supergiant UW Canis Majoris (= HD 57060) are compared with theoretical P Cygni profiles. Grids of line profiles are computed using four free parameters which contain information about the velocity law, ionization equilibrium, temperature, and envelope density. Thus, with the assumption of a spherically symmetric steady flow, and of solar element abundances, the stellar mass loss rate and the electron temperature of the expanding shell can be derived. The mass flow is treated in a fully transonic way, i.e., the Sobolev approximation is applied.
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    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 83; 3, Ma; Mar. 198
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    Description: The Cosmic Background Explorer (COBE) satellite, planned for launch in 1985, will measure the diffuse infrared and microwave radiation of the universe over the entire wavelength range from a few microns to 1.3 cm. It will include three instruments: a set of microwave isotropy radiometers at 23, 31, 53, and 90 GHz, an interferometer spectrometer from 1 to 100/cm, and a filter photometer from 1 to 300 microns. The COBE satellite is designed to reach the sensitivity limits set by foreground sources such as the interstellar and interplanetary dust, starlight, and galactic synchrotron radiation, so that a diffuse residual radiation may be interpreted unambiguously as extragalactic
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Recent IUE observations reveal striking differences in the UV spectra of two symbiotic stars, R Aqr and RW Hya. RW Hya is found to be an unexpectedly intense source of UV radiation. The measurements reported demonstrate the presence of a hot component in each star, supporting the view that each is a binary system with a luminous red primary and a hot, subluminous companion. In one case, the hot companion manifests itself by exciting a compact nebulosity; in the other case the continuous spectrum of the hot star is directly detected, while the continuum of nebulosity excited by the hot star is detected at longer wavelengths.
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    Type: Nature; 284; Mar. 13
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    Description: The dynamic collapse of rotating gas clouds is calculated for a wide range of initial conditions. Properties of cloud models are compared with observed radio and optical properties of Bok globules, to test the hypothesis that globules undergo collapse and to determine parameters which are not easily observed. Five of the six globules studied are consistent with collapse models. It is inferred that these objects have masses of about 100 solar masses and ages smaller than their free-fall times. Inferred initial densities are much larger than minimum densities for gravitational collapse, suggesting that collapse is initiated by strong external compression or that globules are fragments of larger condensed clouds. Values inferred for the (C-13)O/H2 ratio are smaller than previous estimates and depend strongly on cloud density.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: For the first time the Hoyle-Narlikar theory with creation of matter and a variable gravitational constant G, is subjected to the following cosmological tests: (1) the magnitude versus z relation, (2) the N(m) versus m relation for quasars, (3) the metric angular diameters versus z relation, (4) the isophotal angles versus z relation, (5) the log N-log S radio source count, and finally (6) the 3 K radiation. It is shown that the theory passes all these tests just as well as the standard cosmology, with the additional advantage that the geometry of the universe is uniquely determined, with a curvature parameter equal to zero. It is also interesting to note that the variability of G affects the log N-log S curve in a way similar to the density evolution introduced in standard cosmologies. The agreement with the data is therefore achieved without recourse to an ad hoc density evolution.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 235
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The identification of the 114,221-MHz line in the spectrum of the evolved carbon star IRC +10216 with a blend of the rotational transition of C4H and the first rotational transition of vibrationally excited CO is investigated. A spectrum of the source was obtained using an 11-m telescope in the range covering the N = 12 to 11 and 11 to 10 spin-doublet rotational transitions of C4H. Two peaks of equal intensity and width are found in each band, suggesting a spin rotation constant of 1.06 for the 12 to 11 doublet and 1.09 for the 11 to 10 doublet, and excluding the possibility that vibrationally excited CO made any contribution to the 12 to 11 doublet. An additional survey of the regions from 103.8 to 107.5 and 113.3 to 117.0 GHz has revealed no new lines stronger than 0.1 K in the spectrum of IRC +10216.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 235
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    Description: The determination of the geometrical structure of the universe through the magnitude-vs-redshift relation in standard cosmology has not been very successful, mainly because of the intrinsic insensitivity of the m-vs-z relation to a deceleration parameter, which determines the spatial curvature and therefore the geometry. By relaxing the assumption usually made, i.e., the identity of gravitational and atomic clocks, sufficient sensitivity is achieved. Existing observational evidence then leads one to conclude that the universe is open.
