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JURP
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Featured Articles from JURP 
Abstract: We modeled, with several simplifying assumptions, a type of convective
flow on the surface of the sun known as supergranulation. We checked our
model against the real sun using the cross-correlation statistic. We found,
using a special form of the cross-correlation known as the auto-correlation,
that the supergranule velocity distribution used in our model is at least
on the right track towards describing the actual velocity distribution within
supergranules
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The original word processor used to format the articles is now an antique. It sits on a shelf to become part of a museum. It had no spell checker, no equation editor and no graphic capabilities, but could fit two 5 inch floppy disks. The hard disk in the Apple was so small that you had to change floppies to store the articles. The graphics were all formatted by hand, using a drawing board and an ink pen. It was a good thing that the editor had taken mechanical drawing in high school. During this time, the editor learned how difficult it is to proofread your own work. Once the copy was thought to be in proper English, the text for the articles were printed out in 4.25 inch wide columns and pasted onto a large sheet of paper in two column format. The equations were entered using press-on letters, and the graphics pasted into their appropriate places. The large story boards were then photographed, etched and printed. After the first five volumes were produced, the production equipment was upgraded to a MacIntosh computer. The what-you-see-is-what-you-get format of the new word processor that could handle text, graphics and equations in a somewhat seamless manner was exciting and fun to use. The editorial office also purchased its first scanner and laser printer. It was truly amazing to the editor that he could scan in figures, and then use graphics software to modify and clean up the images. The pages of the journal now could be printed in photo-ready format with no need to paste various pieces of the copy into a story board. continue... |
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