Transcript Multi-disciplinary connections

What is MOSAIC?
Satellite TV
dish
Software
LNB
MOSAIC
PC with
ADC
Electronics
What is going on during a typical
MOSAIC observation?
Signal
Generation
Data
Interpretation
11.072 GHz
Ozone
Emission
Signal
Processing
Signal
Detection
What’s so special about 11.072 GHz?
Ozone
formation
Signal
Generation
Atmospheric
opacity
Emission
spectra
How does this signal get from the sky
to my computer?
Radiative
transfer
Parabolic
focusing
Atmospheric
opacity
Analog to
digital
conversion
Signal
Detection
Signal
transmission
Down
conversion
Tuned
circuit
How do samples from the antenna
become plots?
Signal
Samples
Smoothing
Signal
Processing
Filtering
Fast
Fourier
Transform
How do I know this is really ozone in
the mesosphere?
Error
analysis
Validation
with other
sources
Noise
Data
Interpretation
Fit to theory
and
predictions
Measurement
and
uncertainty
What disciplines are involved in
fully understanding MOSAIC?
PHYSICS
EARTH
SCIENCE
CHEMSITRY
MOSAIC
MATHEMATICS
ELECTRICAL
ENGINEERING
What topics of Earth Science are
involved in understanding MOSAIC?
Atmospheric
Layers
Global
Climate
Change
Earth
Science
Energy
Balance
Atmospheric
Composition
What topics of Physics are involved in
understanding MOSAIC?
EM
radiation
Geometric
Optics
Thermodynamics
Physics
Fluid
Mechanics
Quantum
Physics
What topics of Chemistry are involved
in understanding MOSAIC?
Stoichiometry
Chemical
Kinetics
Chemical
Equilibrium
Chemistry
Structure of
The Atom
Gas Laws
Emission
Spectra
What topics of Mathematics are
involved in understanding MOSAIC?
Statistics
Spherical
Coordinates
Discrete
Math
Mathematics
Algebra &
Trigonometry
Calculus
Probability
What topics of Electrical Engineering are
involved in understanding MOSAIC?
Antenna
Design
FFT
&
DSP
Transfer
Functions
Electrical
Engineering
Transmission
Lines &
Waveguides
Filtering
What contributions to Atmospheric Science
might MOSAIC provide?
Layer
Dynamics
Global
Climate
Change
Layer
Composition
Atmospheric
Science
Energy
Balance
Layer-to-Layer
Coupling
Space
Weather
Influences