scholarly journals Long-term Variability of Extragalactic Sources at 843 MHz

1996 ◽  
Vol 175 ◽  
pp. 103-104
Author(s):  
R. W. Hunstead ◽  
B. M. Gaensler
Keyword(s):  
Electron Density ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Interstellar Scintillation ◽  
Low Frequency Variability ◽  
Signal Path ◽  
Frequency Variations

Time variability is commonly observed in the most compact extragalactic radio sources. Low-frequency variability (LFV)—at frequencies <1 GHz—is thought to arise through two different mechanisms, intrinsic and extrinsic. The former is just an extension of the often rapid high-frequency variations, delayed and reduced in amplitude. The latter is usually attributed to refractive interstellar scintillation (RISS; Rickett et al. 1984), whereby the variations in intensity are the result of wavefront distortions caused by transverse gradients in electron density. If RISS arises predominantly along the signal path through our Galaxy, we might expect to find evidence for a dependence on Galactic coordinates.

scholarly journals Low Frequency Radio Astronomy from the Moon

1998 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 988-989
Author(s):  
D.L. Jones ◽  
K.W. Weiler
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Angular Resolution ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
High Angular Resolution ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
The Moon ◽  
Interstellar Scintillation ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Lunar Farside

AbstractThe radio sky at frequencies of several MHz and below is essentially unexplored with high angular resolution due to refraction and opacity in the Earth’s ionosphere. An interferometer array in space providing arcminute resolution images would allow a wide range of problems in solar, planetary, galactic, and extragalactic astronomy to be attacked. These include the evolution of solar and planetary radio bursts, interplanetary and interstellar scintillation, the distribution of low energy cosmic rays and diffuse ionized hydrogen in our galaxy, the determination of spectral turnover frequencies and magnetic field strengths in galactic and extragalactic radio sources, searches for “fossil” radio galaxies which are no longer detectable by high frequency surveys, and searches for new sources of coherent radio emission. In addition, it is likely that unexpected objects and emission processes will be discovered by such an instrument, as has often happened when high resolution observations first become possible in a new spectral region. The Moon can provide shielding from terrestrial interference (and from the Sun half of the time) and consequently the lunar farside surface offers an ideal site of a low frequency radio array.

Can PIES (Pressure Inverted Echo Sounders) replace tall moorings to monitor the AMOC?

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ben Moat ◽  
Eleanor Frajka-Williams ◽  
Joanne Williams ◽  
Chris Meinen
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Additional Data ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Cold Bias ◽  
Western Boundary ◽  
Sound Pulse ◽  
Frequency Variations ◽  
Gravest Empirical Mode ◽  
Term Monitoring

&lt;p&gt;Pressure Inverted Echo Sounders, sited on the seabed, indirectly measure the density of the water above them by combining pressure and travel time of an echo-sound pulse to the surface. Where the approximate structure of the water column is locally known, they can be used to select between a number of typical TS profiles (a gravest empirical mode or GEM field), providing temperature and salinity. But how accurate is this profile, and can such an instrument replace the expensive tall moorings currently used to monitor the MOC? We evaluate PIES deployments at 26N on the western boundary of the Atlantic between 2006 and 2018. We find that high-frequency (around weekly) variations in temperature are well captured by this technique, and the geostrophic part of the AMOC could be estimated in this way. However the GEM databases don't account for all low frequency variations in temperature and salinity profiles. At 26N we see for example, the results from PIES with cold bias above the thermocline and with a compensatory warm bias below it, and these biases lasting months or years. The profiles are also inaccurate at the surface, although seasonally-varying GEM fields may be helpful here. However the technique shows promise, and if it is developed further incorporating additional data sources such ARGO or as sea-surface temperature it may be possible to use it for long term monitoring of the Atlantic at 26N.&lt;/p&gt;

scholarly journals The JPL 1986–3 Extragalactic Reference Frame

1988 ◽  
Vol 133 ◽  
pp. 461-464
Author(s):  
O.J. Sovers ◽  
C.D. Edwards ◽  
C.S. Jacobs ◽  
G.E. Lanyi ◽  
R.N. Treuhaft
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Radio Sources ◽  
Dual Frequency ◽  
Deep Space Network ◽  
Space Network ◽  
Celestial Sphere ◽  
Almost All ◽  
Comparable Quality