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    Type: Physical Review Letters; 44; Mar. 17
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: This paper describes the overall Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment technical approach utilizing the global weather-reporting network and the Landsat satellite to make a quasi-operational application of existing research results, and the accomplishments of this cooperative experiment in utilizing the weather information. Global weather data were utilized in preparing timely yield estimates for selected areas of the U.S. Great Plains, the U.S.S.R. and Canada. Additionally, wheat yield models were developed and pilot tested for Brazil, Australia, India and Argentina. The results of the work show that heading dates for wheat in North America can be predicted with an average absolute error of about 5 days for winter wheat and 4 days for spring wheat. Independent tests of wheat yield models over a 10-year period for the U.S. Great Plains produced a root-mean-square error of 1.12 quintals per hectare (q/ha) while similar tests in the U.S.S.R. produced an error of 1.31 q/ha. Research designed to improve the initial capability is described as is the rationale for further evolution of a capability to monitor global climate and assess its impact on world food supplies.
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    Type: Journal of Applied Meteorology; 19; Jan. 198
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: (Previously announced in STAR as N80-19588)
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    Type: Remote Sensing of Environment; 10; Dec. 198
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: (Previously announced in STAR as N79-33530)
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    Type: Remote Sensing of Environment; 10; Nov. 198
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The development of agricultural remote sensing systems requires knowledge of agricultural field size distributions so that the sensors, sampling frames, image interpretation schemes, registration systems, and classification systems can be properly designed. Malila et al. (1976) studied the field size distribution for wheat and all other crops in two Kansas LACIE (Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment) intensive test sites using ground observations of the crops and measurements of their field areas based on current year rectified aerial photomaps. The field area and size distributions reported in the present investigation are derived from a representative subset of a stratified random sample of LACIE sample segments. In contrast to previous work, the obtained results indicate that most field-size distributions are not log-normally distributed. The most common field size observed in this study was 10 acres for most crops studied.
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    Type: Remote Sensing of Environment; 10; Nov. 198
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    Description: Topics of astronomy are discussed in terms of black holes, galaxies, quasars, and models of the universe. Black holes are approached through consideration of stellar evolution, white dwarfs, supernovae, neutron stars, pulsars, the event horizon, Cygnus X-1, white holes, and worm holes. Attention is also given to radio waves from high speed electrons, the radiation emitted by quasars, active galaxies, galactic energy sources, and interpretations of the redshift. Finally, the life cycle of the universe is deliberated, along with the cosmic time scale, evidence for the Big Bang, and the future of the universe.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Using stepwise discriminant analysis on spectral reflectance and spectral emissivity data collected by a Multispectral Scanner and Data System, mounted in an NC-130B aircraft and flown at an altitude of approximately 3 km, spectral bands were ranked as to their usefulness in separating specific rock types and rock alteration products in seven geologically diverse Utah sites. The optimum band for rock discrimination included the 1.18 to 1.30 micron interval, and the optimum combination of bands comprised the 1.18 to 1.30, 4.50 to 4.75, 0.46 to 0.50, 1.52 to 1.73, and 2.10 to 2.36 micron intervals. It is concluded that the spectral interval combination was more successful in differentiating geologic materials than either simulated Multispectral Scanner bands or simulated Thematic Mapper bands.
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    Type: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; 46; Sept
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    Description: Molecular clouds may be stabilized against gravitational collapse by the turbulent velocity field within them. It is suggested that the energy derived from differential galactic rotation can maintain the turbulent flow in the interstellar medium. The characteristic decay time for interstellar turbulence is found to be about 10-billion years. The rate and efficiency of star formation in giant molecular clouds reflect the stochastic nature of turbulence.
