...continuing...

Text:
Modelling
-RIDE ovation
--Introduction/RIDE validation - done!
--Parameterisation validation and examples
Results
-CTIP runs with Tiros and with RIDE-O
Discussion
Conclusions

Figures:
5.1 - TIROS original schematic
5.2 - TIROS with additions
5.3 - example standard ionisation output (per unit mass etc)
5.4 - example adjusted standard profile (ionisation rates)
5.5 - cross-sections over the energy range
5.6 - Schematic of RIDE Ovation
5.7 - Validation of terrestrial RIDE
5.8 - validation of parameterisartion
5.9 - example standard plot
5.10 - examples of output plots
...and so on

Tables:
5.4 - ...?
...and so on (probably including later results)

Have been going through all the comments in Chapter two and seeing a few amusing mistakes Alan has made (on top of those I have made - Spritzer is not an IR space telescope - Spitzer is, Spritzer is a drink...). We will have to battle it out over the biophysics though...

...all minor revisions done, but a few big ones to save for another day.

One comment was a request to expand on something - which is differences between ion production between electrons and protons. Hmmm. I will do two trios of examples in the ever exandable Makenzie chapter, which is about fitting particle outputs to observations. I will show the effects of 100eV protons, photons and electrons, then try to recreate a 10keV maxwellian proton ionisation profile with electrons and photons (seperately) to show the differences. This will be using the primary rather than secondary beam, but with also notes on 3D effects etc.

...continuing...

The never ending group of Grodent's seems to be ending. The alphas seem to have a similar idea, we shall see in both cases... one of the Grodent 1's actually finished, which is an unusual event, and looked pretty good, which is also unusual. Again, it is iterating back to the program's original configuration.

A few alphas finished today and finished correctly, meaning there's three remaining to finish and one that needs setting off again once the C3 is ready. It will be set off on a primary only attack, which shouldn't make any difference as there's no secondaries involved at this energy anyway...

Have also discussed chapter 2 with Alan, who's finally gone through it, which means I can hand over chapter three. Have added in Rego's reference to that chapter, still need the alphas, but he'll take it without that diagram.

Also done a bit more on Chapter five. Getting near to the end of what can be done on that one text-wise...

...and then got revenge for reviews by being given something from BAS top review. A few pages worth of notes on their interpretation of Tiros now colated...

Two complete

satellite observations - and hence chapter two - fully cited

ok, that's printed and ready for Alan to make a mockery of. Back to chapter three. Being a lazy person, I think I'll just stick a load of pictures in rather than plough straight back into the modelling. That plan will soon come unstuck though as some of the figures are plots from the modelling. Actually, quite a few are. Figures are:

3.1 - O2 cross-sections - obtained
3.2 - change in alpha in the small increments code
3.3 - charge exchanged hydrogen leaving the field line etc - obtained
3.4 - change in pitch angle during this process - obtained
3.5 - dispersion at each altitude for 10keV protons
3.6 - integrated dispersion for 10keV protons
3.7 - gyroradius with altitude
3.8 - change in scale height with altitude
3.9 - product of scale height and collisions
3.10 - change of scale height with altitude - Jupiter
3.11 - dispersion at each altitude for 10keV protons - Jupiter
3.12 - integrated dispersion for 10keV protons - Jupiter
3.13 - gyroradius with altitude - Jupiter
3.14 - product of scale height and collisions - Jupiter

Of which:
3.1 - O2 cross-sections - obtained
3.3 - charge exchanged hydrogen leaving the field line etc - obtained
3.4 - change in pitch angle during this process - obtained

require no modelling! Eep.

and have all been got.

Which means I have to start working next time I'm in... that's no fun...

-satellites
Theory of the Aurorae - fully cited

Amusingly, the tables and new citations have put all the pictures back in their correct position. I'm quite sure the final section of citations will have something to say about this though...

And Ian McWhirter took our forks...

Tables

-satellites
Theory of the Aurorae

Developed two extremely large tables, one noting theories and the other observations & experiments related to auroral studies. They stretch a period of 2,500 years and, unfortunately, over more than one page. Alledgedly, this is solved through the use of the package longtables. In practise however... will sort all this out soon enough...

Also more on radiative transfer for the martian. Plus ate some of the celebratory pizza the academics bought themselves after hammering out the rolling grant.

Observations - fully cited, but table now needed...
-satellites
Theory of the Aurorae - table also required here along with more citations
Cross-sections and chemical rates - fully cited

Had an interesting read of Halley's 1714 thoughts on field alligned currents. Slightly unfortunately, no-one had invented field lines (they arrived a century later with Faraday - though Halley reproduces a good diagram from iron filings) or electrons (two centuries later, J J Thomson - though again, Halley's idea of a magnetic effluent, which he ascribed to ions, was a good start). Also found my original source material, so proper citations will soon be in there in full. Then its just a case of finding citations for satellites, which is really annoying...

