Memo and miscellaneous

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Recent / forthcoming meetings / events / launches / deadlines:
Meetings and Event (at NASCOM), Space Calendar (at JPL)
NASA's Missions Highlights (Launch schedule), ESA - Launchers Home, Catalog of ISAS Missions

Total/Annular solar eclipse(s):
   Apr. 08, 2024 (* visible from N.America), Apr. 20, 2023 (* hybrid), Dec. 04, 2021, Dec. 14, 2020 (* visible from S.America),
   Jul. 02, 2019, Aug. 21, 2017 (* visible from N.America), Mar. 09, 2016 (* visible from Pacific),
   Mar. 20, 2015, Apr. 29, 2014 (* annular), Nov. 03, 2013 (* hybrid), May. 10, 2013 (* annular),
   Nov. 13, 2012, May 20, 2012 (* annular), Jul. 11, 2010, Jul. 22, 2009, Aug. 1, 2008
Transit of Venus :
Jun. 08, 2004, Jun. 5 22UT ∼ 6 05UT, 2012, Dec. 11, 2117
Transit of Mercury :
May 9, 2016, Nov. 11, 2019, Nov. 13, 2032, Nov. 07, 2039
launch(es) :
SDO (launched !!, 10:23 a.m. EST, February 11, 2010)

Links

research-related

journals:
ADS Astronomy Query Form at Astrophysics Data System (ADS) Abstract Service ;
arXiv (AstroPh, find, Solar and Stellar Astrophys.), Sol.shys. eprint archive at MSU ;
HMI nuggets ;
ApJ, ApJS, ApJL, Solar Physics, JGR-Space Physics, GRL, A&A (at Springer and at EDP), Pub.Astro.Soc.Japan, Adv.Sp.Res., Living reviews in solar physics, JASTP ; J. Comp. Phys., SIAM (Soc. Indust. Appl. Math) Journals online, Phys. Rev. Lett. ; Kluwer, Elsevier Science, Springer
societies:
AGU / SPA, AAS / SPD, Astro. Soc. Japan ; SolarNews, SPA newsletter, Renrakukai-shoko, Tennet, JpGU mailnews
latest data / now-casts and forecasts / spaceweather :
HMI latest images, AIA latest FITS files, Very Latest SOHO Images (real time, gif anim.), Hinode latest images and quick-look, STEREO latest images, ACE real time plot, LMSAL (The Sun Today, Latest events, forecasts, and sungate / iSol / HEK), ; SolarMonitor.org, SpaceWeather.com, NOAA/SWPC (spaceweather.gov), SpaceWeather.ac.CN, ESA-SpaceWeather.net, SpaceWeather.EU, ; Space Weather info. Center (SWC) / NICT, Space Env. Research Center, Kyushu Univ.,
Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO):
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), Atmospheric Imaging Assembly (AIA) (synoptic map at GMU), EUV Variability Experiment (EVE)
Solar and Heliospheric Observatory (SOHO):
MDI Data Services (at Stanford), EIT (Synoptic Maps), LASCO (Large Angle and Spectrometric Coronagraph) and CME catalog at NASA / GSFC / CDAW, UVCS (Ultraviolet Coronagraph Spectrometer), SUMER (Solar Ultraviolet Measurements of Emitted Radiation), CDS (Coronal diagnostic Spectrometer), CELIAS (Charge, Element and Isotope Analysis System), COSTEP (Comprehensive Suprathermal and Energetic Particle Analyzer), ERNE (Energetic and Relativistic Nuclei and Electron experiment), GOLF (Global Oscillations at Low Frequencies), SWAN (Solar Wind Anisotropies) at FMI and at LATMOS, VIRGO (Variability of Solar Irradiance and Gravity Oscillations)
Stanford Solar Observatories Group:
Helioseismic and Magnetic Imager (HMI), Michelson Doppler Imager (MDI), Wilcox Solar Observatory (WSO) (Photospheric Field Synoptic Charts, Source Surface Synoptic Charts), Synoptic Sun, Virtual Solar Observatory, Stanford SOLAR Center
NASA:
NASA Science, Solar System Exploration ; NASA facilities and centers, Ames Research Center (ARC), Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Jet Propulsion Lab. (JPL) ; CDAWeb (Coordinated Data Analysis Web), master catalog of National Space Science Data Center (NSSDC), Solar Data Analysis Center, OMNIWeb, COHOWeb, trajectories of spacecraft, planets and comets ; National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC/NOAA), Solar Geophysical Data (SGD/NOAA), Sunspot Index and Long-term Solar Observations(SILSO) ; NASA advanced Supercomputing (NAS) division
space probes and observatories:
Hinode / Solar-B (data at ISAS DARTS, LMSAL, and flare catalogue), STEREO and HELCATS (Heliospheric cataloguing analysis and techniques service), PROBA-2 (SWAP), Ulysses (NASA / JPL), Yohkoh SXT, TRACE (movies), RHESSI, Wind, ACE, SMEI's page at NSO / AFRL and UCSD / CASS, IBEX(Interstellar Boundary Explorer), Pioneer, Voyager, THEMIS (Time History of Events and Macroscale Interaction during Substorms), GOES(Geostationary Operational Environment Satellite) ; Solar Probe