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    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 242
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    Description: The rapid coherent oscillation during a dwarf nova outburst is attributed to an accretion-driven wave going around the white dwarf component of the binary system. The increase and decrease in the period of this oscillation is due to the change in the velocity of the wave as it is first being driven and then damped. Qualitatively, a large number of observations can be explained with such a model. The beginnings of a mathematical representation of this model are developed.
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Numerical calculations of the collapse of adiabatic clouds from uniform density and rotation initial conditions show that when restricted to axisymmetry, the clouds form either near-equilibrium spheroids or rings. Rings form in the collapse of low thermal energy clouds and have a ratio of rotational kinetic energy to the absolute value of gravitational potential energy greater than approximately 0.43. When the axisymmetric constraint is removed and an initial m = 2 density variation is introduced, clouds either collapse to form near-equilibrium ellipsoids or else fragment into binary systems through a bar phase. Ellipsoids form in the collapse of high thermal energy clouds and have a rotational kinetic energy/absolute value of gravitational potential energy ratio less than approximately 0.27. The results are consistent with the critical values of the rotational kinetic energy/absolute value of gravitational potential energy ratio for instabilities in Maclaurin spheroids, and suggest that protostellar clouds may undergo a dynamic fragmentation in the nonisothermal collapse regime.
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    Description: Six male subjects were exposed to -50 torr lower body negative pressure (LBNP) for 10 min while stroke volume was recorded beat by beat at regular intervals before, during and after release of LBNP. Stroke volume was calculated from the systolic velocity integral in the ascending aorta by pulsed Doppler echocardiography (PDE) and the cross sectional area of the vessel by M mode echocardiography. Changes in leg volume were recorded continuously and blood pressure was taken every minute. Stroke volume dropped by 51% of the control in the first 33 sec of LBNP and continued to decline slowly to -62% toward the end. Heart rate increased by 15% in the first 10 sec and was 22% above control at the end of exposure. The resulting cardiac output closely followed the course of stroke volume (-47% at 33 sec, -53% at 8 min) showing that the modest increase in heart rate did little to offset the drop in stroke volume. Leg volume increased markedly within the first 10 sec with a more gradual rise reaching +3.5% at the end. Upon sudden release of LBNP, leg volume dropped significantly during the first 3 sec simultaneously with an increase in stroke volume followed by a substantial decline in heart rate below the baseline.
    Keywords: AEROSPACE MEDICINE
    Type: Spec. Physiol. Studies in Support of Manned Space Flight; p 80-91
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Visible and near-infrared field spectral reflectance measurements of plutonic rocks were acquired in the 0.45- to 2.45-micron region with a portable field reflectance spectrometer. These spectra were used to determine spectral signatures for the various rock types and to evaluate the separability of these rocks based on their spectral characteristics. A total of 135 samples were divided into 11 groups based on their mineralogy. These 11 groups approximately correspond to traditional rock classifications and include five granitic groups, three gabbroic groups, and three ultramafic groups. The positions, intensity, and presence of iron, CO3(-2), and Al-OH and Mg-OH absorption bands varied among the 11 groups. Each rock group also had a range of albedos characteristic of the group. Stepwise linear discriminant analysis was performed on the spectral data to determine the separability of the 11 groups. Classification accuracy for 30 equally spaced wavelength bands between 0.45 and 2.45 microns was 78% with 10% serious misclassifications. The same analysis was repeated, limiting the spectral data to the wavelength regions corresponding to the proposed Landsat D thematic mapper scanner.
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    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 85; May 10
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The Solid State Spectrometer on the Einstein Observatory has detected line emission from Mg, Si and S in the thermal X-ray spectrum of the supernova remnant G292.0 + 1.8. An over-abundance of sulfur and a probable under-abundance of iron relative to their solar values is indicated by the data. The X-ray and optical data for this object support an interpretation of emission originating in ejecta from the comparatively recent explosion of a massive (about 20-solar-mass) progenitor star.
