Meghan Fisher
Ph.D. Candidate
Research Project:
Volcanic plumes will transition from a momentum driven gas-thrust region to a buoyancy driven convective region if the plume entrains a sufficient amount of air. This bimodal nature results in complex entrainment scenarios, which are not fully described by most of the current plume models. The current entertainment models that do not use direct Navier-Stokes calculations are derived from Morton et al., 1956 (MTT) where the entrainment rate is treated as a constant. Subsequent studies of volcanic plumes and cumulus clouds have proven this to be a dramatic oversimplification. Scientists have attempted to resolve the discrepancies in several ways, including subdividing the plume, changing the entrainment rate as a function of plume curvature, and using top hat cumulus cloud models.
I will develop an analytical model that dynamically relates entrainment to plume characteristics, including height, diameter, density, velocity, and vorticity. I hypothesize that a dynamic entrainment rate throughout the plume can be determined using the turbulent eddy structures, density distribution, and vertical velocities. I will replicate scaled versions of eruption plumes in an analogue tank environment to produce three dimensional velocity fields using HD video in conjunction with FlowJ (a toolbox from the image processing software ImageJ) and digital particle image velocimetry. The density field can be determined by using a separate set of experiments to create a map between RGB pixel color and dye concentration/fluid density that can then be extracted from individual frames of eruption video. Using hydrophones, I will track eddy scales in the plume that can be used to create a plume eddy signal library to be used for later field testing. This new dynamic entrainment rate can be applied to source parameter models to better constrain plume height and mass eruption rate that are used to track tephra dispersion for hazard assessment
General Program goals:
Over the course of my course of study, I plan to produce three papers relating to my dissertation research, all published within a year of completing my degree and five abstracts to professional meetings resulting in at least one oral presentation and acceptance to one peer-reviewed conference. I hope to develop skills in:
Grant writing
Better scientific communication
Increased skills in high performance computing for scientific research, particularly Navier-Stokes simulations and signal processing
Spatial statistical modeling techniques
Six Month (July 2016) Goals:
Tank Research
include thermal work
Infrasound (low priority):
Create Ambient Filters
Create vent noise filters (same frequency as actual volcanoes? scaled? totally different? - does that mean that eddies are not scalable?)
Publications
CAGEO Paper:
Edits
revise
SKN review 12/25
MF revisions 1/8
KC review
Submit (goal: 1/31)
Tank paper:
tank runs
detailed outline with draft figures
figures
write (draft due to SKN 2/28)
revise
submit
KC paper
tank runs
figure(s)
add text
revise
KC review/approve
submit (based on KC and GG)
MATHAM1: Martian plume heights in various atmospheres, comparison with Earth, G&B
computational runs
figures
finish text (goal: establish after Tank)
revise
submit
MATHAM2: Wind and collapse, including runout distances
computational runs
figures
finish text (goal: establish after Tank)
revise
submit
Dissertation extra chapters:
Introduction (set up the problem)
Literature review (educate your audience)
Conclusions (summarize you results from the various papers, tie everything together)
All due to SKN for review
Final copy due
SKN: Ping KC
First focus: CAGEO
Push on Tank paper (tie together with EddyJ, relate to Bursik's curved version, compare to Popo video to show application)
After Tank paper, refocus on MATHAM
- incorporate Bryan's stability work into MATHAM2 (need 0.5 m/s wind in both papers)
MF: email "original message" log to SKN from missing emails
-----Ireland hiatus----------
Activities for 3/21:
Finish CAGEO revisions and send to SKN/KC
email KC about KC paper
send tank figures to SKN, plus bullet points of main messages
Finish Drive organization
finish and send short report on hydrophone to SKN (follow up during defense visit)
{SKN: Give Shiloh $10 for tote}
Activities for 3/7:
send tank figures to SKN, plus bullet points of main messages
work on tank draft text
LPSC: bold Fig 1, uses -> use, kill guide box in title, edit extra line in table, isotherm -> isothermal, empirically, (rephrase "Like terrestrial volcanic..." sentence), Fig 5 unbold "Comparison", "only heights from stable plumes" in Fig 5 caption, "Navier-Stokes" (keep hyphen), "stablitity" -> stability, FINESSE (add an E)
Finish Drive organization
CAGEO: fix fig 4 (now 5), update figure numbers
{SKN: Re-read CAGEO}
run tank with hydrophones; write short report
give receipts to SKN
Activities for 2/21:
send tank figures to SKN, plus bullet points of main messages
work on tank draft text (complete draft to SKN by 2/17)
send LPSC poster to SKN
go through Drive and organize drafts into folders, giving SKN top-folder access
finish CAGEO edits, send to SKN and KC (2/13?)