Intercontinental dual-frequency radio interferometric measurements were carried out during 1978 to 1985 between NASA's Deep Space Network stations in California, Spain, and Australia. Analysis of 6800 pairs of delay and delay rate observations made during 51 sessions produced a catalog of positions of 106 extragalactic radio sources, fairly uniformly distributed over the celestial sphere between −45° and +85° declination. Almost all of the resulting source positions have formal uncertainties between 0.5 and 3 milliarcseconds, with their distributions peaking somewhat below 1 mas. Root-mean-square uncertainties are 2.1 and 2.0 mas for RA and declination, respectively. Evidence is found for a long-term drift of the Earth's rotation axis in inertial space, relative to the 1984 IAU precession and nutation models. Tests for time variability of positions of 32 frequently observed sources place limits at the 1 mas/yr level. Comparisons with independently determined source catalogs of comparable quality show differences of positions of common sources that amount to a few mas, and may indicate the level of systematic errors in VLBI source position measurements.

scholarly journals A Chronology of El Niño Events from Primary Documentary Sources in Northern Peru*

2008 ◽  
Vol 21 (9) ◽  
pp. 1948-1962 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Garcia-Herrera ◽  
D. Barriopedro ◽  
E. Hernández ◽  
H. F. Diaz ◽  
R. R. Garcia ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
El Niño ◽  
El Nino ◽  
Southern Oscillation ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Primary Sources ◽  
Proxy Data ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Low Frequency Variability ◽  
Northern Peru

Abstract The authors present a chronology of El Niño (EN) events based on documentary records from northern Peru. The chronology, which covers the period 1550–1900, is constructed mainly from primary sources from the city of Trujillo (Peru), the Archivo General de Indias in Seville (Spain), and the Archivo General de la Nación in Lima (Peru), supplemented by a reassessment of documentary evidence included in previously published literature. The archive in Trujillo has never been systematically evaluated for information related to the occurrence of El Niño–Southern Oscillation (ENSO). Abundant rainfall and river discharge correlate well with EN events in the area around Trujillo, which is very dry during most other years. Thus, rain and flooding descriptors, together with reports of failure of the local fishery, are the main indicators of EN occurrence that the authors have searched for in the documents. A total of 59 EN years are identified in this work. This chronology is compared with the two main previous documentary EN chronologies and with ENSO indicators derived from proxy data other than documentary sources. Overall, the seventeenth century appears to be the least active EN period, while the 1620s, 1720s, 1810s, and 1870s are the most active decades. The results herein reveal long-term fluctuations in warm ENSO activity that compare reasonably well with low-frequency variability deduced from other proxy data.

Dynamic Stability of a Water Brake Dynamometer

1998 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 89-96 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. A. Van den Braembussche ◽  
H. Malys
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Lumped Parameter Model ◽  
Stable Operation ◽  
Pressure Oscillations ◽  
Lumped Parameter ◽  
Flow Oscillations ◽  
Brake Dynamometer ◽  
Low Torque ◽  
Frequency Variations

A lumped parameter model to predict the high frequency pressure oscillations observed in a water brake dynamometer is presented. It explains how the measured low frequency variations of the torque are a consequence of the variation in amplitude of the high frequency flow oscillations. Based on this model, geometrical modifications were defined, aiming to suppress the oscillations while maintaining mechanical integrity of the device. An experimental verification demonstrated the validity of the model and showed a very stable operation of the modified dynamometer even at very low torque.

