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Religious Bearings in the Development of Mathematics
This dissertation has been 65—3869 microfilmed exactly as received HUMBERD, Jesse David, 1921- RELIGIOUS BEARINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MATHEMATICS. The Ohio State University, Ph.D., 1964 Education, history University Microfilms, Inc., Ann Arbor, Michigan Copyright by Jesse David Humberd 1965 RELIGIOUS BEARINGS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OP MATHEMATICS DISSERTATION Presented In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Doctor of Philosophy in the Graduate School of the Ohio State University By Jesse David Humberd, B.S., B.A., M*A., B.D, - 5 ;- - i s - # - j t The Ohio State University 1964 Approved by A d v ise r Department of Education ACKNOWLEDGMENTS The author wishes to express his sincere thanks and appreciation to Dr, Harold P, Fawcett, teacher and adviser, for his inspiring personality in the classroom, and for his enthusiastic support in the preparation of this study. The author was first challenged by Dr, Fawcett in 1947, when in his first graduate course, Education 687, he was challenged to read more than twenty basic works in mathematics education. From that day to the present, he has known and valued greatly the ready enthusiasm and wise counsel of this master teacher. It is with deep gratitude that the author recognizes the cooperation and encouragement of his wife, Laura, during the preparation of this study. Much of the inconvenience resulting from moving the family several times, for graduate work; and most of the extra effort at home caused by periods of the w riter’s absence, has been borne by her. And to Lenora and Margaret, (or as they would have it, Lee and Meg), the author expresses thanks for their loyalty, during what must have seemed to be most of their lives. -
Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS)
Importance and Incorporation of User Feedback in Data Stewardship Hampapuram Ramapriyan1,2 and Jeanne Behnke1 1Goddard Space Flight Center, 2Science Systems and Applications, Inc. Presented at SciDataCon 2018, Gaborone, Botswana, Nov. 5-8, 2018 1 Introduction Data stewardship - A long-term responsibility Long-lived systems must evolve On-Going user feedback is critical for understanding needs and evolving as needs change We illustrate this through NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) 2 NASA’s Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) • Managed by NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project • Implements NASA’s free and open data policy in effect since early 1990s • Provides end-to-end capabilities for managing NASA’s Earth science data. Science Operations Science data processing Data management Interoperable distributed data archives On-line data access services Earth science discipline-oriented user services 3 Missions, Datasets and Disciplines Started in the 1990s, EOSDIS today archives and distributes over 11,000 data types • Atmosphere » Winds & Precipitation » Aerosols & Clouds » Temperature & Humidity » Solar radiation • Ocean » Surface temperature » Surface wind fields & Heat flux » Surface topography • Land • Human Dimensions » Ocean color » Cover & Usage » Population & Land Use • Cryosphere » Soil Moisture » Human & Environmental » Sea/Land Ice & Snow » Topography & elevation Health Cover » Temperature Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) Alaska Satellite -
Orbital Debris Program Office Figure 1
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Orbital Debris Quarterly News Volume 13, Issue 1 January 2009 Inside... New Debris Seen from Decommissioned Fengyun-1C Debris: Two Years Later 2 Satellite with Nuclear Power Source The ESA’s ATV-1 Reentry Event 3 A 21-year-old satellite containing a dormant According to Russian reports, the nuclear reactors nuclear reactor was the source of an unexpected on Cosmos 1818 and Cosmos 1867 functioned for Two New Microsatellite debris cloud in early July 2008. Launched by the approximately 5 and 11 months, respectively. For Impact Tests 4 former Soviet Union in February 1987, Cosmos the next two decades, the two inactive spacecraft 1818 (International Designator 1987-011A, circled