Radial and meridional trends in solar wind thermal electron temperature and anisotropy: Ulysses

Ulysses plasma measurement from 1.15 to 5.31 AU and from S6.4° to S48.3° solar latitude are used to assess the trends in the solar wind thermal electron temperature and anisotropy. Improved spacecraft potential corrections and data products have been incorporated. The radial temperature gradient is steeper than in previous determinations, but flatter than adiabatic. When normalized to 1 AU, temperature decrease with increasing latitude. Little change in the average thermal anisotropy has been seen during the mission.     

Solar wind corotating stream interaction regions out of the ecliptic plane: Ulysses

Ulysses plasma observations reveal that the forward shocks that commonly bound the leading edges of corotating interaction regions (CIRs) beyond 2 AU from the Sun at low heliographic latitudes nearly disappeared at a latitude of S26°. On the other hand, the reverse shocks that commonly bound the trailing edges of the CIRs were observed regularly up to S41.5°, but became weaker with increasing latitude. Only three CIR shocks have been observed poleward of S41.5°; all of these were weak reverse shocks. The above effects are a result of the forward waves propagating to lower heliographic latitudes and the reverse waves to higher latitudes with increasing heliocentric distance. These observational results are in excellent agreement with the predictions of a global model of solar wind flows that originate in a simple tilted-dipole geometry back at the Sun.     

Multistage integration model for human egomotion perception

Human computational vision models that attempt to account for the dynamic perception of egomotion and relative depth typically assume a common three-stage process: first, compute the optical flow field based on the dynamically changing image; second, estimate the egomotion states based on the flow; and third, estimate the relative depth/shape based on the egomotion states and possibly on a model of the viewed surface. We propose a model more in line with recent work in human vision, employing multistage integration. Here the dynamic image is first processed to generate spatial and temporal image gradients that drive a mutually interconnected state estimator and depth/shape estimator. The state estimator uses the image gradient information in combination with a depth/shape estimate of the viewed surface and an assumed model of the viewer's dynamics to generate current state estimates; in tandem, the depth/shape estimator uses the image gradient information in combination with the viewer's state estimate and assumed shape model to generate current depth/shape estimates. In this paper, we describe the model and compare model predictions with empirical data.     

Design of a Correlator for Real-Time Video Comparisons

The problem of locating a reference image within a larger image using a correlation technique is discussed. Although the particular application discussed is that of locating a reference image obtained from one video sensor or a photograph, within the larger field of view obtained from a second video sensor in real time (i.e., at the TV field rate), the results are general and useful for a number of applications. The tradeoffs necessary to obtain real time correlat are discussed and their effect on correlation accuracy is given.     

一种直升机粘弹减摆器时域模型参数识别方法

在时域内建立了直升机粘弹减摆器的非线性模型。该模型基于不可逆热力学原理，在线性滞弹性位移场(Anelastic displacement fields，ADFs)模型的基础上，通过一组材料状态变量函数引入了粘弹性材料的非线性特性；文中以硅橡胶为研究对象，在粘弹减摆器实际工作中比较典型的幅值和频率范围内，进行了简谐实验，并通过两位移幅值(0．1cm，0．6cm)的应变／应力滞迟回线直接进行模型参数识别。最后，通过与线化复模量、不同幅值的应变／应力的滞迟回线等实验数据比较，证实了本文模型具有较好的可靠性，为进一步研究直升机粘弹减摆器的性能和带减摆器的旋翼气弹分析奠定了基础。     

新型无位置传感器开关磁阻电机的研究

提出了一种新型的基于测试线圈技术的无位置传感器方案.这种方案是通过测量导通相测试线圈的电感来获得实时转子位置的.文中对此进行了理论分析和实验验证,并成功地开发完成了一台无位置传感器开关磁阻电机原理样机.     

海洋平台在组合载荷作用下的随机域可靠性分析

本文对海洋平台在风、浪及海流等多种载荷组合作用下的可靠性进行了分析计算，采用优选随机载单元法进行结构数的随机域离散。文中的海洋平台算例结构表明了优选随机域单元法的高效性，以及在海洋工程的结构系统可靠性计算中的考虑载荷组合作用的必要性。     

Ⅰ型极值分布的环境因子

本文通过对Ⅰ型极值分布的理论分析和环境因子的二因子法，分别得到了Ⅰ型极大值分布和Ⅰ型极小值分布的环境因子，它们与正态分布的环境因子^[1]具有相同的形式，对Ⅰ型极值分布的环境因子进行了点估计，提出了用环境因子进行数据转换和综合的步骤。     

Dayside reconnection during IMF northward: A possible foreshock effect

The northward and southward orientation of the interplanetary magnetic field (IMF) is usually considered as providing the external boundary conditions in the solar wind interaction with the Earth's magnetopause but it is the magnetic field in the magnetosheath that interacts with the Earth's magnetic field. In this paper, we consider the possibility that the wave activity in the foreshock region may affect the magnetic field orientation in the magnetosheath with time scales that might be geomagnetically effective. If magnetosheath magnetic field becomes disturbed on plasma streamlines which are connected to the quasi-parallel bow shock and foreshock, the magnetic field orientation on the inner magnetosheath may differ significantly from the undisturbed IMF. We present a model of dayside reconnection which may occur when the IMF northward and illustrate its effects on the erosion of the magnetopause.     

Pigment composition and concentrations within the plant (Ceratophyllum demersum L.) component of the STS-89 C.E.B.A.S. Mini-Module spaceflight experiment.

The Closed Equilibrated Biological Aquatic System (C.E.B.A.S.) Mini-Module, a Space Shuttle middeck locker payload which supports a variety of aquatic inhabitants (fish, snails, plants and bacteria) in an enclosed 8.6 L chamber, was tested for its biological stability in microgravity. The aquatic plant, Ceratophyllum demersum L., was critical for the vitality and functioning of this artificial mini-ecosystem. Its photosynthetic pigment concentrations were of interest due to their light harvesting and protective functions. "Post-flight" chlorophyll and carotenoid concentrations within Ceratophyllum apical segments were directly related to the quantities of light received in the experiments, with microgravity exposure (STS-89) failing to account for any significant deviation from ground control studies.