This study statistically evaluates the relationship between Antarctic Sea Ice extent and global climate variability. Temporal cross-correlations between detrended Antarctic sea ice edge (SIE) anomaly and various climate indices are calculated. For the sea surface temperature (SST) in the eastern equatorial Pacific and tropical Indian Ocean, as well as the tropical Pacific precipitation, a coher...

The compact variation of equilateral triangular microstrip antenna, a shorted 600 Sectoral microstrip antenna is discussed. The proximity fed shorted 600 Sectoral microstrip antenna is proposed which gives simulated and measured BW of more than 700 MHz (>60%). To increase the bandwidth and gain, gap-coupled configuration two Shorted 600 Sectoral patches is proposed. It yields simulated and meas...

The inter- and intramolecular interactions of the carbonyl moieties at the polar interface of a phospholipid membrane are probed by using nonlinear femtosecond infrared spectroscopy. Two-dimensional IR correlation spectra separate homogeneous and inhomogeneous broadenings and show a distinct cross-peak pattern controlled by electrostatic interactions. The inter- and intramolecular electrostatic...

In this paper, we investigate methods for optimal morphological pattern recognition. The task of optimal pattern recognition is posed as a solution to a hypothesis testing problem. A minimum probability of error decision rule-maximum a posteriori filter-is sought. The classical solution to the minimum probability of error hypothesis testing problem, in the presence of independent and identicall...

A broad-bandwidth persistent spectral hole-burning organic material is used as a fast optical processor that compares an input temporal-frequency profile with a recorded reference spectral shape. This patternrecognition procedure relies on a subpicosecond temporal cross-correlation process. The size of the phaseencoding spectral interval exceeds 1 THz. The storage material, the spectral encoder...

The activity patterns of most terrestrial animals are regarded as being primarily influenced by light, although other factors, such as sexual cycle and climatic conditions, can modify the underlying patterns. However, most activity studies have been limited to a single study area, which in turn limit the variability of light conditions and other factors. Here we considered a range of variables ...

This paper presents a low-cost compact planar microstrip-fed monopole antenna and its four-element array design for ultra-wideband (UWB) wireless communication and target detection applications, respectively, operating in the frequency span of 3 GHz to 11 GHz. A prototype was fabricated and then measured based on optimal parameters. The results of reflection coefficient (S11) and radiation patt...

We compare the zonal flow pattern in subsurface layers of the Sun with the distribution of surface magnetic features like sunspots and polar faculae. We demonstrate that in the activity belt, the butterfly pattern of sunspots coincides with the fast stream of zonal flows, although part of the sunspot distribution does spill over to the slow stream. At high latitudes, the polar faculae and zonal...