run tank with hydrophones in it
buy totes and organize tank gear (SKN will reimburse)
Activities for 1/30:
{SKN revise CAGEO}
email KC to check on review status
send tank figures to SKN, plus bullet points of main messages
work on tank draft text (complete draft to SKN by 2/6)
train SKN on tank - write user manual
finish LPSC poster
fix draft access (general)
Activities for 12/7:
resend poster to SKN
reply with draft to SKN and KC
send additional email to Suniti (cc me) that checks to see if it came through
finish entrainment text in MATHAM1 draft
clarify in text that new entrainment value is valid/justified, not just that it gives an answer that better matches atham (how does this relate to reality)
- check mass flux vs. volume flux, effects of variable entrainment rates
finish 3rd low-ambient velocity run
{SKN review CAGEO}
Make appointment to get help with stress/email - send SKN evidence
Activities for 10/2:
finish AGU poster draft (send to SKN)
connect with MMG about glacier storage
incorporate entrainment text into MATHAM1 draft
forward Suniti email to SKN
Authorize KC on google docs for zip-up paper
update/upload resume
finish calculating entrainment values for MATHAM1
run code for extremely low wind, checking stability change
incorporate edits from KC
{SKN review MATHAM1}
<Carrot and stick for email check-ins while SKN is in the field: must send email update for regular meetings. If not done on time, owe Shiloh 1 week dishes; If done SKN owes coffee>
Activities for 10/28:
finish results section for MATHAM1
forward Suniti email to SKN
10 tank runs of water/heat eruptions (no salt or iso)
refresh CAGEO access for KC, send email
share edit access for KC draft (with email) to KC and SKN
finish AGU poster
Send SC stuff to SKN
Activities for 10/19:
work on results section MATHAM1
Follow-up on Suniti email - include summary figure, figure about atmospheres, and description of what you did. Goal: sanity check for us before getting to submission
Test tank for thermal case, decide if these work (proof of concept stage) - need to chat with you
Finish current suite of revisions on CAGEO
Finish manuscript prep work for CAGEO (see list from last week)
Continue on AGU poster (goal: send to SKN by 10/31) - needs 2 figs then done
Send SC stuff to SKN
Activities for 10/12:
send videos to committee, and thank them for meeting
EddyJ -> update files
work on results section MATHAM1 - working on it
Follow-up on Suniti email - did partial followup (do not have a figure done)
Finish remaining 10 tank runs, decide if you need more - are we adding heat?
Type/send fellowship timeline to SKN
find deGruyter and Bonadonna paper on 1D collapse model
rework intro/methods for MATHAM2
* revise CAGEO, KC - with new figure 1 for CAGEO
{SKN: send file access to KC for both manuscripts}
<Can we submit in a week???>
Tasks needed for submission:
- Title Page
- Acknowledgments
- References - recheck to be sure are in correct format
- Figures
Note: code not needed till acceptance where it will go on the iamc server (update to ImageJ?); that needs
- readme.txt file
- user manual
- example (with images)
- example output
- source code and compiled code
Activities for 10/5:
insert figures into CAGEO draft --- (MF: which figures)
add additional dashed line to KC figure
After falcon resumes: finish windy conditions----7 more to go!
Send SC poster to mentor
Send slides to SKN as soon as recovered
IMMEDIATELY: go back up all important things on DRIVE
send annotated MATHAM output to SKN (as soon as recovered from computer)
email Suniti with update, cc SKN
complete results section for MATHAM1 ---rewrote intro and methods for MATHAM 1 instead
start tank runs of tank paper 2, complete 20 runs ---- 10 runs completed
{SKN: adjust last paragraph in KC paper and send to KC and MF; review CAGEO}
Map out fellowship tasks/needs
comm meeting dry run:
make slide printouts for comm meeting
(later: rework introductions for MATHAM papers based on theme redistribution)
Activities 9/28:
Email KZ about conference room reservation
test flow meter and new epoxy
finish windy conditions
finish SC poster, send to mentor
Commit to 60 minutes writing per day
add paper summaries to slides
Present dry run to SKN on 9/26, 1-2pm
Add figures to KC
{SKN: finish reviews, send KC to KC and MF}
look up dpi requirements for JVGR images
Activities for 9/21:
test flow meter (it leaked --- needed to add epoxy to a joint - drying until 9/21 evening)
Start MATHAM wind
- do terrestrial wind equivalents next
Re-contact DD about schedule
- announce meeting time
Add figures to SC poster (full copy due Oct 1)
change plume height/collapse in automated comparison code
Again: commit to 60 minutes writing every day
{SKN: read/review CAGEO and KC}
make powerpoint for committee meeting, include timeline, paper summaries
fix MATHAM1 access
Activities for 9/14:
install flow meter
fix Mars manuscript access for SKN
email KC about video from Cerro Negro
- process with code
Finish MATHAM runs
Figure out % ash for boundary based on vertical velocity profiles -- should be defensible
contact committee to set up meeting
{SKN: read/review CAGEO and KC}
work on poster for SC
automate ATHAM output comparisons
commit to writing 60min every day
give rubrics and updates to SARAH (cc SKN on email)
Activities for 8/10 (email check-in):
long term: viz stuff?