...guess what?...

Observations
-satellites
-radars - fully cited
-fpis - fully cited
Theory of the Aurorae
-magnetospheric cycles - fully cited
--dungey cycle - fully cited
--vasilyunas cycle - fully cited
-ion-neutral coupling II - fully cited
--The Bragg Peak - fully cited
Cross-sections and chemical rates

slight moment of terror just then when bibtex decided not to play and removed every single citation from the thesis. Such fun... put them all back a moment later though.

...and yet again...

Observations
-satellites
-radars
-fpis
-spectrographs - fully cited
-ground-based telescopic observations of planetary aurorae - fully cited
Theory of the Aurorae
-magnetospheric cycles
--dungey cycle
--vasilyunas cycle
-ion-neutral coupling II
--The Bragg Peak
Cross-sections and chemical rates

...plus a quick tutorial on radiative transfer calculations for the martian amongst us (no, NOT Steve...)

..again...

Observations
-satellites
-radars
-fpis
-spectrographs
-telescopic observations of planetary aurorae
Theory of the Aurorae
-magnetospheric cycles
--dungey cycle
--vasilyunas cycle
-ion-neutral coupling II
--The Bragg Peak
--Joule heating - fully cited
Cross-sections and chemical rates
Models of Particle Transport - fully cited (its an intro only...)
-Monte Carlo - fully cited
-Continuous Slowing Down Approximation - fully cited
-Boltzmann Transport - fully cited
-Protons, photons and others - fully cited

...and one of the major model runs crashed citing a very strange bus error. Most annoying. Not an error that can be worked out, never mind rectified. I blame it on saying hello to Jeremy Yates, that normally precedes something going wrong with Keter...

...and again

ok, those that are left:

Observations
-satellites
-sub-orbital platforms - fully cited
-radars
-fpis
-spectrographs
-telescopic observations of planetary aurorae
-other aurorae - fully cited
Theory of the Aurorae
-magnetospheric cycles
--dungey cycle
--vasilyunas cycle
-ion-neutral coupling II
--The Bragg Peak
--Joule heating
Cross-sections and chemical rates
Models of Particle Transport
-Monte Carlo
-Continuous Slowing Down Approximation
-Boltzmann Transport
-Protons, photons and others

As well as fully citing 'other aurora' and 'sub-orbital platforms' I also created a balloons section, fully cited it and added it to the rocket section, which is why there's a 'suborbital platforms' section here, when there was none yesterday.

Also another leaving do. Anyone left?

...continuing

ok, those that are left:

Observations
-satellites
-rockets
-radars
-fpis
-spectrographs
-telescopic observations of planetary aurorae
-mars - fully cited
-jupiter - fully cited
-saturn - fully cited
-uranus - fully cited
-neptune - fully cited
-Table 2 - fully cited
-other aurorae
Theory of the Aurorae
-magnetospheric cycles
--dungey cycle
--vasilyunas cycle
-ion-neutral coupling II
--The Bragg Peak
--Joule heating
Cross-sections and chemical rates
Models of Particle Transport
-Monte Carlo
-Continuous Slowing Down Approximation
-Boltzmann Transport
-Protons, photons and others

...also discussed profiles with Makenzie. Again.

Heavily delayed by computer problems. Attempting to access a JGR paper found not only was the paper missing, but the entire internet connection got screwed in the attempt to retrieve it, meaning Safari had to be restarted for anythinbg to happen. Which idiot decided all our papers should be online? Oh yes, him...

Chap 2 citations again

Here's all the sections/subsections:

All have some citations, those deemed 'fully cited' have lots and don't need any more (unless Alan says they do...). Going through every one again and again to make sure...

Observations
-satellites
-rockets
-radars
-fpis
-spectrographs
-telescopic observations of planetary aurorae
Phenomenology of the Aurorae - fully cited (its just a title)
-auroral definition - fully cited
-mercury - fully cited
-venus - fully cited
-earth - fully cited
-mars
-jupiter
-saturn
-uranus
-neptune
-Table 1 - fully cited
-Table 2
-other aurorae
Theory of the Aurorae
-magnetospheric cycles
--dungey cycle
--vasilyunas cycle
-ion-neutral coupling II
--The Bragg Peak
--Joule heating
Cross-sections and chemical rates
Models of Particle Transport
-Monte Carlo
-Continuous Slowing Down Approximation
-Boltzmann Transport
-Protons, photons and others
Statement of aims - fully cited (as in needs none!)

will have to deal with displaced pictures soon too...

