We combine spatially resolved ASCA temperature data with ROSAT imaging data to constrain the total mass distribution in the cluster A401, assuming that the cluster is in hydrostatic equilibrium, but without the assumption of gas isothermality. We obtain a total mass within the X-ray core (290 h 50 kpc) of 1.2 −0.5×10 14 h 50 M⊙ at the 90 % confidence level, 1.3 times larger than the isothermal ...

We combine spatially resolved ASCA temperature data with ROSAT imaging data to constrain the total mass distribution in the cluster A401, assuming that the cluster is in hydrostatic equilibrium, but without the assumption of gas isothermality. We obtain a total mass within the X-ray core (290 h−1 50 kpc) of 1.2 −0.5×10 h−1 50 M at the 90 % confidence level, 1.3 times larger than the isothermal ...

Satellite-based observations provide great opportunities for improving weather forecasting. Physical retrieval of atmospheric profiles from satellite observations is sensitive to the uncertainty of the first guess and other factors. In order to improve the accuracy of the physical retrieval, an ensemble methodology was developed with an emphasis on perturbing the first guess. In the methodology...

To investigate dominant vertical structures of observed temperature perturbations, and to test the temperature implications of the convective quasi-equilibrium hypothesis, the relationship of the tropical temperature profile to the average free tropospheric temperature is examined in Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) satellite data, radiosonde observations, and National Centers for Environmen...

For fire safety purposes, the fire resistance and the structural behavior of reinforced concrete members are assessed to satisfy specific fire performance criteria. The available prescribed provisions are based on standard fire load. Under various fire scenarios, engineers are in need of both heat transfer analysis and structural analysis. For heat transfer analysis, the study proposed a modifi...

We carry out a comprehensive joint analysis of high quality HST/ACS and Chandra measurements of A1689, from which we derive mass, temperature, X-ray emission and abundance profiles. The X-ray emission is smooth and symmetric, and the lensing mass is centrally concentrated indicating a relaxed cluster. Assuming hydrostatic equilibrium we deduce a 3D mass profile that agrees simultaneously with b...

We present a theoretical model fit to the HST/STIS optical transit transmission spectrum of HD209458b. In our fit, we use the sodium absorption line profile along with the Rayleigh scattering by H2 to help determine the average temperature-pressure profile at the planetary terminator, and infer the abundances of atomic and molecular species. The observed sodium line profile spans an altitude ra...

Atmospheric profiles of water vapor and temperature can be estimated using appropriate retrieval algorithms based on radiometric measurements and atmospheric statistics. Radiometric measurements at multiple frequencies contribute information to profile retrieval, although at some frequencies the information they provide can be highly correlated with that at other frequencies due to similar sens...

A single column model (SCM) version of the HadGEM1 is run in weak temperature gradient (WTG) mode, assuming a free-tropospheric temperature profile obtained from the same single column model in radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE) over a sea surface temperature (SST) of 301K. The resulting quasi-steady solutions are compared with climate statistics from time-dependent solutions of the full 3D...

The mass profile of A1413 observed with XMM-Newton: implications for the M –T relation. Abstract. We present an XMM-Newton observation of A1413, a hot (kT = 6.5 keV) galaxy cluster at z = 0.143. We construct gas and temperature profiles over the radial range up to ∼ 1700 kpc. This radius corresponds to a density contrast δ ∼ 500 with respect to the critical density at the redshift of the cluste...