data center/data set:
Space Physics Data Facility (SPDF),
ground-based (optical) observatories and related institutes:
Mauna Loa Solar Observatory (MLSO) of HAO/UCAR/NCAR, SOLIS (Synoptic Optical Long-term Investigations of the Sun) and synoptic maps, Vacuum Telescope data archives, GONG (Global Oscillation Network Group), and ATST (Advanced Technology Solar Telescope) of NSO, NST (New Solar Telescope) data catalog and Global High-Resolution H-alpha at BBSO, Mt. Wilson Solar Tower, Huairou Solar Observing Station (HSOS/NAOC), Kislovodsk Mountain Astronomical Station (old site) of Pulkovo observatory, THEMIS (Heliographic Telescope for the study of the Magnetism and Instabilities on the Sun) at .fr and .es, Institute for Solar Physics, Sweden, Kanzelöhe Observatory, Austria (H-alpha), Solar Flare Telescope at NAOJ/Mitaka, NOAO (National Optical Astronomy Observatory)
radio observatories:
Interplanetary radio scintillation (IPS) observation at Nagoya Univ., Nobeyama Radioheliograph and ploarimeter, Solar Radio Res. Group of NAOC, FAST (Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical Telescope), EISCAT (European Incoherent Scatter), National Radio Astronomy Observatory, National Centre for Radio Astrophys., India
agencies, institutes and groups:
NASA, NSF, ISAS and JAXA, ESA, Max-Planck Gesellschaft, CAS (Chinese Academy of Sciences), IZMIRAN.ru ; LEIF.org, Predictive Science Inc. (PSI), Lockheed Martin Solar and Astrophys. Lab. (LMSAL), Space Sci. Lab. (SSL) / UC Berkeley, Dept. of Phys. UA Huntsville, Sun and Heliosphere / NorthWest Research Associates, Sol. Phys. div. / Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Admin. (NOAA), Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Phys. (LASP) / Univ. of Colorado Boulder, NRL / Solar Phys. Branch, Community Spectro-Polarimetric Analysis Center (CSAC) at High Altitude Observatory (HAO) / University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), National Solar Observatory (NSO), Big Bear Solar Observatory (BBSO) / NJIT, Montana State Univ./Sol. Phys. ; National Space Science Cener (NSSC), National Astronomical Observatories of China (NAOC), Indian Institute of Astrophysics (IIAp), MPI für Sonnensystemforschung (MPS), PPARC's old page at Science and Technology Facilities Council, ; Solar and Plasma Astrophysics Division of National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ), Institute for Space-Earth Env. Res. (ISEE) (Solar-Terrestrial Environment Lab. (STEL)) of Nagoya Univ., Kwasan and Hida Observatories / Kyoto University, Dept. of astronomy / University of Tokyo, National Institute of Information and Communications Technology (NICT), Information technology center / Nagoya University
glossary, terminology etc.:
at solar-center.stanford.edu, and ngdc.noaa.gov. Forcast-verification glossary at NOAA (pdf), Illustrated glossary (link to ADS and Springer)
research projects and programs:
LWS (at NASA Science), ILWS, CGEM, CISM, CCMC, MURI, CAWSES, IHY 2007
databases, languages, libraries, etc. for solar physics:
CHIANTI (at Naval Res. Lab.), SolarSoft at LMSAL.com, jHelioviewer
Intel Fortran 14.0 user and reference guide ; XE13.1 manual and MIC best-know-method(?)
gfortran (wiki),
OpenMP.org,
MPI (message passing interface) Forum and MPI at intel.com,
FITS support (at GSFC), cfitsio and doc.,
IDL and graphic examples, GDL
CoArray (at Rice Univ.),
OpenACC at PG and openacc-standard.org,
NVIDIA developer website and CUDA C at NVIDIA, OpenCL, OpenGL,
Numerical Recipes,
HDFgroup.org and user's guide,
NIST Digital Library of Mathematical Functions,
matlab (at mathworks.com), IRAF project (at NOAO), Vis5d, PGPLOT
graphic (conversion) tools:
Image Magick (command line options), ffmpeg.org (docs, faq), Netpbm (program directory),
useful tools for http:
AniS/ FlAniS, VRML plug-ins detector (and many useful info., at NIST.gov) ; htmlcodetutorial.com, html tools at w3.org (html checker)
MS-Windows related:
Windows Tips (atmarkit.co.jp), forest.impress.co.jp, vector.co.jp
wikibooks.orgs
MPI, Latex
others
- Kyodo, Jiji, Yomiuri, 373 ; Associated Press, CSmonitor.com, LIFE.com, Day in pictures at BBC, Photo of the day at National Geographic
- earthquake info. at JMA and USGS
- wikipedia; google, msn (bing), yahoo
- google language tools (translate.google.com jpn/eng)
- My old web page at STELab