Chap three text done

But need figures, tables and a bit of further work on dispersion.

This means I need to go back to chap 2 and finish off those citations. Otherwise I'll be really deep into chap 3 before I return. Got until June the fifth before Alan finishes with all the rolling grant stuff. Let's have a fourth chapter ready by then... I want to see him cry...

Ok, couple of citations done

Ex"cite"ing

Time to sweep through the second chapter dropping in citations.

Ok, that table of auroral powers and morphologies is done and referenced for all planets, also started referencing all auroral discoveries as well as the historical chapter. In other words, all relevant facts are in there and in place, all figures and equations, all the text asides from a few more citations, most of which have already been stuck in other bits of the text.

continuing...

Figures:
2.12 - Current systems in the thermosphere - got, inserted (yesterday)
2.13 - Magnetic reconnection - found, inserted, credited
2.14 - Vasilly...Vasalyne...the other cycle - found, inserted, referenced
2.15 - Bragg/Chapman curve in homogeneous matter - found, inserted, credited
2.16 - Bragg function in the atmosphere - found, inserted (mine - no credit!)
2.17 - Total cross-section - got, inserted
2.18 - Differential cross-section - got, inserted

...and have adjusted different bits including a rogue second bragg profile discussion. All 'figure X''s have been replaced with correct figure numbers (which meant swapping 2.6 and 2.7 round to compensate...). All that's left is a hell of a lot of citations and a few more numbers in the table. Then a new present for Alan... No word on intro yet. Infact he hasn't logged in today... must've had a heart attack after finally getting something...

Think I'll slip Uranus into the Saturn chapter. Two reasons, firstly because I can, and secondly the Saturn chapter needs something extra to reach the length of the other chapters, despite being the only one already through the ringer. Have done all necessary background checks on U, so it can finally be dealt with - both by electrons and photons, for reasons that will become obvious then, if they aren't now.

Continuing...

Figures:
2.9 - Saturnian current system - got, inserted, referenced
2.10 - Uranian aurorae - got, inserted, referenced
2.11 - Io aurora - got (yesterday), inserted, creditted
2.12 - Current systems in the thermosphere - got, inserted
2.13 - Magnetic reconnection
2.14 - Vasilly...Vasalyne...the other cycle
2.15 - Bragg/Chapman curve in homogeneous matter
2.16 - Bragg/Chapman curve in the atmosphere
2.17 - Total cross-section
2.18 - Differential cross-section

also done some more work on Gas Giant characteristics. Got all emission strengths (overall plus surface brightnesses), now need to do the same for the terrestrial planets.

Plus some applications

figuring it out

Ok Continuing on, what we had yesterday was:

Figures to include in Chapter 2 (not yet numbered due to early figures not yet being figured out, but in order):
Earth auroral ovals (Image satellite)
Volcanic Io (New Horizons)
Jovian auroral oval in UV (maybe H3+ too? - have both images... may be overkill, maybe not)
Jovian current system
Saturn's UV aurora (Badman paper)
Saturnian current system
Uranian aurorae
Io aurora
Current systems in the thermosphere
Magnetic reconnection
Vasilly...Vasalyne...the other cycle

Today:

Figures to include in Chapter 2:
2.1 - Terrestrial aurora from space - found, inserted, referenced
2.2 - FPI output - found, inserted, referenced
2.3 - Spectrograph output - ok, well, spectrum of aurora and sun - found, credited, inserted
2.4 - Earth auroral ovals (Image satellite) - found, inserted, credited
2.5 - Volcanic Io (New Horizons) - got, inserted, credited
2.6 - Jovian auroral oval in UV - got, inserted, credited
2.7 - Jovian current system - got, inserted, referenced
2.8 - Saturn's UV aurora (ie Badman paper) - got, inserted, credited
2.9 - Saturnian current system
2.10 - Uranian aurorae
2.11 - Io aurora - got
2.12 - Current systems in the thermosphere
2.13 - Magnetic reconnection
2.14 - Vasilly...Vasalyne...the other cycle
2.15 - Bragg/Chapman curve in homogeneous matter
2.16 - Bragg/Chapman curve in the atmosphere
2.17 - Total cross-section
2.18 - Differential cross-section

and that's the list. Have managed to latex the text and equations, though plenty of citations need sticking in and some more info to cover some embarrasing blanks. All done to the background of this very slow run... will stick more runs on keter to compensate... tomorrow... too busy today...