Removing Spurious Low-Frequency Variability in Drifter Velocities

2013 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 353-360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick Lumpkin ◽  
Semyon A. Grodsky ◽  
Luca Centurioni ◽  
Marie-Helene Rio ◽  
James A. Carton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Low Frequency ◽  
Original Data ◽  
Strain Sensors ◽  
Wind Forcing ◽  
Stokes Drift ◽  
Interannual Variations ◽  
Transmission Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency Variability ◽  
Frequency Variations ◽  
Drifting Buoys

Abstract Satellite-tracked drifting buoys of the Global Drifter Program have drogues, centered at 15-m depth, to minimize direct wind forcing and Stokes drift. Drogue presence has historically been determined from submergence or tether strain records. However, recent studies have revealed that a significant fraction of drifters believed to be drogued have actually lost their drogues, a problem that peaked in the mid-2000s before the majority of drifters in the global array switched from submergence to tether strain sensors. In this study, a methodology is applied to the data to automatically reanalyze drogue presence based on anomalous downwind ageostrophic motion. Results indicate that the downwind slip of undrogued drifters is approximately 50% higher than previously believed. The reanalyzed results no longer exhibit the dramatic and spurious interannual variations seen in the original data. These results, along with information from submergence/tether strain and transmission frequency variations, are now being used to conduct a systematic manual reevaluation of drogue presence for each drifter in the post-1992 dataset.

High-frequency seismic noise as a function of depth

1991 ◽  
Vol 81 (4) ◽  
pp. 1101-1114
Author(s):  
Jerry A. Carter ◽  
Noel Barstow ◽  
Paul W. Pomeroy ◽  
Eric P. Chael ◽  
Patrick J. Leahy
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Seismic Noise ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Time Variability ◽  
Orthogonal Components ◽  
The Difference ◽  
Frequency Coherence ◽  
Cultural Noise ◽  
Natural Wind

Abstract Evidence is presented supporting the view that high-frequency seismic noise decreases with increased depth. Noise amplitudes are higher near the free surface where surface-wave noise, cultural noise, and natural (wind-induced) noise predominate. Data were gathered at a hard-rock site in the northwestern Adirondack lowlands of northern New York. Between 15- and 40-Hz noise levels at this site are more than 10 dB less at 945-m depth than they are at the surface, and from 40 to 100 Hz the difference is more than 20 dB. In addition, time variability of the spectra is shown to be greater at the surface than at either 335- or 945-m depths. Part of the difference between the surface and subsurface noise variability may be related to wind-induced noise. Coherency measurements between orthogonal components of motion show high-frequency seismic noise is more highly organized at the surface than it is at depth. Coherency measurements between the same component of motion at different vertical offsets show a strong low-frequency coherence at least up to 945-m vertical offsets. As the vertical offset decreases, the frequency band of high coherence increases.

scholarly journals Can a simple, short-term memory task help to screen dyslexia?

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nick Perham ◽  
Toni Howell ◽  
Andy Watt
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Short Term Memory ◽  
Memory Task ◽  
Compulsory Education ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Short Term ◽  
Term Order ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Support Students

AbstractFunding to support students with dyslexia in post-compulsory education is under pressure and more efficient assessments may offset some of this shortfall. We tested potential tasks for screening dyslexia: recall of adjective-noun, compared to noun-adjective, pairings (syntax) and recall of high versus low frequency letter pairings (bigrams). Students who reported themselves as dyslexic failed to show a normal syntax effect (greater recall of adjective-noun compared to noun-adjective pairings) and no significant difference in recall between the two types of bigrams whereas students who were not dyslexic showed the syntax effect and a bias towards recalling high frequency bigrams. Findings are consistent with recent explanations of dyslexia suggesting that those affected find it difficult to learn and utilise sequential long-term order information (Szmalec et al. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory & Cognition, 37(5) ,1270-1279, 2011). Further, ROC curve analyses revealed both tasks showed acceptable diagnostic properties as they were able to discriminate between the two groups of participants.

scholarly journals Effect of Closed-Loop Vibration Stimulation on Heart Rhythm during Naps