Memo and miscellaneous

years
2024=M157,T113,S99,H36,R6 Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig
unit and metric system : beautiful mks/cgs and weird ....
1 pound = 453.59 g 1 gallon = 3.7854 l = 231 cubic inches ; 1 pint = 1/8 gallon = 473.2 ml 1 inch = 2.54 cm ; 1 foot = 30.48 cm = 12 inches ; 1 yard = 0.9144 m = 3 feet = 36 inches 1 mile = 1609.344 m = 8 furlongs = 1760 yards = 5280 feet C = (F - 32) / 1.8 ; F = C * 1.8 + 32 170 cm = 5 ft. 7 in. ; 65 kg = 143.3 pounds 1 mile/gal. = 0.425 km/l ; 30 mpg = 12.75 km/l ; 23.5 mpg = 10 km/l 1 mile/hour = 0.447 m/s ; 30 mph = 13.4 m/s = 48.28 km/s 1 inch Hg = 3386.4 Pa ; 30 inHg = 1013.2 hPa -17.8C = 0F, 0C = 32F, 10C = 50F, 20C = 68F, 30C = 86F, 37.7C = 100F
tools at finance.google.com
- currency conversion
  US Dollar, Euro, Chinese Yuan (renminbi) in Japanese Yen Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Chinese Yuan (renminbi), Indian Rupee in USD USD in Euro, British Pound, Canadian Dollar, Chinese Yuan (renminbi), Indian Rupee
- stock etc.
  Dow Jones Industrial Ave., S&P500 ; Nikkei 255
travel etc.
- American, Delta, Continental, United, Northwest, Southwest, JetBlue, ANA, JAL ; SFO, SJC, OAK ; SuperShuttle ; JTB USA (in Japanese), Expedia, Orbitz, OneTravel; Hertz, enterprise, National, Alamo ; Amtrak, Greyhound ; travel.state.gov, National Park Service; Yahoo Driving Directions, Google Map
- airport-codes :
  SFO=San Francisco, SJC=San Jose, LAX=Los Angeles, SAN=San Diego, LAS=Las Vegas, SEA=Seattle/Tacoma, YVR=Vancouver, PHX=Phoenix, DEN=Denver, ORD=O'Hare/Chicago, IAD=Dulles/D.C., EWR=Newark, JFK=J.F.K./New York, NYC=all airports near the city of N.Y., BOS=Boston ; NRT=Narita/Chiba, HND=Haneda/Tokyo, TYO=all airports near Tokyo, KIX=Kansai/Osaka, ITM=Itami/Osaka-Hyogo, OSA=all airports near Osaka, NGO=Chubu/Nagoya, FUK=Fukuoka, KOJ=Kagoshima ; ICN=Seoul/Incheon, PEK=Beijing, DEL=Indira Gandhi/New Delhi, BOM=Mumbai(Bombay), FRA=Frankfurt, LHR=Heathrow/London
States, D.C. and territories, and National Parks Quarters ; 52 Denver(*) and 1 Philadelphia(#): US Mint
*Delaware, *Pennsylvania, *New Jersey, *Georgia, *Connecticut *Massachusetts, *Maryland, *South Carolina, *New Hampshire, *Virginia *New York, *North Carolina, *Rhode Island, *Vermont, *Kentucky *Tennessee, *Ohio, *Louisiana, *Indiana, *Mississippi *Illinois, *Alabama, *Maine, *Missouri, *Arkansas *Michigan, *Florida, *Texas, *Iowa, *Wisconsin *California, *Minnesota, *Oregon, *Kansas, *West Virginia *Nevada, *Nebraska, *Colorado, *North Dakota, #South Dakota *Montana, *Washington, *Idaho, *Wyoming, *Utah *Oklahoma, *New Mexico, *Arizona, *Alaska, *Hawaii ------- *D.C., Puerto Rico, Guam, Samoa, Virgin Islands, N. Mariana ------- Hot Springs NP, Yellowstone NP, *Yosemite NP, Grand Canyon NP, *Mt. Hood Gettysburg, Glacier, Olympic NP, Vicksburg, Chickasaw El Yunque, Chaco, Acadia NP., Hawai'i Vlocanoes NP, *Denali NP White Mt. / Perry, Great Basin NP., Fort McHenry, Mt. Rushmore
other links.