...continuation tomorrow

Quick note

On this bank holiday weekend.

The model has been running slowly (due to additional CMATs on the system) during the course of the weekend, but should hopefully finish. At some point. Eventually.

And have been latexing chapter 2, bits of. This will need quite a few citations, couple more facts and a smattering of figures to go into it. Should be interesting... At the moment, I've just been shifting huge blocks of text. There's a couple opf equations and one derivation.

iTunes died in the middle of a song I was getting into. Why does it do that?

Figures to include in Chapter 2 (not yet numbered due to early figures not yet being figured out, but in order):
Earth auroral ovals (Image satellite)
Volcanic Io (New Horizons)
Jovian auroral oval in UV (maybe H3+ too? - have both images... may be overkill, maybe not)
Jovian current system
Saturn's UV aurora (Badman paper)
Saturnian current system
Uranian aurorae
Io aurora
Current systems in the thermosphere
Magnetic reconnection
Vasilly...Vasalyne...the other cycle
...more to come!

More

List of figures in the intro:
1.1 - hydrostatic equilibrium
1.2 - neutral densities in MSIS
1.3 - atmospheric transmission of radiation
1.4 - temperature structure of the atmosphere
1.5 - ion structure
1.6 - bounce motion
1.7 - solar wind and bowshocks
1.8 - extended magnetosphere
1.9? - collisions/gryoradius etc considerations?
1.10? - Excitation energy levels?
1.X - temp structures of planets? Atmospheric densities?

The text and equations for the introduction are in latex format at least. A bit of chapter two and both of its tables are now in suitably too.

Have had a meeting with Ian F about the thesis outline and timeline. Also obtained data from him. More may come along soon enough.

More of the same

Chapter 2:
7,364 -> 7,512

This was due to the last few references going in, when I set myself the challenge to find six of each of the three types of auroral models. Done. As is Chapter 2.

Also removed a huge block of text that was repeated...

Have removed the other block of text from chapter three that's now in the two intros.

Chapter 3:
1,122 -> 4,439

Have added descriptions (mostly complete) of all three major models. Minor models and validations to go... plus a little on proton dispersal.

Chapter 5:
3,986 -> 3,995

(adjusted a few things in titles)

Total:
19,224 -> 22,698

...this is going to take some cutting down at the end... still, at this rate I might be able to squeeze in one of the two projects I currently haven't done! Or maybe just finish that paper, or get on with experiments, or do one of the million other things I'm supposed to be doing

More of the same

Sent thesis outline out

Also runtime and resource specifications for DICE/RIDE (well, RIDE anyway...) for the miracle grant review

Chapter 2:
3,413 -> 7,364

Ok, compared to previous days that was ridiculously good, but I doubt I'll get the same speed tomorrow as all that's left in this chapter is expansion on the Boltzmann transport introduction paragraph and lists of example models. It will take quite a bit of research as this is a politically sensitive area...

Total:
15,273 -> 19,224
= 32.04%

Not a true total as there's overlap between the old Chapter three and current Chapter two. I will edit the overlap from Chapter three and decide at the end whether or not to put it back in... Chapter's four and six had better be short... Discussion two words and a few full stops - it workedish...

Quick note

Chapter Two:
1,916 -> 3,413

Total:
15,273

Looks like I did more work than yesterday. Not true, it was just an easier bit to write.

More of the same - and a group meeting

Introduction:
5,000 -> 5,549
(and completed in initial form)

Looong group meeting on the grant and all within it.

Chapter 2
1,836 -> 1,916 (though much was deleted)

Total:
13,147 -> 13,776

A bit done

Problem class has taken up a couple of hours. Demonstrating mathematics with a half written answer sheet. How I love UCL...

The Thesis has also had a bit of attention. History of observations of the aurora, just the timeline, individual bits on particular observations to go in later. I knew that long winded talk I did last year would come in handy at some point...

Saturn500 finished the 40eV GS100m run. This is the last of the 40eV GS runs not being dealt with, so moved it onto the SD runs. 40eV might actually get finished! Analysis of the run complete, no grade changes, but 80% of GS runs now complete, along with 90% BSR runs, 65.7... etc % SD runs and 78.5... etc % of total runs.

Another run dun

100eV finished the SD-1 run. This was analysed and the SD-C run set off.

Thesis work - the morphologies of aurorae on all (EIGHT) planets. Mercury's easy. Nothing seen, nothing expected... unless you count particle emission, ENAs, rather than photon emission... damnit. Time to alter the definition...

...again...

Marking

Worked on thesis chapter two, adding in a table of planets/wavelengths of observed aurora as well as a definition of aurora used in the model...