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (19) ◽  
pp. 4136 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sang Ho Choi ◽  
Heenam Yoon ◽  
Hyung Won Jin ◽  
Hyun Bin Kwon ◽  
Seong Min Oh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
High Frequency ◽  
Closed Loop ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Heart Rhythm ◽  
Quality Of Sleep ◽  
Stimulation Condition ◽  
Term Basis ◽  
Stimulation System

Sleep plays a primary function for health and sustains physical and cognitive performance. Although various stimulation systems for enhancing sleep have been developed, they are difficult to use on a long-term basis. This paper proposes a novel stimulation system and confirms its feasibility for sleep. Specifically, in this study, a closed-loop vibration stimulation system that detects the heart rate (HR) and applies −n% stimulus beats per minute (BPM) computed on the basis of the previous 5 min of HR data was developed. Ten subjects participated in the evaluation experiment, in which they took a nap for approximately 90 min. The experiment comprised one baseline and three stimulation conditions. HR variability analysis showed that the normalized low frequency (LF) and LF/high frequency (HF) parameters significantly decreased compared to the baseline condition, while the normalized HF parameter significantly increased under the −3% stimulation condition. In addition, the HR density around the stimulus BPM significantly increased under the −3% stimulation condition. The results confirm that the proposed stimulation system could influence heart rhythm and stabilize the autonomic nervous system. This study thus provides a new stimulation approach to enhance the quality of sleep and has the potential for enhancing health levels through sleep manipulation.

Robust Changes of Afferent-Induced Excitation in the Rat Spinal Dorsal Horn After Conditioning High-Frequency Stimulation

2000 ◽  
Vol 83 (4) ◽  
pp. 2412-2420 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hiroshi Ikeda ◽  
Tatsuya Asai ◽  
Kazuyuki Murase
Keyword(s):  
Dorsal Horn ◽  
High Frequency ◽  
Low Frequency ◽  
Single Pulse ◽  
High Frequency Stimulation ◽  
Neuronal Excitation ◽  
Low Frequency Stimulation ◽  
Frequency Stimulation ◽  
Stimulation Of

We investigated the neuronal plasticity in the spinal dorsal horn and its relationship with spinal inhibitory networks using an optical-imaging method that detects neuronal excitation. High-intensity single-pulse stimulation of the dorsal root activating both A and C fibers evoked an optical response in the lamina II (the substantia gelatinosa) of the dorsal horn in transverse slices of 12- to 25-day-old rat spinal cords stained with a voltage-sensitive dye, RH-482. The optical response, reflecting the net neuronal excitation along the slice-depth, was depressed by 28% for more than 1 h after a high-frequency conditioning stimulation of A fibers in the dorsal root (3 tetani of 100 Hz for 1 s with an interval of 10 s). The depression was not induced in a perfusion solution containing an NMDA antagonist,dl-2-amino-5-phosphonovaleric acid (AP5; 30 μM). In a solution containing the inhibitory amino acid antagonists bicuculline (1 μM) and strychnine (3 μM), and also in a low Cl−solution, the excitation evoked by the single-pulse stimulation was enhanced after the high-frequency stimulation by 31 and 18%, respectively. The enhanced response after conditioning was depotentiated by a low-frequency stimulation of A fibers (0.2–1 Hz for 10 min). Furthermore, once the low-frequency stimulation was applied, the high-frequency conditioning could not potentiate the excitation. Inhibitory transmissions thus regulate the mode of synaptic plasticity in the lamina II most likely at afferent terminals. The high-frequency conditioning elicits a long-term depression (LTD) of synaptic efficacy under a greater activity of inhibitory amino acids, but it results in a long-term potentiation (LTP) when inhibition is reduced. The low-frequency preconditioning inhibits the potentiation induction and maintenance by the high-frequency conditioning. These mechanisms might underlie robust changes of nociception, such as hypersensitivity after injury or inflammation and pain relief after electrical or cutaneous stimulation.

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