the Earth without significant incident. Review of Different U.S. Satellite Number 17369) was the first of two Following the fragmentation event on or about Solar Cycle 24 vehicles designed to test a new, more advanced 4 July 2008, the U.S. Space Surveillance Network Predictions 7 nuclear power supply in low Earth orbit. Dozens was able to produce orbital data on 30 small debris of small particles were released during the still- (Figure 2). The majority of these debris were ejected Don Kessler Wins unexplained debris generation event. in a posigrade direction with velocities of less Space Safety Pioneer Cosmos 1818 and its sister spacecraft, than 15 meters per second, suggesting a relatively Award 8 Cosmos 1867 (Figure 1), carried a thermionic low energy event. From radar detections, a larger nuclear power supply, in contrast to the simpler, number of very small debris appear to have also Abstracts from the thermoelectric nuclear device which provided been released, but routine tracking of these debris NASA OD Program energy to the well-known RORSATs (Radar Ocean has proven difficult. -
Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project Update
Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project Update October 15-16, 2008 National Snow and Ice Data Center & Physical Oceanography DAAC User Working Group Meeting Pasadena, CA [email protected] ESDIS Project Code 423 NASA GSFC Topics •• ESDISESDIS OrganizationOrganization •• SystemSystem ContextContext •• KeyKey MetricsMetrics •• DataData ArchitectureArchitecture •• KeyKey ActivitiesActivities – Data Discovery – Customer Satisfaction & Metrics – Operations Management 2 Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project • The ESDIS Project is responsible for the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS), one of the largest civilian Science Information System in the world • The EOSDIS: – Ingests, archives, processes, and distributes an unprecedented volume of science data for NASA’s flagship Earth science missions (e.g., Terra, Aqua, Aura, ICESat) – Supports unique requirements of a variety of Earth science disciplines (e.g., land, atmosphere, snow/ice, and ocean) as well as inter- disciplinary researchers, climate This Jason sea-surface height image shows modelers, and application users sea surface height anomalies with the seasonal cycle (the effects of summer, fall, (e.g., U.S. Forest Service) winter, and spring) removed. Each image is a 10-day average of data, centered on the date – Employs state-of-the-art hardware indicated. and software technology to achieve Courtesy: NASA EOSDIS Physical 3 Oceanography DAAC required data throughput EOSDIS Manages Data For All 24 EOS Measurements Aqua (5/02) -
Highlights in Space 2010
International Astronautical Federation Committee on Space Research International Institute of Space Law 94 bis, Avenue de Suffren c/o CNES 94 bis, Avenue de Suffren UNITED NATIONS 75015 Paris, France 2 place Maurice Quentin 75015 Paris, France Tel: +33 1 45 67 42 60 Fax: +33 1 42 73 21 20 Tel. + 33 1 44 76 75 10 E-mail: : [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Fax. + 33 1 44 76 74 37 URL: www.iislweb.com OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS URL: www.iafastro.com E-mail: [email protected] URL : http://cosparhq.cnes.fr Highlights in Space 2010 Prepared in cooperation with the International Astronautical Federation, the Committee on Space Research and the International Institute of Space Law The United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs is responsible for promoting international cooperation in the peaceful uses of outer space and assisting developing countries in using space science and technology. United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs P. O. Box 500, 1400 Vienna, Austria Tel: (+43-1) 26060-4950 Fax: (+43-1) 26060-5830 E-mail: [email protected] URL: www.unoosa.org United Nations publication Printed in Austria USD 15 Sales No. E.11.I.3 ISBN 978-92-1-101236-1 ST/SPACE/57 *1180239* V.11-80239—January 2011—775 UNITED NATIONS OFFICE FOR OUTER SPACE AFFAIRS UNITED NATIONS OFFICE AT VIENNA Highlights in Space 2010 Prepared in cooperation with the International Astronautical Federation, the Committee on Space Research and the International Institute of Space Law Progress in space science, technology and applications, international cooperation and space law UNITED NATIONS New York, 2011 UniTEd NationS PUblication Sales no. -
