... On 27mar03 and 17apr03 measurements of tsys were done using lbw to see how the component changed with frequency. ... Fit a 2 az sine wave to each swing: polDif=TsysA-TsysB=A*sin(2*az + phase) + constant. ... The data was also used to measure compression of the system by the various radars and to watch the sun move in the sidelobes of the telescope. ... The strips at za =4.5 and 7 (red,green) have the sbc1b instability. za=12 and 14.5 have sidelobes of the sun. ... Black is 27mar03, red is 17apr03. ...

This page provides explanatory text for the dials shown on the Rice Current Solar Wind Conditions and Current Solar Wind Conditions (Dials Only) webpage. These dials use the last good received set of measurements from the Real Time Solar Wind package on the Advanced Composition Explorer (ACE) spacecraft. ... Measured) This quantity is the number of solar wind protons per unit volume as measured by the ACE Solar Wind Electron Proton Alpha Monitor (SWEPAM) . ... It is measured by ACE/SWEPAM. ...

SET OF MAGNETIC AND ELECTRIC FIELD DETECTORS EXO-EM . ... 3 components measurements of both magnetic and electric fields; . ... wide frequency range (0 - 10000) Hz; . ... ECHO-EM is intended for measurement of a complete vector and three components of both electric and magnetic fields, and transfers the received data to the block of the processing of the information and also in telemetry. ... digital 0.1-20 Hz; . ... frequency band (0.01- 10000) Hz; . ... digital (500 - 1000) Hz; . ...

... Frequency Receivers High (?) ... Receivers Why would you want one? ... Signal in feed fsignal Signal in feed fsignal Noise source Coupler to main signal path Signal in feed OMT (polariser) fsignal fsignal Noise source fsignal To get both polarisation components Signal in feed OMT amplifier (polariser) fsignal fsignal Noise source fsignal fsignal Signal in feed OMT amplifier (polariser) ... This is currently true for receivers operating above 100 GHz...

Radio Interferometry Principles . Radio Interferometry Signal Processing . ... A radio interferometer consists of a pair of directional antennas that are tuned to receive radio emissions from a source in a desired RF band. ... The antennas are pointed at the radio source of interest and are set up to receive the signal and process it into a form suitable for transmission to the correlator. ... In connected element interferometry, the digital signal goes directly to the correlator. ...

... Stellar Evolution is driven entirely by the never ending battle between Pressure and Gravity . As imbalances are reached, the star is driven to find a new Energy source. ... Pressure and gravitational forces are equal, the star is stable and its core is sufficiently hot to fuse Hydrogen into Helium More about main sequence stars . ... The luminosity generated by the core fusion of Helium into Carbon is far greater than the shell luminosity associated with the fusion of Hydrogen into Helium. ...

... 314, 2004 F. Ochsenbein, M. Al len, and D. Egret, eds. The NOAO Pip eline Data Manager R. Hiriart, F. Valdes, F. Pierfederici, C. Smith and M. Miller National Optical Astronomy Observatories, Tucson, AZ 85719 Abstract. The Data Manager for NOAO Pipeline system is a set of interrelated components that are being developed to fulfill the pipeline system data needs. ... The Data Manager is a subsystem of the NOAO Pipeline that provides several data management services to the system. ...

The ULF instrument for measuring electric and magnetic fields in the ULF frequency range is designed for collecting and processing information on 3 components of magnetic field and one component of electric field. ... Three-component magnetic sensor is a component of the instrument KEM (Czech Republic). Main characteristics of the instrument: . ... number of analyzed components: 4. ... Transmission of all 4 components with the rate of 20 kbits/s or 40 kbit/s with the digitizer frequency of 280 Hz. ...

In the PROJECT we are using the following peculiar . features of RATAN-600 . ... Brightness temperature sensitivity being equal to the antenna temperature sensitivity .. ... Receiver system .. ... Using aperture averaging effect. dual- beam and dual (multi-) frequency filtration, we demonstrated full filtration of the atmosphere noise down to the receiver noise at all scales of acoustics peaks ( Fig.1 , Fig 2 ). ... We select this frequency as the central one in our project. ... Antenna surface . ...

... Institute of Solid-State Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, Moscow region, 142432 Russia . Received June 15, 2000) . Temperature dependences of the resistivity tensor components ab and c were measured for YBa 2 Cu 3 O 7 - x single crystals with different oxygen contents. The resistivity anisotropy c / ab was found to grow exponentially with decreasing temperature. ... PACS: 74.25.Fy, 74.72.Bk ...

