compilation test...

Randgen - compiles fine of course (I never wrote it...)
atom - one array too big, sorted
cross - one array to small, sorted
electron - statement number error, sorted
strike - fine
proton1 - fine
hit - fine
back - fine
selectron - same statement error as electron, sorted
recoil - fine
proton - fine
Jupiter - fine (aledgedly...)

Just a couple of quick runs to test it
10keV, pitch angle zero (field aligned), 1000 electrons

Loads of questions of course - how much computational time will be taken by the larger atmosphere? Is the atmosphere in the right way up for this program? Does it actually work? All the usual ones...

well, at least I know they can run for ages... lets see if they can finish...

Meanwhile, back at the office, the new keter submission system is alledgedly up and working. The maximum runtime for the fast server is 62 days, the max for the medium one is 124 and the slow servers are unlimited. Great, except for one minor quibble. The maximum runtime it is possible to specifiy on the runscript is 999hours 59mins 59 seconds, or just over 41 days... Dontcha love basic maths... of course, it may be that the numbers can be varied... that had better be the case, at least. Lets see if the sensitivities will go back up (all seven remaining ones...)

Saturn2 - BSR/GS/SD 0.5 12eV now off on new V890 (or queued at least)
Saturn100000 - BSR1.0 100KeV now off on new V890 (or queued at least)
Saturn1 - GS10m 12eV now off on new V880
Saturn3 - BSR0.75 now off on new V880
Saturn40 - SD+C 12eV now off on new V880
Saturn50 - SD-1 12eV now off on new V880
Saturn12000 - SD+2 12eV now off on new V880

All seem to be ambling along (those that are set off that is...). We shall see if they work...

Jupiter run finished. Atmosphere is upside down. Sigh.

Sorted, attempt 2

That worked fine. Now need to do two things, the first is run an energy of known height, then known energy influx.

What else needs to be done?

Validation of terrestrial electrons - need to get another model and go through this again
Validation of terrestrial protons - as above
Photon validation - got 'model', so ready
Ovation stuff - once validated, the electron ionisation results for this can be used
Hbeta runs - when validated and when data arrives, this can be done
Photon runs - can be done during validation
Makenzie stuff - when data arrives etc - connects on from this current stuff
MICdev stuff - improvements should I have time

So, jobs:

Get proton model
Get electron model
Validate jovian electrons (being done)
complete sensitivities (being done)
Validate protons
Validate electrons
Validate photons
Ovation ionisation rates
Ovation CSDA model
Ovation/TIROS comparisons
Extend Grodent profile
Extend Grodent atmosphere
Fit to Makenzie data
Experiment with proton Hbeta doppler profile parameters
Fit to HBeta data
Run photon scattering models
Write up!

There. Easy...

Just been battling latex again, identifying where the missing style files are. Between starlink and apl, I might be able to muster all the required files... we shall see...

Bits and bobs

Group meeting occured on the topics of the Move and the Rolling Grant, plus a little bit about computing.
The Move: The meeting took place in the new PhD office. People have been assigned to the office and a further meeting was to happen afterwards to decide desk allocation. This has happened, room has been rearranged, and asides from grabbing a couple of sofas and a coffee table, all is ready.
The Rolling Grant: All I heard was "moan, moan, moan" which translates as "they've changed the way the grants are assessed". Should be fun...
Computing: After yesterday's events, APL has threatened to withdraw funding from UCL's supercomputers by using the Miracle grant. We'll see how negotiations with getting serial jobs back on the fast processors go. Steve is all for trying to renegotiate everything back. Alan wants to pull us out...

Other things.

Howarth handed me more marking and left a message with my officemates about him mailing me the model answers later. This was not conveyed until Howarth returned and made them convey it...

Anasuya got her marking back in the group meeting. I wasn't missing a script.

One run finished, or rather hit the time limit... The only one that was ever likely to. It has been reset off on Rimmer, where it joins a long CMAT2 run already going, which means both of Rimmer's processors are now in use. Where's Alun...

Antionio Hales is our newest Dr

Grodent stuff moving along slowly.