Treaties and Other International Acts Series 94-1115 ______
TREATIES AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL ACTS SERIES 94-1115 ________________________________________________________________________ SPACE Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding Between the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and CANADA Signed at Washington November 15, 1994 with Appendix NOTE BY THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE Pursuant to Public Law 89—497, approved July 8, 1966 (80 Stat. 271; 1 U.S.C. 113)— “. .the Treaties and Other International Acts Series issued under the authority of the Secretary of State shall be competent evidence . of the treaties, international agreements other than treaties, and proclamations by the President of such treaties and international agreements other than treaties, as the case may be, therein contained, in all the courts of law and equity and of maritime jurisdiction, and in all the tribunals and public offices of the United States, and of the several States, without any further proof or authentication thereof.” CANADA Space: Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding signed at Washington November 15, 1994; Entered into force November 15, 1994. With appendix. MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING between the UNITED STATES NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION and the CANADIAN SPACE AGENCY concerning COOPERATION IN THE FLIGHT OF THE MEASUREMENTS OF POLLUTION IN THE TROPOSPHERE (MOPITT) INSTRUMENT ON THE NASA POLAR ORBITING PLATFORM AND RELATED SUPPORT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM 2 The United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (hereinafter "NASA") and the Canadian Space Agency (hereinafter "CSA") -
Assessing Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) Carbon Monoxide Retrievals Over Urban Versus Non-Urban Regions
Atmos. Meas. Tech., 13, 1337–1356, 2020 https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-1337-2020 © Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. Assessing Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) carbon monoxide retrievals over urban versus non-urban regions Wenfu Tang1,2, Helen M. Worden2, Merritt N. Deeter2, David P. Edwards2, Louisa K. Emmons2, Sara Martínez-Alonso2, Benjamin Gaubert2, Rebecca R. Buchholz2, Glenn S. Diskin3, Russell R. Dickerson4, Xinrong Ren4,5, Hao He4, and Yutaka Kondo6 1Advanced Study Program, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA 2Atmospheric Chemistry Observations and Modeling, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA 3NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, USA 4Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA 5Air Resources Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, College Park, MD, USA 6National Institute of Polar Research, Tachikawa, Japan Correspondence: Wenfu Tang ([email protected]) Received: 4 November 2019 – Discussion started: 28 November 2019 Revised: 31 January 2020 – Accepted: 16 February 2020 – Published: 23 March 2020 Abstract. The Measurements of Pollution in the Tropo- luted scenes. We test the sensitivities of the agreements be- sphere (MOPITT) retrievals over urban regions have not been tween MOPITT and in situ profiles to assumptions and data validated systematically, even though MOPITT observations filters applied during the comparisons of MOPITT -
Storms Are Thunderstorms That Produce Tornadoes, Large Hail Or Are Accompanied by High Winds
