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Spectroscopic Detection of Alfvenic Waves in the Chromosphere of Sunspot Regions

  • Chae, Jongchul;Cho, Kyuhyoun;Nakariakov, Valery M.;Cho, Kyung-Suk;Kwon, Ryun-Young
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.46 no.2
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    • pp.47.1-47.1
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    • 2021
  • Transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves often called Alfvénic (or kink) waves have been often theoretically put forward to solve the outstanding problems of the solar corona like coronal heating, solar wind acceleration, and chemical abundance enhancement. Here we report the first spectroscopic detection of Alfvénic waves around a sunspot at chromospheric heights. By analyzing the spectra of the Hα line and Ca II 854.2 nm line, we determined line-of-sight velocity and temperature as functions of position and time. As a result, we identified transverse magnetohydrodynamic waves pervading the superpenumbral fibrils. These waves are characterized by the periods of 2.5 to 4.5 minutes, and the propagation direction parallel to the fibrils, the supersonic propagation speeds of 45 to 145 km s-1, and the close association with umbral oscillations and running penumbral waves in sunspots. Our results support the notion that the chromosphere around sunspots abounds with Alfvénic waves excited by the mode conversion of the upward-propagating slow magnetoacoustic waves.

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A Proposal of an LOS Guidance System of a Ship for Path Following (선박의 항로추종을 위한 LOS 가이던스 시스템의 제안)

  • Kim Jonghwa;Lee Byungkyul
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.11 no.4
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    • pp.363-368
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    • 2005
  • This paper proposes an LOS(line-of-sight) guidance system of a ship for path following. From the viewpoint of a control configuration, guidance is a special type of compensation algorithm that is placed in front of the controller to accomplish navigational objects. A guidance system generates a reference trajectory for trajectory tracking or path control and decides the desired velocity, position and heading angle. A control system executes commands based on a reliable guidance law during navigation. An LOS vector from the vessel to a point on the path between two way-points in straight-line navigation or a point among turning circle in turning navigation is selected, and then a heading angle is calculated to converge the desired path based on the LOS vector. The LOS guidance law is defined for the straight-line and the turning circle, respectively. The effectiveness of the suggested LOS guidance system is assured through computer simulation.

A Proposal of LOS Guidance System of a Ship in Straight-line Navigation under Ocean Currents and Its Optimization Using Genetic Algorithm (해류중 직선 항행하는 선박의 LOS 가이던스 시스템의 제안과 유전 알고리즘을 이용한 최적화)

  • Kim Jong-Hwa;Lee Byung-Kyul
    • Journal of Advanced Marine Engineering and Technology
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    • v.29 no.1
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    • pp.124-131
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    • 2005
  • This paper suggests LOS(Line-Of-Sight) guidance system of a surface vessel in straight-line navigation under ocean currents An LOS vector from the vessel to a point on the path between two way-points is decided and a heading angle is calculated to converge to follow the desired path based on the LOS vector This guidance system is called LOS guidance system. The suggested LOS guidance law has parameters to be properly chosen according to navigational environment. Parameters of LOS guidance system are optimized to reduce propulsive energy and/or position error between desired Position and present position of a ship using genetic algorithm which is a strong optimization algorithm with adaptational random search The effectiveness of the suggested LOS guidance system is assured through computer simulations.

Design and Flight Test of Path Following System for an Unmanned Airship (무인 비행선의 자동 경로 추종 시스템 개발 및 비행시험)

  • Jung, Kyun-Myung;Sung, Jae-Min;Kim, Byoung-Soo;Je, Jeong-Hyeong;Lee, Sung-Gun
    • Journal of Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems
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    • v.16 no.5
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    • pp.498-509
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a waypoint guidance law Line Tracking algorithm is designed for testing an Unmanned Airship. In order to verify, we develop an autonomous flight control and test system of unmanned airship. The flight test system is composed FCC (Flight Control Computer), GCS (Ground Control System), Autopilot & Guidance program, GUI (Graphic User Interface) based analysis program, and Test Log Sheet for the management of flight test data. It contains flight test results of single-path & multi-path following, one point continuation turn, LOS guidance, and safe mode for emergency.

The extended narrow-line region kinematics of 3 Type-2 QSOs revealed by the VLTVIMOS IFU spectra

  • Cho, Hojin;Woo, Jonghak;Bennert, Vardha N.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.37 no.2
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    • pp.88.2-88.2
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    • 2012
  • We present kinematic properties of the narrow-line region in three type-2 QSOs at z~0.35, using 2-D spectra obtained with the VIMOS integral field unit spectrograph at the Very Large Telescope. One of the objects shows a line-of-sight velocity shift of the [OIII] and $H{\beta}$ lines up to 40km/s on a 15 kpc scale, which can be interpreted as either outflow or rotation. The outflow scenario is supported by the presence of blue wings and a radio structure showing lobes in the same direction. Another object features double-peaked emission lines which can be decomposed into two velocity components. Its Hubble Space Telescope image shows two nuclei separated by ~0.2"(~1kpc), implying this may be a binary AGN.