- Talk to Bryan about viz tools
CAGEO (goal submission 9/1):
- finish making GUI pretty
- update manuscript for new toolbox
- send to SKN for review by 8/10
Keep running MATHAM conditions
Keep writing on 2 Mars papers (anchor vent sizes and speeds to literature, remember to discuss how this relates to style of eruption [e.g., not strombolian])
share Mars papers to SKN
Zip-up paper: incorporate updates into draft and to SKN by 8/13
Optional, out-goals:
- email KC about video from Cerro Negro(?)
- process with code (?)
Need to make videos of MATHAM eruptions
- How to define collapse?
Install flow meter
Activities for 7/20 (submit status update report via email):
CAGEO (to do by 7/27):
- incorporate pre-processing
- implement video generation in java
- make GUI pretty
re-run ATHAM to compare across humidity
link new module for MATHAM
Women in HPC due 7/24 (for SC) (send SKN abstract for review, as well as summary of abstract expectations from conference)
AGU abstracts due ~8/1 (compare atmospheric profiles, compare to Earth)
Do first round edits on 2 Mars papers, be prepared to send to SKN on 7/27
Keep writing on 2 Mars papers
Add to KC paper: how does natural system impact model relationships? (think about qualitative agreement between timing and entrainment peaks; impacts of natural systems having multiple structures; impact of asymmetry; etc.)
Activities while SKN in Field:
Implemented M-ATHAM
M-ATHAM runs (in progress)
Intro and methods for early Mars M-ATHAM paper (written; needs edits)
Intro and methods for early Mars vs current Mars vs Earth (+/- wind) M-ATHAM paper (written; needs edits!!!!!!!!!!!)
CAGEO - streamlining Java toolbox
- got rid of .FLOW binary save structure; now .csv file
-added way to add conversion factor in Java
-added way to show actual frame under flow
-found Java library that lets you create quiver plots:
- want to add this to FlowJ (note needs way to control quiver density)
- found Java library for video creation
Activities for 6/8 (email meeting):
Break out smaller task steps in summer plan
Make easy checklist version
Finish KC integration
CAGEO: edit intro, methodology
Write structured outline of summer papers (earth vs. Mars; Mars' atmospheric possibilities; targeting Icarus)
Note: need FLIR for tank; paper 2 on hold temporarily
Activities for 5/12:
KC paper: complete figures
Write text for 3D effects on zip-up causing sequence
finish GSA talk slides, send to SKN
Activities for 4/28:
KC paper: evaluate vector compositions in images (histograms)
- experiment with visualization (color to indicate magnitude?)