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    Type: Royal Astronomical Society; vol. 193
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Fluxes in 1 A bands at the centers of the H and K lines are being measured in main-sequence F-G-K-M stars in the northern half of the Woolley et al. (1970) 'Catalog of stars within twenty-five parsecs of the sun', in a survey not yet completed. Results for 486 stars are presented in the form of flux-color diagrams and discussed in light of evidence that chromospheric activity declines with age in main-sequence stars. Support is noted for the reality of the Sirius moving group. The relative numbers of more-active (Hyades-like) and less-active (solar-like) F-G stars are tolerably in agreement with a nearly constant rate of formation, but there exists an apparent deficiency in the number of F-G stars exhibiting intermediate activity. The possibility that the gap is an accidental characteristic of the sample will be investigated by extending the survey to southern declinations and greater distances.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astronomical Society of the Pacific; vol. 92
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  • 72
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Observations of the neighboring X-ray pulsars 4U 1145-61 and 1E 1145.1-6141 obtained by OSO 8, HEAO 1 and the Einstein Observatory between 1975 and 1979 are reported. A temporal analysis of Einstein Solid State Spectrometer and Monitor Proportional Counter data, OSO 8 A and C detector data and HEAO 1 A-2(3) experiment data confirms the presence of two periodicites at 291 and 297 sec in the region, with the shorter period located within 3 arcmin of 4U 1145-61. Observations indicate the spectrum of 4U 1145-61 to obey a power law with an index of 1.5 out to at least 60 keV, with little variation with pulse phase, and a 500-eV EW iron line at 6.7 keV. The spectrum of the other source is found to be more absorbed. Similarities between the pulsars are noted, and it is suggested that they may be the result of pulsar formation in a homogeneous cloud of progenitors.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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  • 73
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Cygnus X-3 was observed by the Monitor Proportional Counter on the Einstein (HEAO 2) X-ray Observatory for 2.4 days in 1978 December. The analysis of the data from these observations is used in conjunction with a self-consistent re-examination of previous results from the Uhuru, ANS, COS B, and SAS 3 satellites to investigate earlier reports that the 4.8 hour period of Cygnus X-3 is increasing. It is found that there is indeed a period derivative, P = (1.78 plus or minus 0.40) x 10 to the -9th s/s, which confirms the principal conclusion of previous authors. The possibility that the X-ray source is in an elliptical orbit and that some, or all, of the observed period derivative may be due to apsidal motion is discussed. The elliptic orbit hypothesis explains the observed asymmetry in the average X-ray light curve and leads to the conclusion that the most likely companion to the X-ray source is a helium star, possibly with a light hydrogen envelope
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: An observational H-R diagram for the O and B stars is discussed and compared with the predicted positions of massive model stars for the case of no mass loss and the case of mass loss. It is shown that the flux effective temperatures of O and B supergiants and of early O stars are less than the effective temperatures which might be inferred from the relative intensities of lines from two stages of ionization of an element.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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  • 75
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: A new X-ray source, H0523-00, with the optically variable Seyfert 1 galaxy AKN 120 is identified. The source has a 2-10 keV X-ray flux of 2 x 10 to the -11th ergs/sq cm s which corresponds to a 2-10 keV X-ray luminosity of 10 to the 44th ergs/s. X-ray observations over a 1.5 year time span combined with contemporaneous optical photometry show a decrease in the optical with no corresponding decrease in the X-ray. In contrast, similar observations of MCG 8-11-11 show a contemporaneous decrease in optical and X-ray fluxes. It is noted that the infrared and X-ray spectral slopes for these two objects are similar, with the optical being steeper by roughly one unit.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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  • 76
