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The Production of NO subscript 2 from the Photolysis of Peroxyacetyl Nitrate

PAN vapor was photolyzed at 248 nm and the NO subscript 2 photoproduct was detected by laser induced fluorescence (LIF). By comparison to the NO subscript 2 production from the photolysis of HNO subscript 3 under identical experimental conditions, we have obtained a relative quantum yield for the production of NO subscript 2. The implications of these results for atmospheric PAN chemistry will be discussed.

Peroxyacetyl nitrate fluorescence↗

Event Driven Messaging with Role-Based Subscriptions

Event Driven Messaging with Role-Based Subscriptions (EDM-RBS) is a framework integrated into the Service Management Database (SMDB) to allow for role-based and subscription-based delivery of synchronous and asynchronous messages over JMS (Java Messaging Service), SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), or SMS (Short Messaging Service). This allows for 24/7 operation with users in all parts of the world. The software classifies messages by triggering data type, application source, owner of data triggering event (mission), classification, sub-classification and various other secondary classifying tags. Messages are routed to applications or users based on subscription rules using a combination of the above message attributes. This program provides a framework for identifying connected users and their applications for targeted delivery of messages over JMS to the client applications the user is logged into. EDMRBS provides the ability to send notifications over e-mail or pager rather than having to rely on a live human to do it. It is implemented as an Oracle application that uses Oracle relational database management system intrinsic functions. It is configurable to use Oracle AQ JMS API or an external JMS provider for messaging. It fully integrates into the event-logging framework of SMDB (Subnet Management Database).

Bui, Tung↗

Managing Distributed Systems with Smart Subscriptions

We describe an event-based, publish-and-subscribe mechanism based on using 'smart subscriptions' to recognize weakly-structured events. We present a hierarchy of subscription languages (propositional, predicate, temporal and agent) and algorithms for efficiently recognizing event matches. This mechanism has been applied to the management of distributed applications.

Filman, Robert E.↗

Choosing Objectives in Over-Subscription Planning

Many NASA planning problems are over-subscription problems - that is, there are a large number of possible goals of differing value, and the planning system must choose a subset &it car! be accomplished within the limited time and resources available. Examples include planning for telescopes like Hubble, SIRTF, and SOFIA; scheduling for the Deep Space Network; and planning science experiments for a Mars rover. Unfortunately, existing planning systems are not designed to deal with problems like this - they expect a well-defined conjunctive goal and terminate in failure unless the entire goal is achieved. In this paper we develop techniques for over-subscription problems that assist a classical planner in choosing which goals to achieve, and the order in which to achieve them. These techniques use plan graph cost-estimation techniques to construct an orienteering problem, which is then used to provide heuristic advice on the goals and goal order that should considered by a planner.

Smith, David E.↗

Vibrational and rotational transitions in low-energy electron-diatomic-molecule collisions. I - Close-coupling theory in the moving body-fixed frame. II - Hybrid theory and close-coupling theory: An /l subscript z-prime/-conserving close-coupling approximation

A detailed vibrational-rotational (V-R) close-coupling formulation of electron-diatomic-molecule scattering is developed in which the target molecular axis is chosen to be the z-axis and the resulting coupled differential equation is solved in the moving body-fixed frame throughout the entire interaction region. The coupled differential equation and asymptotic boundary conditions in the body-fixed frame are given for each parity, and procedures are outlined for evaluating V-R transition cross sections on the basis of the body-fixed transition and reactance matrix elements. Conditions are discussed for obtaining identical results from the space-fixed and body-fixed formulations in the case where a finite truncated basis set is used. The hybrid theory of Chandra and Temkin (1976) is then reformulated, relevant expressions and formulas for the simultaneous V-R transitions of the hybrid theory are obtained in the same forms as those of the V-R close-coupling theory, and distorted-wave Born-approximation expressions for the cross sections of the hybrid theory are presented. A close-coupling approximation that conserves the internuclear axis component of the incident electronic angular momentum (l subscript z-prime) is derived from the V-R close-coupling formulation in the moving body-fixed frame.

Choi, B. H.↗

Library Services Funding Assessment

The Glenn Technical Library is a science and engineering library that primarily supports research activities at the Glenn Research Center, and provides selected services to researchers at all of the NASA research centers. Resources available in the library include books, journals, CD-ROMs, and access to various online sources, as well as live reference and inter-library loan services. The collection contains over 77,000 books, 800,000 research reports, and print or online access to over 1,400 journals. Currently the library operates within the Logistics and Technical Information Division, and is funded as an open-access resource within the GRC. Some of the research units at the GRC have recently requested that the library convert to a "pay-for-services" model, in which individual research units could fund only those journal subscriptions for which they have a specific need. Under this model, the library would always maintain a certain minimum level of pooled-expense services, including the ready reference and book collections, and inter-library loan services. Theoretically the "pay-for-services" model would encourage efficient financial allocation, and minimize the extent to which paid journal subscriptions go unused. However, this model also could potentially negate the benefits of group purchases for journal subscriptions and access. All of the major journal publishers offer package subscriptions that compare favorably in cost with the sum of individual subscription costs for a similar selection of titles. Furthermore, some of these subscription packages are "consortium" purchases that are funded collectively by the libraries at multiple NASA research centers; such consortia1 memberships would be difficult for the library to pay, if enough GRC research units were to withdraw their pooled contributions. cost of collectively-funded journal access with the cost of individual subscriptions. My primary task this summer is to create the cost dataset framework, and collect as much of the relevant data as possible. Hopefully this dataset will permit the research units at the GRC, and library administration as well, to make informed decisions about future library funding. Prior to the creation of the actual dataset, I established a comprehensive list of the library s print and online journal subscriptions. This list will be useful outside the context of the cost analysis project, as an addition to the library website. The cost analysis dataset s primary fields are: journal name, vendor, publisher, ISSN (International Standard Serial Number, to uniquely identify the titles), stand-alone price, and indication as to the presence of the journal in current GRC Technical Library consortium membership subscriptions. The dataset will hopefully facilitate comparisons between the stand-alone journal prices and the cost of shared journal subscriptions for groups of titles.