send flow meter email to SKN
Paper2: negatively buoyant plume figures complete
prep 3D figure and associated text for paper1
Activities for 4/21:
clean up edits on figures
redo poster edits that were lost
work on paper2 plots
prep 3D figure and associated text for paper1
{SKN edit}
Activities for 3/17:
{SKN:EDIT!!!!}
Zip-up tank run with short duration (head NOT at tank roof)
Poster draft
KC paper: figures done
Activities for 3/10:
apply for travel funds (GSA and grad school)
tank runs for KC paper complete
start KC figures/vectors (bring examples/sketches)
{SKN:EDIT!!!!}
SC16: figure out what presenting Viz Showcase
Activities for 3/3:
update paper2 outline for deadlines:
- finish tank runs 3/24
- equation validation: 3/31
- plots: 4/12
- other equations: 4/15
- draft complete: 5/9
Timeline for KC paper:
- tank runs (neutral buoyancy, orthogonal): 3/7
- Figures: 3/14
- FlowJ vectors: 3/14
- add appropriate text to manuscript: 3/23
Tank runs
Submit RM GSA
Apply to GSA travel grant
Activities for 2/25:
write outline of paper 2, emphasize which things are done and which are to-do
{SKN: deal with camera options}
continue tank
checklist of what we need for go-forward on KC paper (start doing checklist)
prep timeline for SC
prep abstract for RM GSA (due 3/1)
Activities for 2/18:
{SKN: deal with camera options}
send 3D expanded text to SKN by 2/15
send ISG to SKN 2/11
{ISGC, manuscript}
ISGC: add text explaining MATHAM timeline
finish email to MN (cc SKN)
video with new tank configuration, with stereo (add 3rd camera looking orthogonally for comparison)
Activities for 2/11:
send links to thermal cameras, with brief pro-con bullet point summary
experiment with white bedsheets solution to light reflection
expand on 3D text
{submit LOR, review ISGC, review manuscript}
send ISGC to SKN 2/4
summer reg. and send email notification to SKN and MN, stating that cost will come from ISGC grant, does not yet have index number
Activities for 2/4:
3D report (1/28)
email Donna re: thermal camera
research price and capabilities of phone adaptation FLIR
send MVO edits (1/28)
Blue Water due 2/3
ISGC due 2/16
{review applications}
commit 2 hrs to ATHAM
Activities for 12/7:
{SKN read/edit draft}
finish and send 3D report (see below)
Write research question matrix for tank experiments
complete MVO edits and send to SKN
send current poster draft 11/30
finish poster final draft
talk to Diana about poster printing
Activities for 11/30:
forward email to Susie to SKN
{SKN: read/edit draft}
add text to 3D report succinctly evaluating usability: emphasis on how this will improve results/interpretations
Resend pdfs
Re-work MVO text based on discussion/comments
Finish AGU Poster
Activities for 11/23:
{SKN: read/edit draft}
add text to 3D report succinctly evaluating usability: emphasis on how this will improve results/interpretations
Resend pdfs, 3D flow document needs figures
Re-work MVO text based on discussion/comments
re-email Susie to see if she's had a chance to check
make poster, must send to SKN by EOB Friday. Do not cross off to-do list until receipt confirmed
Activities for 11/9:
(Doing shit-tonne of dishes for Shiloh)
SEND MANUSCRIPT COPY NOW
{send email address for Susie}
Email Susie re: ISGC fellowship options
finish MVO short report (keep it short)
RESEND 3D point cloud report
start thinking about AGU poster
Activities for 10/19 (email):
Manuscript draft done by end-of-day 10/18 (Sunday). See email for reward/threat scheme
send video and report to SKN
send 3D point cloud report to SKN
Activities for 10/12:
Complete manuscript updates
Dispatch!
Follow up with graduate school about AGU funding
Record short burst and medium burst tank eruptions for KC comparison
Prep document and video to send to MVO to ask for more details
Activities for 10/5:
send 3D point cloud image from tank to SKN
- finish automation for 4D cloud
- incorporate into mini summary
EOD 9/28: send Dispatch updates
{Finish editing manuscript}
Activities for 9/28:
EOD 9/22: send ISGC draft to SKN (carrot and stick: do Shiloh's laundry for a month or coffee)
send 3D point cloud image from tank to SKN
- finish automation for 4D cloud
- incorporate into mini summary
Update fig 4 from manuscript per discussion
Fill out budget. etc., for AGU support ASAP
work out paraview meeting with Bryan
install new atham
edit Dispatch
send SKN and BN vector image from atham
{Edit ISGC}
{Edit manuscript}
(future reference: use atham or tank to validate KC's 2/3D issue)
Activities for 9/14:
update ISGC proposal (when comments arrive) (due 9/28)
cross-check ISGC requirements (research initiation)
Write mini summary of 3D use, usefulness
EMAIL DISPATCH
continue to follow up with Bryan on Paraview viz
resend email with manuscript draft
check on AGU funding
{Review manuscript draft}
ATHAM: make tank scale version
Activities for 8/31:
fix outtake valve
contact company about flowmeter (cc SKN)
{follow up with ISGC of proposal feedback; turns into edits}
do a tank run with 2 cameras to test 3D photogrammetry option
Write another Dispatch
make up calendar showing research blocks vs. teaching/grading, etc.
run ATHAM for tank similarity; display output (Bryan)
Activities for 7/24:
edit manuscript
AGU abstract draft!