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Rapid Formation and Disappearance of a Filament Barb

  • Joshi, Anand D.
    • The Bulletin of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.86.1-86.1
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    • 2013
  • Observations of a filament showing an activated barb recorded from the at the Dutch Open Telescope (DOT) on 2010 August 20 are presented. The filament developed a barb in 10 minutes, which disappeared within the next 35 minutes. Such a rapid formation and disappearance of a filament barb is unusual, and has been seldom reported. Line-of-sight velocity maps were constructed from images in seven line positions along the H-alpha line. We observe flows in the filament spine towards the barb location prior to its formation, and flows in the barb towards the spine during its disappearance. Photospheric magnetograms from Helioseismic Magnetic Imager on board the Solar Dynamics Observatory were used to determine the changes in magnetic flux in the region surrounding the barb location. The variation of magnetic flux in this duration support the view that barbs are rooted in minor magnetic polarity.

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Line-of-Sight (LOS) Vector Adjustment Model for Restitution of SPOT 4 Imagery (SPOT 4 영상의 기하보정을 위한 시선 벡터 조정 모델)

  • Jung, Hyung-Sup
    • Journal of the Korean Society of Surveying, Geodesy, Photogrammetry and Cartography
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    • v.28 no.2
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    • pp.247-254
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    • 2010
  • In this paper, a new approach has been studied correcting the geometric distortion of SPOT 4 imagery. Two new equations were induced by the relationship between satellite and the Earth in the space. line-of-sight (LOS) vector adjustment model for SPOT 4 imagery was implemented in this study. This model is to adjust LOS vector under the assumption that the orbital information of satellite provided by receiving station is uncertain and this uncertainty makes a constant error over the image. This model is verified using SPOT 4 satellite image with high look angle and thirty five ground points, which include 10 GCPs(Ground Control Points) and 25 check points, measured by the GPS. In total thirty five points, the geometry of satellite image calculated by given satellite information(such as satellite position, velocity, attitude and look angles, etc) from SPOT 4 satellite image was distorted with a constant error. Through out the study, it was confirmed that the LOS vector adjustment model was able to be applied to SPOT4 satellite image. Using this model, RMSEs (Root Mean Square Errors) of twenty five check points taken by increasing the number of GCPs from two to ten were less than one pixel. As a result, LOS vector adjustment model could efficiently correct the geometry of SPOT4 images with only two GCPs. This method also is expected to get good results for the different satellite images that are similar to the geometry of SPOT images.

Analysis of UHF-Band Propagation Loss in Long-distance Air-to-Ground Communication Tests (UHF 대역 장거리 항공 통신 시험의 전파 손실 분석)

  • Chang, Min-soo;Kim, Kyoo-hwan;Kim, Jae-hwan;Lee, Jae-moon;Whang, Chan-ho
    • Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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    • v.19 no.8
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    • pp.55-63
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    • 2018
  • In this paper, we measured the propagation path loss by a ground to air flight communication test at UHF band and analyzed the results. The ground receiving terminal was located at 1,100m above sea level in Cheju Island and the airborne transmit terminal flew at an altitude of 3.5km from 150 to 220km from the ground terminal. In this case, the ground terminal and the airborne terminal are on the Line of Sight. Therefore loss in this communications environment can be predicted based on Free Space Loss. However, in this test, the sea level exists between two terminals, and due to the very small angle of incidence on the reflecting surface due to the long-range communication environment, it is not possible to accurately predict the loss of free space only. Therefore, considering that there are no surrounding obstacles and that a line of sight is secured between the end of two terminals, we applied a plane earth reflection model and a spherical earth reflection model to estimate the propagation path loss and compared with the actual test results. As a result of the comparison, the predicted propagation path loss by a spherical earth reflection model were quite similar to the actual test values.

Design of Target Tracking System using Kalman Filtering (칼만필터링을 사용한 목표물 추적시스템의 설계)

  • 김종화;이만형
    • The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers
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    • v.37 no.9
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    • pp.636-645
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    • 1988
  • A new filter algorithm is suggested improving structurally the conventional extended Kalman filter of which the performance is dependent on the selection of the reference axes, by use of line-of-sight axes and gain rotation technique. The implementation method using microcomputer which implements tracking Kalman filter is introduced in terms of hardware and software. Then, through the simulation the performance of suggested filter is compared with that of conventional extended Kalman filter and the possibility of the real time tracking of moving target is investigated.

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A METHOD FOR DETERMINING MAGNETIC HELICITY OF SOLAR ACTIVE REGIONS FROM SOHO/MDI MAGNETO GRAMS

  • CHAE JONGCHUL;JEONG HYEWON
    • Journal of The Korean Astronomical Society
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    • v.38 no.2
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    • pp.295-298
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    • 2005
  • Recently a big progress has been made on the measurements of magnetic helicity of solar active regions based on photospheric magnetograms . In this paper, we present the details of Chae's method of determining the rate of helicity transfer using line-of-sight magnetograms such as taken by SORO /MDI. The method is specifically applied to full-disk magnetograms that are routinely taken at 96-minute cadence.