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Ultraviolet spectra have been obtained with IUE of the classical Cepheid Eta Aquilae at several phases in the 7.18 day period. Significant ultraviolet emission is detected at wavelengths less than 1600 A, where little flux is expected from classical Cepheids. Furthermore, the emission at wavelengths less than about 1600 A does not vary with phase. Comparison with model atmosphere flux distributions shows that the nonvariable emission is consistent with the flux expected from a main-sequence companion star with an effective temperature of about 9500 K (A0 V). The observed ultraviolet flux and spectral type are used to compute a distance of 300 pc to the system, in agreement with the distance predicted using the period luminosity relation.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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  • 77
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Effective radiant temperatures (ERTs) of five wheat canopies in different stages of development were measured during morning and noon periods. The observed variability in nadir sensor response was quantitatively described as a function of canopy structure and the vertical temperature profile of canopy components. In many cases, the nadir sensor ERT was a poor measure of vegetation temperature due to effects of soil emissions. Strong vertical temperature profiles of vegetation components were also observed. The theory and measurements presented document that remote measurements of vegetation canopy temperatures cannot be made indiscriminately over large spatial regions without consideration of the underlying physical principles.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Applied Optics; 19; July 1
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  • 78
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Red and photographic infrared spectral data of alfalfa were collected at the time of the third and fourth cuttings using a hand-held radiometer for the earlier alfalfa cutting. Significant linear and non-linear correlation coefficients were found between the spectral variables and plant height, biomass, forage water content, and estimated canopy cover. For the alfalfa of the later cutting, which had experienced a period of severe drought stress which limited growth, the spectral variables were found to be highly correlated with the estimated drought scores.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: International Journal of Remote Sensing; 1; Jan
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  • 79
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Simultaneous microwave radar and spectral radiometric data were collected over Lake Erie during March 1978. A theoretical development is presented which interprets the data collected at nadir in terms of changes in the ice thickness and the electromagnetic attenuation coefficient. The theory also addresses the failure of the spectral radiometer to determine ice thickness through observations of quarter wavelength excursions in the reflectivity. Radar data collected off-nadir showed a substantially different behavior compared to that collected near nadir. This difference is attributed to a change in propagation characteristics from quasi-specular return from the ice-water interface to scattering from the rough air-ice interface.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Geophysical Research Letters; 7; Apr. 198
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  • 80
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The microwave approaches for remote sensing of soil moisture centent, snowpack properties, surface water area, and the detection of precipitation over land are discussed. Both active (radar) and passive (radiometry) approaches are considered, and the advantages of microwave sensing are pointed out, including all-weather capability, especially at the longer wavelengths, and greater penetration depth with optical or infrared sensors. Results obtained from ground-based, aircraft, and spacecraft platforms show that microwave systems can monitor the moisture content in the surface soil layer (5 cm thick), and that passive microwave systems can discriminate between light and heavy snowcover, detect the presence of liquid water in the snow, and qualitatively estimate snow water equivalent.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; 46; Apr. 198
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Estimating the emergence of a given crop, such as wheat or barley, is proposed using an analytic method which relies on the hypothesis that in the region (lambda = 0.70-1.35 microns) a given crop, after emergence, has a unique spectral profile in time. If the crop emerges early or late, relative to a reference standard determined for a given segment, the profile is displaced but has the same shape. Therefore, given the crop specific constants of the reference profile and a sufficient number of Landsat observations of reflectivity at specific times, the emergence date of a field can be determined.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; 46; Mar. 198
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  • 82