Lorig, Jonathan A.↗

New Insights on the 7[superscript]Be Cycle in the Ocean

The cosmogenic radionuclide 7[superscript]Be has been applied as a tracer of dynamical processes in the upper ocean and of atmospheric deposition of trace elements at the sea surface. These applications usually assume that 7[superscript]Be is entirely in the dissolved form, and that scavenging and downward export of 7[superscript]Be by settling particles can be neglected. In this work, we explore these assumptions and more generally assess the significance of the 7[superscript]Be activity in the particulate fraction, through the generation of vertical profiles of particulate 7[superscript]Be in the open ocean. From detailed measurements obtained from low-background gamma spectrometers placed in underground facilities, we report vertical profiles of 7[superscript]Be activity in suspended particles (7[superscript]Bep[subscript]) collected in various oceanic regions: the Mediterranean Sea (DYFAMED station), the Indian Sector of the Southern Ocean (station A3-2 from the KEOPS2 cruise), the Sargasso Sea (OFP station), and the subpolar North Atlantic Ocean (GEOVIDE cruise). We find that, in each oceanic region, 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] activities are generally higher in the mixed layer than in the thermocline. They vary in the mixed layer from 3.0 dpm/m3 at DYFAMED to 33.1dpm/m3 at GEOVIDE cross-over station 51/60, i.e., within a range consistent with previous 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] measurements for the open ocean. For the GEOVIDE cruise, the 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] activities measured on different filter types at different depths are corrected for filter offsets derived from multiple 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] measurements at a near-coastal station in the western Mediterranean Sea. We then combine measurements of total 7[superscript]Be activity (Shelley et al., 2017) with our measurements of 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] activity to estimate the solid/solution partitioning of 7[superscript]Be. On average, the particulate fraction would represent 6% of total 7[superscript]Be activity at 5-m water depth (n = 6), 22% at 20 m (n = 2) and 9% at 70 m (n = 3). At GEOVIDE stations, 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] inventories range from 5% to 19% of the total 7[superscript]Be inventories. In the Labrador Sea, the measured 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] inventories are lower than the dry 7[superscript]Be deposition fluxes estimated from aerosol samples collected during GEOVIDE, suggesting that a significant portion of 7[superscript]Bep[subscript] may be removed by sinking particles. The distribution coefficient Kd for 7Be increases with depth, with log10Kd averaging 5.2 ± 0.1 at 5 m to 6.1 ± 0.1 between 70 and 150 m, suggesting that scavenging of dissolved 7[superscript]Be by particles is more pronounced in the thermocline than in the mixed layer when differences in particle concentrations are taken into account. Overall, our study suggests that, at least in some oceanic regions, the removal of 7[superscript]Be by marine particles may be significant and that it may need to be considered in applications of 7[superscript]Be as a tracer of oceanic processes and atmospheric deposition.

Beryllium-7↗

An empirical study of FORTRAN programs for parallelizing compilers

Some results are reported from an empirical study of program characteristics that are important in parallelizing compiler writers, especially in the area of data dependence analysis and program transformations. The state of the art in data dependence analysis and some parallel execution techniques are examined. The major findings are included. Many subscripts contain symbolic terms with unknown values. A few methods of determining their values at compile time are evaluated. Array references with coupled subscripts appear quite frequently; these subscripts must be handled simultaneously in a dependence test, rather than being handled separately as in current test algorithms. Nonzero coefficients of loop indexes in most subscripts are found to be simple: they are either 1 or -1. This allows an exact real-valued test to be as accurate as an exact integer-valued test for one-dimensional or two-dimensional arrays. Dependencies with uncertain distance are found to be rather common, and one of the main reasons is the frequent appearance of symbolic terms with unknown values.

Shen, Zhiyu↗

The effect of flight path inclination on airplane velocity

This report was prepared at the request of the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics in order to supply a systematic study of the relations between the flight velocity V and its horizontal component V subscript H, in power glides. Curves of V and V subscript H plotted against the inclination of the flight path 0 are given, together with curves which show the maximum values of V subscript H and the corresponding values of 0. Curves are also given showing the effect of small departures from the horizontal in high speed performance testing.

Diehl, Walter S↗

Ultra-High Spectral Resolution Observations of Fragmentation in Dark Cloud Cores

This paper presents new evidence of the fragmentary structure of dense cores in dark clouds using the high resolution spectra of the carbon chain molecule CCS transition (J subscript N = 2 subscript 1 - 1 subscript o) at 22.344033 GHz with 0.008 km s superscript -1 resolution.

dark clouds cores carbon chain molecule star forma↗