From February 17 to 19, a severe storm blasted the Lebanese coast with 100- kilometer (60-mile) winds and dropped as much as 2 meters (7 feet) of snow on parts of the country, news sources said. Temperatures dropped to near freezing along the coast, while snowplows struggled to clear the main roadway between Beirut and Damascus. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image on February 20, 2012. Snow covers much of Lebanon, and extends across the border with Syria. Another expanse of snow occurs just north of the Syria-Jordan border. Snow in Lebanon is not uncommon, and the country is home to ski resorts. Still, this fierce storm may have been part of a larger pattern of cold weather in Europe and North Africa. References The Daily Star. (2012, February 18). Lebanon hit by extreme weather conditions. Accessed February 21, 2012. Naharnet. (2012, February 19). Storm subsides after coating Lebanon in snow. Accessed February 21, 2012. NASA image courtesy LANCE/EOSDIS MODIS Rapid Response Team at NASA GSFC. Caption by Michon Scott. Instrument: Terra - MODIS Flooding is the most common of all natural hazards. Each year, more deaths are caused by flooding than any other thunderstorm related hazard. We think this is because people tend to underestimate the force and power of water. Six inches of fast-moving water can knock you off your feet. Water 24 inches deep can carry away most automobiles. Nearly half of all flash flood deaths occur in automobiles as they are swept downstream. -
Article Is financed by CNRS-INSU
Atmos. Chem. Phys., 10, 2175–2194, 2010 www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/2175/2010/ Atmospheric © Author(s) 2010. This work is distributed under Chemistry the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. and Physics Midlatitude stratosphere – troposphere exchange as diagnosed by MLS O3 and MOPITT CO assimilated fields L. El Amraoui1, J.-L. Attie´1,2, N. Semane3, M. Claeyman1,2, V.-H. Peuch1, J. Warner4, P. Ricaud2, J.-P. Cammas2, A. Piacentini5, B. Josse1, D. Cariolle5, S. Massart5, and H. Bencherif6 1CNRM-GAME, Met´ eo-France´ and CNRS, URA 1357, Toulouse, France 2Laboratoire d’Aerologie,´ Universite´ de Toulouse, CNRS/INSU, Toulouse, France 3CNRM, Direction de la Met´ eorologie´ Nationale, Casablanca, Morocco 4University of Maryland, Baltimore County, USA 5CERFACS, Toulouse, France 6Laboratoire de l’Atmosphere` et des Cyclones, Universite´ de La Reunion,´ France Received: 5 June 2009 – Published in Atmos. Chem. Phys. Discuss.: 1 October 2009 Revised: 12 February 2010 – Accepted: 16 February 2010 – Published: 2 March 2010 Abstract. This paper presents a comprehensive charac- and the free model they are 6.3 ppbv, 16.6 ppbv and 0.71, re- terization of a very deep stratospheric intrusion which oc- spectively. The paper also presents a demonstration of the curred over the British Isles on 15 August 2007. The sig- capability of O3 and CO assimilated fields to better describe nature of this event is diagnosed using ozonesonde mea- a stratosphere-troposphere exchange (STE) event in compar- ◦ ◦ surements over Lerwick, UK (60.14 N, 1.19 W) and is ison with the free run modelled O3 and CO fields. Although also well characterized using meteorological analyses from the assimilation of MLS data improves the distribution of O3 the global operational weather prediction model of Met´ eo-´ above the tropopause compared to the free model run, it is France, ARPEGE. -
An Examination of the Long-Term CO Records from MOPITT and IASI
An examination of the long-term CO records from MOPITT and IASI: comparison of retrieval methodology Maya George, Cathy Clerbaux, Idir Bouarar, Pierre-Fran¸coisCoheur, Merritt N. Deeter, David P. Edwards, G. Francis, John C. Gille, Juliette Hadji-Lazaro, Daniel Hurtmans, et al. To cite this version: Maya George, Cathy Clerbaux, Idir Bouarar, Pierre-Fran¸coisCoheur, Merritt N. Deeter, et al.. An examination of the long-term CO records from MOPITT and IASI: comparison of retrieval methodology. Atmospheric Measurement Techniques, European Geosciences Union, 2015, 8 (10), pp.4313-4328. <10.5194/amt-8-4313-2015>. <insu-01145299> HAL Id: insu-01145299 https://hal-insu.archives-ouvertes.fr/insu-01145299 Submitted on 15 Oct 2015 HAL is a multi-disciplinary open access L'archive ouverte pluridisciplinaire HAL, est archive for the deposit and dissemination of sci- destin´eeau d´ep^otet `ala diffusion de documents entific research documents, whether they are pub- scientifiques de niveau recherche, publi´esou non, lished or not. The documents may come from ´emanant des ´etablissements d'enseignement et de teaching and research institutions in France or recherche fran¸caisou ´etrangers,des laboratoires abroad, or from public or private research centers. publics ou priv´es. Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 4313–4328, 2015 www.atmos-meas-tech.net/8/4313/2015/ doi:10.5194/amt-8-4313-2015 © Author(s) 2015. CC Attribution 3.0 License. An examination of the long-term CO records from MOPITT and IASI: comparison of retrieval methodology M. George1, C. Clerbaux1,2, I. Bouarar3, P.-F. Coheur2, M. N. Deeter4, D. P. Edwards4, G. -