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The time variability and spectral characteristics obtained from Uhuru observations of Cir X-1 (4U 1515-56) are compared with observations of Cyg X-1 (4U 1956+35). It is found that Cir X-1 has a more variable spectrum (with perhaps a state over the 4 days spanned by the data), is less 'noisy', and has correlated fluctuations (as evidenced by the nonzero cross-correlation function between two energy bands) of shorter duration than those present in the shot noise of Cyg X-1.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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  • 83
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The paper presents HEAO 1 low-energy X-ray observations of 59 known or suspected RS CVn systems cited in the lists of Hall (1976), Eggen (1978), and the circulars of the Working Group on RS CVn systems of IAU Commission 42. The data are used to argue against the validity of the minimum flux coronal models. A coronal loop model is used to derive expressions for the loop parameters in terms of observable quantities, and find acceptable solutions for RS CVn systems. It is concluded that the difference between solar activity and that observed in RS CVn systems may be merely a matter of scale.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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  • 84
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The paper discusses the 'super-metal-rich' (SMR) stars and reexamines Peterson's analysis of the SMR prototype mu Leo (1978) with regard to a postulated error in continuum error. Model atmospheres are used to compute theoretical equivalent widths and to explore the sensitivity of these widths to metallicity, temperature, surface gravity, and microturbulence. It is shown that Peterson's results are sensitive to continuum placement, and that her data does not indicate that the temperature gradient is steeper in mu Leo than in normal giants. It is concluded that the SMR stars are very metal rich and are also somewhat boundary cooled, possibly due to high metallicity.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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  • 85
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Gamma-ray observations of Cen A, 3C 273, and NGC 4151 are examined under the assumption that Penrose collision processes in the ergospheres of massive black holes power their nuclei. The observed sharp break in the MeV region of the NGC spectrum is attributed to Penrose Compton scattering, and the absence of an MeV break in the spectra of Cen A and 3C 273 implies Penrose pair production. Central black hole masses of tens of millions of solar masses for NGC 4151 and Cen A, and tens of billions of solar masses for 3C 273, are obtained. Attention is also given to accretion rate, the efficiency of accretion, QSOs and Seyferts.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 236
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  • 86
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Observations of the zodiacal light from the space probes Helios 1 and 2 between 1.0 and 0.3 AU show - superimposed on the general radial dependence - a systematic variation of brightness and brightness distribution with position in the orbit which is caused by the inclination of the symmetry plane of interplanetary dust with respect to the ecliptic. By suitable choice of the observing geometry, the inclination and the ascending node of the symmetry plane can be determined directly from the data without recourse to model calculations. The resulting values of i equals 3.0 plus or minus 0.3 deg, Omega equals 87 plus or minus 4 deg are not compatible with a concentration of interplanetary dust to the invariable plane of the solar system. The data support the simple view that the distribution of interplanetary dust in the inner solar system is characterized throughout by one plane of symmetry and suggest that this plane extends to at least 1 AU.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 82; 3, Fe; Feb. 198
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  • 87
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The effects of external water pressure on intercompartmental fluid volume shifts and endocrine responses in man are investigated. Extracellular fluid volumes and plasma and urine electrolyte and endocrine responses of four male subjects were measured during eight hours of head-out water immersion and 16 hours of recovery bed rest and compared to responses obtained during eight hours of chair rest and 16 hours of bed rest without external hydrostatic pressure obtained in the same subjects five months later. Immersion is found to result in a substantial diuresis with respect to chair rest, accounted for by decreases in extracellular volume. A negative water balance during immersion and a positive water balance during chair rest were observed to be accompanied by a shift of extracellular volume to the intracellular compartment, as well as the suppression of plasma arginine vasopressin and renin activities in both regimes. The vasopressin and renin activity decreases are attributed to the increased central blood volume, and half of the plasma loss in immersed subjects is attributed to the effects of external water pressure.
