We developed a novel temperature measurement and control method that uses color analysis of fluorescence spectrum. Functional gel-tools encapsulating quantum dots (Q-dots) was used. These tools can be manipulated in a solution by optical tweezers. We used color analysis of the fluorescence for temperature measurement. YCrCb information (Y: brightness, Cr: red color difference, Cb: blue color di...

We present first results from the SCI-HI experiment, which we used to measure the all-sky-averaged 21 cm brightness temperature in the redshift range 14.8 < z < 22.7. The instrument consists of a single broadband sub-wavelength size antenna and a sampling system for real-time data processing and recording. Preliminary observations were completed in 2013 June at Isla Guadalupe, a Mexican biosphe...

Faraday rotation (FR) is one of the main error sources for passive microwave remote sensing from space especially in frequencies less than or equal to 10.7 GHz. In this paper, Faraday rotation correction for the vertical brightness temperature at L band and the third Stokes parameter brightness temperature at 10.7 GHz are discussed. Two approaches are studied to remove the influence of FR: corr...

In this paper, we use the observations of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and X-ray surface brightness to reconstruct the radial profiles of gas temperature and density under the assumption of spherically symmetric distribution of gas. The reconstruction method, firstly raised by Silk & White (1978), is directly dependent on the experimental measurements of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and X-ray surface...

The influence of operating variables [viz: temperature 55-85°C, process time 30-120 min, pH 9-11,peraceticacid concentration 0.5-3.5% oven dried pulp (o.d.p.)., and sodium perborate concentration 1-5% o.d.p.] on the bleached pulp characteristics [viz: viscosity (VI), brightness (BR), kappa number (KN)], and resulting paper sheets properties [viz: breaking length (BL), stretch (ST), tear (TI), a...

In this paper, we use the observations of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and Xray surface brightness to reconstruct the radial profiles of gas temperature and density under the assumption of spherically symmetric distribution of gas. The reconstruction method, firstly raised by Silk & White (1978), is directly dependent on the experimental measurements of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and X-ray surface ...

We use observations of Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and X-ray surface brightness to reconstruct the radial profiles of gas temperature and density under the assumption of a spherically symmetric distribution of the gas. The method of reconstruction, first raised by Silk & White, depend directly on the observations of the Sunyaev-Zel’dovich effect and the X-ray surface brightness, without involving...

In this work, the trend of the Urban Heat Island (UHI) of Rome is analyzed by both ground-based weather stations and a satellite-based infrared sensor. First, we have developed a suitable algorithm employing satellite brightness temperatures for the estimation of the air temperature belonging to the layer of air closest to the surface. UHI spatial characteristics have been assessed using air te...