FGS Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 . ... Fine Guidance Sensor Instrument Handbook for Cycle 24 > Chapter 7: FGS AstrometryData Processing > 7.4 Epoch-Level Processing . ... 7.4.1 Parallax, Proper Motion, and Reflex Motion . 7.4.2 Binary Stars and Orbital Elements . ... This is true whether the goal is to determine the parallax, proper motion, or reflex motion of an object measured in Position mode, or the orbital elements of a binary system observed in Transfer mode. ...

... Archives . ... The PCA and ICA is used for separating mixed components with some assumptions. ... The need of source separation methods in astronomy has led various adaptations of decomposition methods available. ... I rarely come up with a paper which gathered and summarized component separation methods applicable to astronomical data. In that regards, the following paper seems useful to overview methods of reducing dimensionality for astronomers. [arxiv:0805.0269] . ... Chandra Blog . ...

Operating of the superconducting integrated receiver channel of the TELIS atmospheric sounder. ... The noise temperature of the SIR was measured to be as low as 120 K, with an intermediate frequency band of 4 ­ 8 GHz in double sideband operation; the spectral resolution is well below 1 MHz. The SIR was implemented in the three-channel balloon-borne instrument TELIS (TErahertz and submillimeter LImb Sounder) that detects spectral emission lines of stratospheric trace gases (like ClO and BrO). ...

... Tracking stations will be selected in accordance with the schedule issued daily by the General Operative Control Group (GOCG) in Lavochkin Association with the gaps in operations during spacecraft contact with the control stations (CS). ... Communication frequencies (carrier): high data rate information transmission downlink from the SRT ­ 15.000 GHz; uplink synchronization ­ 7.2075 GHz; downlink synchronization ­ 8.400 GHz. ...

Next: Results and discussion Up: Observations and data reduction Previous: Reduction of photometric data . ... Since HS 0822+3542 had a known optical redshift, we split the 1024-channel autocorrelator in two halves and used a dual-polarization receiver to increase the S/N ratio. ... 0.077 0.005 . ... 0.004 0.003 . ... 0.005 0.004 . ... 0.005 0.04 . ... 0.49 0.03 . ... Next: Results and discussion Up: Observations and data reduction Previous: Reduction of photometric data Labaratory "Structure" . ...

... Satellite data ] . ... The SCANOR system provides receiving and processing of the Earth-surface pictures made in visible and infra-red bands and transferred by satellites of the NOAA polar orbiter series (in the HRPT mode). ... The SCANOR system includes the desktop receiving device connected to an IBM AT 386 type computer, and the parabolic antenna with the guiding mechanism. The SCANOR system possesses the state-of-art software providing registration and processing of the received data. ...

... Luminosity (L) · · · · A source's luminosity is the power that it emits in radiation. ... NB Astronomers often say `flux' when they mean `flux density' · SI units are Wm-2Hz -1 -26 filter · Also used are Jy 10 Wm-2Hz -1 E= РРРF d dA dt Specific Intensity, Surface Brightness (I) · Specific intensity (or surface brightness) is the power received (or emitted) per unit area per unit frequency per unit solid angle. ч F at surface of a spherical source = I · · Specific intensity is independent of distance...

... A color table is used that determines which color will be used for a given energy. ... Parameter Mand Type Default Constraints colortable yes table name of existing table The table that contains the color as a function of energy . colorecolumn no column ENERGY name of existing col- umn in colortable The name of the energy column in the color table . redcolumn no column RED name of existing col- umn in colortable The name of the column in the color ...

... The disc accretion process is an essential component of star and planet formation theories. ... Much of the detailed knowledge of the physical processes involved in disc accretion have been gained through observations of nearby ( Z ) of the local environment are thought to affect PMS disc accretion rates, and disc evolutionary timescales. ... I measure the accretion rates of these PMS stars using the intensities of the U /H band excess measured through either optical spectra or imaging. ...

... USSR Venus Orbiters . ... Each spacecraft consisted of a synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and a radio altimeter. ... The Venera 15 and 16 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) systems were identical, and were used to map the surface of Venus at a resolution of 1 to 2 kilometers (.6 to 1.2 miles) over a period of 8 months. ... The Venera 15 and 16 radar (radio) altimeter systems were identical, and were used to determine the topography of the surface of Venus from the north pole down to about 30њN latitude. ...