Key Terra Facts Joint with Japan and Canada Orbit: Type: Near-Polar, Sun-Synchronous Equatorial Crossing: 10:30 A.M
Terra Key Terra Facts Joint with Japan and Canada Orbit: Type: Near-polar, sun-synchronous Equatorial Crossing: 10:30 a.m. Altitude: 705 km Inclination: 98.1° Terra URL Period: 98.88 minutes terra.nasa.gov Repeat Cycle: 16 days Dimensions: 2.7 m × 3.3 m × 6.8 m Mass: 5,190 kg Power: 2,530 W Summary Design Life: 6 years The Terra (formerly called EOS AM-1) satellite is the flagship of NASA’s Earth Science Missions. Terra is the first EOS (Earth Observing System) platform and pro- vides global data on the state of the atmosphere, land, and Launch oceans, as well as their interactions with solar radiation • Date and Location: December 18, 1999, from Van- and with one another. denberg Air Force Base, California • Vehicle: Atlas Centaur IIAS expendable launch Instruments vehicle • Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES; two copies) • Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) Relevant Science Focus Areas • Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (see NASA’s Earth Science Program section) (MODIS) • Atmospheric Composition • Measurements of Pollution in The Troposphere • Carbon Cycle, Ecosystems, and Biogeochemistry (MOPITT) • Climate Variability and Change • Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflec- • Earth Surface and Interior tion Radiometer (ASTER) • Water and Energy Cycles • Weather Points of Contact • Terra Project Scientist: Marc Imhoff, NASA Related Applications Goddard Space Flight Center (see Applied Science Program section) • Terra Deputy Project Scientist: Si-Chee Tsay, NASA • Agricultural Efficiency Goddard -
EOSDIS DAAC Summary Table of Functions
EOSDIS DAAC Summary Table Name Location Data Management Expertise Atmospheric NASA Langley o Spaceborne data: CERES, MISR, CALIPSO, o Provides sensor-specific search tools Sciences Data Research ISCCP, SAGE III, MOPITT, TES and from field as well as more general tools and Center (ASDC) Center and airborne campaigns including DISCOVER- services, such as atmosphere product AQ, ATTREX, AirMISR, INTEX-A&B subsetting o Responsible for processing all science data o Provides unique expertise on Earth products for CERES (on TRMM, Terra, Aqua, Radiation Budget, solar radiation, and SNPP) and MISR (on Terra) instruments atmosphere composition, o MEaSUREs Program datasets tropospheric chemistry and aerosols o Connectivity to LaRC science teams Alaska Satellite Geophysical o Spaceborne data: o Provides specialized support in SAR Facility (ASF) Institute at the Seasat, RADARSAT-1 processing and enhanced data DAAC University of Advanced Land Observing Satellite (ALOS) products for science researchers Alaska, PALSAR, o Provides science support for Polar Fairbanks European Remote Sensing Satellite-1, -2 processes and land vegetation (ERS-1 and -2), measurements associated with SAR Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS- instruments 1) o Airborne mission data: Airborne SAR (AIRSAR), Jet Propulsion Laboratory Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle SAR (UAVSAR) o MEaSUREs Program datasets Crustal NASA Goddard o Data and derived products from a global o Provides specialized data services in Dynamics Data Space Flight network of observing stations equipped with space geodesy and solid Earth Information Center one or more of the following measurement dynamics System (CDDIS) techniques: o Connectivity to NASA’s Space Geodesy • Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) and Lunar Network of observing systems Laser Ranging (LLR) • Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) • Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) • Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) o MEaSUREs Program datasets Goddard Earth NASA Goddard o Process AIRS data into standard products.