    Keywords: AEROSPACE MEDICINE
    Type: Journal of Applied Physiology: Respiratory; vol. 48
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  • 88
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The visible and infrared spectra and thermal behavior of the bis-pyridal-magnesium-tetrabenz-porphyrin molecule proposed as the carrier of the diffuse interstellar bands were measured. Of the six band coincidences reported by Johnson (1977), only one, 4430 A, occurs in these experiments. This coincidence requires a special environment, not likely to occur in interstellar space but the infrared spectrum does not support Johnson's vibrational scheme. These spectroscopic and thermal measurements contradict the hypothesis that this molecule causes the diffuse bands.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysics and Space Science; 68; 1, Ma; Mar. 198
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  • 89
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: As a part of a follow-on study to the moisture stress detection effort conducted in the Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment (LACIE), a technique utilizing transformed Landsat digital data was evaluated for detecting moisture stress in humid growing regions using sample segments from Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana. At known growth stages of corn and soybeans, segments were classified as undergoing moisture stress or not undergoing stress. The remote-sensing-based information was compared to a weekly ground-based index (Crop Moisture Index). This comparison demonstrated that the remote sensing technique could be used to monitor the growing conditions within a region where corn and soybeans are the major crop.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; 46; Aug. 198
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  • 90
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: It is difficult to interpret multispectral Landsat earth resources data in areas of rugged and mountainous terrain because of the topographic effect on the sensor response. The objectives of this study were to examine and quantify the topographic effect on the sensor response from a uniform sand surface, to assess a simple theoretical incidence model for modeling the radiance from the surface, and to simulate Landsat sensor response due to the topographic effect. A field experiment was designed to collect data from a large range of slope angles and aspects at a range of solar elevations, using a hand-held radiometer. Analysis of these data showed that the magnitude of the topographic effect varied as a function of the solar elevation, the azimuthal orientation of the slope, and the slope inclination. The field measured variations in spectral response were found to have generally strong correlations with the theoretical model, and it was shown that the applicability of the Lambertian assumption varied within and between data sets. It is concluded that if slope angle, aspect, and solar zenith angle and azimuth are known, a technique incorporating a model to reduce the topographic effect prior to multispectral classification may be developed.
    Keywords: EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
    Type: Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing; 46; Sept
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  • 91
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Results from ultraviolet spectrographic observations of Comet West (1975n) in the 1620-3960 A wavelength range are presented. Objective grating imagery of the comet reveals for the first time emission from sulfur atoms and CS molecules as well as previously observed lines or bands in carbon atoms and CO(+), CO2(+) and OH molecules. Some evidence exists for emission in the C2 Mulliken bands and in the CO Cameron bands. On the basis of the observations, production rates of C (ground state), C(1D), S, and CS are inferred to be 3.8 x 10 to the 29th per sec, 4.4 x 10 to the 29th per sec, 1.7 x 10 to the 28th per sec, and greater than approximately 3.1 x 10 to the 27th per sec, respectively.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 242
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  • 92
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: The paper analyzes the contributions of QSOs, BL-Lac objects and Seyfert galaxies to the diffuse gamma-ray background within the framework of the Hoyle-Narlikar theory. It is shown that the inconsistency reported in standard theory, namely that the evolutionary function needed to explain the gamma-ray data is very different from the one derived from the optical part of the spectrum, is no longer present. It is also shown that the contribution of a variable gravitational 'constant' to the expression for the diffuse background is the same as that of a density evolution function.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astronomy and Astrophysics; 92; 1-2,; Dec. 198
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  • 93
    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Neutrino, gamma-ray, electron and positron production resulting from inelastic proton-proton collisions in a highly relativistic plasma such as may exist in extragalactic radio or gamma-ray burst sources is examined. The source functions of primary (pions, kaons, and neutrons) and secondary (photons, electrons, positrons and neutrinos) products of relativistic nuclear collisions are computed for the cases of power law and Maxwellian relativistic proton distributions. It is shown that in plasma which is optically thin to interactions between the plasma and secondary gamma-rays, electrons and positrons, only a small fraction of the initial energy is emitted in the observable form of neutrinos and gamma rays. In an optically thick plasma on the other hand, most of the energy of the relativistic protons is found to be equally divided between gamma rays and neutrinos, although only the neutrinos may escape freely to be observed.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 241
