<p>Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) is a technique to create high density, low temperature plasmas that do not depend on a cathode, like arc discharges and are therefore easier to maintain and have a longer lifespan. The use of the Electron Cyclotron Resonance (ECR) for electron heating for Magnetic Nozzle (MN) thrusters have recently received increased interest, as they have been shown to provide ...

Uncertainty is unavoidable in classification tasks and might originate from data (e.g., due to noise or wrong labeling), or the model (e.g., due to erroneous assumptions, etc). Providing an assessment of uncertainty associated with each outcome is of paramount importance in assessing the reliability of classification algorithms, especially on unseen data. In this work, we propose two measures of ...

Taylor's hypothesis, or the frozen turbulence approximation, can be used to estimate also the specific energy dissipation rate ϵ by comparing experimental results with the Kolmogorov–Obukhov expression. The hypothesis assumes that a frequency detected by an instrument moving with a constant large velocity <i><b>V</i></b> can be related to a wavenumber by <i><b>ω=kV</i></b>. It is, however, not obvious ...

Radio wave absorption in the ionosphere is a function of electron density, collision frequency, radio wave polarisation, magnetic field and radio wave frequency. Several studies have used multi-frequency measurements of cosmic radio noise absorption to determine electron density profiles. Using the framework of statistical inverse problems, we investigated if an electron density altitude profile ...

The field of Earth observation is dealing with increasingly large, multimodal data sets. An important processing step consists of providing these data sets with labels. However, standard label propagation algorithms cannot be applied to multimodal remote sensing data for two reasons. First, multimodal data is heterogeneous while classic label propagation algorithms assume a homogeneous network. ...

By measuring fading times of radar echoes from underdense meteor trails, it is possible to deduce the ambipolar diffusivities of the ions responsible for these radar echoes. It could be anticipated that these diffusivities increase monotonically with height akin to neutral viscosity. In practice, this is not always the case. Here, we investigate the capability of neutral turbulence to affect ...

The bonding in metals is analysed within the framework of the PATMOS (Perturbed AToms in MOlecules and Solids) model. The electronic binding energy per atom is written as a sum of a distortion energy of the atoms and the partitioned interaction energy comprising Coulombic, exchange and correlation terms. The adopted physical model of the infinite system, is spherical embedding of the atoms of the ...

This study derives regression models for aboveground biomass (AGB) estimation in miombo woodlands of Tanzania that utilize the high availability and low cost of Sentinel-1 data. The limited forest canopy penetration of C-band SAR sensors along with the sparseness of available ground truth restricts their usefulness in traditional AGB regression models. Therefore, we propose to use AGB predictions ...

In this study, the relationship between auroral absorption, electrojet currents, and ionospheric plasma convection velocity is investigated using a series of new methods where temporal correlations are calculated and analysed for different events and MLT sectors. We employ cosmic noise absorption (CNA) observations obtained by the Imaging Riometer for Ionospheric Studies (IRIS) system in ...

A doubling of the atmospheric CO₂ content leads to global warming that is amplified in the polar regions. The CO₂ forcing also leads to a change of the atmospheric energy transport. This transport change affects the local warming induced by the CO₂ forcing. Using the Community Earth System Model (CESM), the direct response to the transport change is investigated. ...