More and more and more...
Computer problems to start the day off. Following the collapse of APL email, starlink email and UCL email, the APL server got fried.
Finished off Raman marking. Got given some mysterious scripts of Howarth that had evaded the last tranche of marking... odd. They were dealt with and returned to sender.
Also worked with Alex to create a second TIROS replacement, not linked to the BAS one. Could this mean I publish two new auroral oval models for the same atmospheric model in direct competition with each other? Not really, the BAS one is a substorm extension, the Alex one is a quiet time model, in effect we'll switch between them depending on what we're doing as the BAS one will be more computer intensive.
...and of course keep TIROS just incase something goes wrong...
But at least with Alex first stage is done, formatting the spectrum, chopping it up and deciding what will happen to it. The next stage is generating profiles, the third stage will then be doing all my little additions (literally back of the envelope, the envelope is next to the comp - I need a touch pad to doodle onto the Mac with) to conserve energy (yes that minor second law of thermodynamics thing). As Eddington said (ish), if your theory goes against Maxwell's equations, so much the worse for Maxwell, but if your theory contravenes the second law of thermodynamics, there's nothing to do but throw up your hands in defeat...
Must press the case for protons in both models...
Hmmm, looks like a million or so electrons will do for each of these levels. No adjustments required for RIDE to operate as it all ends at 30keV, well below RIDE's current nominal upper limit.
Finished off Raman marking. Got given some mysterious scripts of Howarth that had evaded the last tranche of marking... odd. They were dealt with and returned to sender.
Also worked with Alex to create a second TIROS replacement, not linked to the BAS one. Could this mean I publish two new auroral oval models for the same atmospheric model in direct competition with each other? Not really, the BAS one is a substorm extension, the Alex one is a quiet time model, in effect we'll switch between them depending on what we're doing as the BAS one will be more computer intensive.
...and of course keep TIROS just incase something goes wrong...
But at least with Alex first stage is done, formatting the spectrum, chopping it up and deciding what will happen to it. The next stage is generating profiles, the third stage will then be doing all my little additions (literally back of the envelope, the envelope is next to the comp - I need a touch pad to doodle onto the Mac with) to conserve energy (yes that minor second law of thermodynamics thing). As Eddington said (ish), if your theory goes against Maxwell's equations, so much the worse for Maxwell, but if your theory contravenes the second law of thermodynamics, there's nothing to do but throw up your hands in defeat...
Must press the case for protons in both models...
Hmmm, looks like a million or so electrons will do for each of these levels. No adjustments required for RIDE to operate as it all ends at 30keV, well below RIDE's current nominal upper limit.
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