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-18
    Description: Some spiral galaxies are surrounded by extended clouds of neutral hydrogen; if dust is associated with this gas, the dust should appear as a faint extended reflection nebula illuminated by the light from the entire galaxy. It is suggested that observations of the surface brightness of the outer regions of M83 and M101 could be worthwhile, since these two galaxies are bright and have extended surrounding gas clouds. Such studies would be of interest with regard to the possible presence of faint extended halos of stars around galaxies, the extent of the metallicity gradients in galaxies, and the value of the dust-to-gas ratio in quasar absorption-line systems.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 241
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  • 95
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The Solid State Spectrometer on Einstein has been used to study Algol. Two observations six months apart were made, both including a primary optical eclipse. No corresponding X-ray eclipses were seen. During the second observation the source was flaring and was on the average a factor of three brighter. The spectrum on both occasions was consistent with a two-component thermal equilibrium model with temperatures of approximately 7.5 and 40 million degrees. Attempts to insert a third component indicate the temperature distribution to be bimodal. Models for the X-ray emission are discussed and it is suggested that it most likely originates from an active corona surrounding the K star.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 239
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    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Measurements of the far-infrared spectra of the powerful H II regions W51-IRS 2 and W49 NW from 65 to 345 per cm with about 9 per cm resolution were obtained by using an airborne Michelson interferometer. The most remarkable feature of the far-infrared spectra of the two regions is the smoothness of the continuum; no evidence is found in the spectra for features of H2O ice at 45 and 62 microns. The spectrum of W51 is well fitted by a 70 K blackbody with a diameter of 14 arc sec, but the spectrum of W49 NW is narrower than a blackbody. The implications of the apparently high peak optical depths of these sources are discussed.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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  • 97
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Consideration is given to the selection of velocity feedback gains for individual dampers for the members of a structurally controlled large flexible space structure. The problem is formulated as an optimal output feedback regulator problem, and necessary conditions are derived for minimizing a quadratic performance function. The diagonal nature of the gain matrix is taken into account, along with knowledge of noise covariances. It is pointed out that the method presented offers a systematic approach to the design of a class of controllers for enhancing structural damping, which have significant potential if used in conjunction with a reduced-order optimal controller for rigid-body modes and selected structural modes.
    Keywords: SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE
    Type: Journal of Guidance and Control; 3; July-Aug
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  • 98
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: It is shown that the H I shells and supershells, recently reported by Heiles, are a natural by-product of the interaction of the stellar winds and supernovae, originating from stars in typical OB associations, with the surrounding interstellar medium. The validity of this model is supported by its ability to reproduce observed characteristics of the shells such as the shell sizes and shapes as a function of their distances from the galactic center. This process may also be responsible for injecting synthesized elements into the galactic halo.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 238
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  • 99
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Photometric measurements of Nova Serpentis 1978 from V to 19.5 microns covering the first 240 days of the nova's development are reported. A free-free expansion phase was followed by the condensation of a dust shell that became optically thick at both visible and infrared wavelengths. Carbon grains grew to radii of approximately 0.3 microns during the condensation period. The grains appeared to sputter or evaporate for a period of approximately 100 days following infrared maximum. It is found that the condensed carbon comprised 2% of the ejected mass, which implies that carbon abundance was enhanced in the nova shell. The angular expansion rate of the shell yields a distance of approximately 5 kpc and a luminosity of approximately 3000 solar luminosities for Nova Serpentis 1978.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 237
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  • 100
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The present study was undertaken to determine whether the chronic increase in plasma volume, resulting from heat exposure and exercise training, was due only to elevated rectal temperature or whether there were additional nonthermal factors related to the exercise. The study was conducted on eight volunteer, healthy, moderately trained male college subjects (18-26 yr). Exercise-induced hypervolemia was associated with thermal factor(s) that contributed 40% and nonthermal factors that accounted for the remaining 60%. In addition, some nonthermal, exercise-induced factors were twofold increases in plasma osmotic and vasopressin levels during exercise, and a fivefold increase in resting plasma protein content.
    Keywords: AEROSPACE MEDICINE
    Type: Journal of Applied Physiology: Respiratory Environmental and Exercise Physiology; 48; Apr. 198
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