make plot of falcon code times
isgc: draft! (USE PACKET) to SKN by end of Monday
isgc: budget -> must get to SKN by end of 7/17
{deal with cost sharing forms, cayuse}
Activities for 7/17:
resend manuscript with figures ASAP
time falcon code
lit search: extraterrestrial explosive volcanic modeling (goal: July 26 seed project deadline)
seed project - opening paragraph
send SKN papers showing PIV cross sections with laminar central flow
Make figure(s) showing change in velocity and density for specific eddies (AGU)
Activities for 7/10:
run CAVE code on falcon
(debug CAVE code based on any errors that arise)
clean up figures for manuscript
write wish list for in-plume measurements: cross-sectional vertical velocity profile, cross-sectional density profile, cross sectional grain size distribution
revisit mid- and long-term goals
Activities for 6/26 (email meeting):
try modified wind rose diagram with bulk fluid rise subtracted from all vectors
keep writing. Updated draft due 7/3. {reward: lunch!; punishment: do the dishes for a week
mail flowmeter
set off tank again
make GDAL/CAVE code pretty
run CAVE code on falcon
Activities for 6/19:
send wind rose diagrams
make decision on manual/guide, update accordingly
15 min per day on manuscript
send SKN list of manuscript updates
mail flowmeter
set off tank once
GDAL/CAVE
Activities for 5/5 (note day change):
figures: wind rose version of direction vs frequency (or split by x vs y in cartesian)
make figure demonstrating agreement between vectors and plume front apparent velocity
write brief manual/guide (README), find a victim/volunteer and ask them to run the code
start incorporating updates into draft; must submit list of updated content
figure out tank pressurization issue
{mail flowmeter}
Activities for 4/29:
Kill interior axes labels on methods plot
make fig for velocity magnitude vs. time
make fig for velocity direction vs. magnitude (various ways to approach this one)
extract horizontal components from wind-driven vectors, make plot that also includes reported wind speed
make figure demonstrating agreement between vectors and plume front apparent velocity
write brief manual/guide (README), find a victim/volunteer and ask them to run the code
{mail flowmeter}
Activities for 4/22:
add vector panel to methods plot
calculate 1 and 2 stdev on frequency histogram (keep straight scale)
compare key translational vectors to reported local wind speeds; compare bulk rise rate of plume front to average vertical vector components over time period
read SO2 movement paper (email) -> Dispatch
Plot automation - Almost done issue with scale bar remains
Contact CAGEO for variable color estimate boundaries
send tank video to SKN, KC
{mail out flow meter; forward AVE atham files to MF}
Activities for 4/15:
clean group figure (raw/lines(lobes)/vectors)
time-sequence figure
histogram of vector speeds
compare key translational vectors to reported local wind speeds; compare bulk rise rate of plume front to average vertical vector components over time period
write wrapper to increase automation:
Duplicate images
ImageJ/Matlab interactions
Plot automation - Almost done issue with scale bar remains
Single code automation
flow chart of methods/tasks -> each box represents an action by user, box is filled with list of consequences/outputs
look up color page fee for CAGEO (also check on reduced student fee) : color fee only for in print (free for color online), publishing fees - none for subscription only, open access USD 2250 (for members of International Association for Mathematical Geosciences).
Activities for 4/8:
Fig a: clean, publishable fig showing point-based vectors
Fig b: like Fig a, but with eddy groups from brightness filter
Combine data from a & b, use eddy edge proximity to reproject point vectors: 1 eddy this week
frequency plot (rough) of ambient noise
Activities for 4/1:
Complete short report by end of weekend, send to SKN
Tank runs: 2 Monday (and 2 Thursday)
leave hydrophone in tank during settling time to record ambient noise
meet with Bryan to get functioning ATHAM 3D transferred to falcon acct. -> email BN and SKN to set up time, coordinate
email HPC contact about opportunities, learning, etc. -- keep it cool, professional, brief
both MF and SKN: MF pack up flow meter, bring to SKN's office; SKN will email company to set up payment
Activities for 3/26:
brightness tool: test runs
90deg Popo: prep short report
heavy tank plume. Work on how to build into regular schedule
leave hydrophone in tank during settling time to record ambient noise
Activities for 3/18:
modify output from brightness conversion tool
plot apparent distance from vent vs. velocity for existing popo run to look for systematic variation (update: will need to adjust for horizontal and vertical distance. Holding on further work for now.)
90deg popo: map/analyze vectors
send Dispatch
1 tank eruption this weekend (heavy plume)
TTD code
commit to rewriting tank analysis section of manuscript
Activities for 3/11:
objective eddy grouping: use 3D brightness conversion, extract local minima (will need to remove isolated lows as noise)
plot apparent distance from vent vs. velocity for existing popo run to look for systematic variation
run popo for 90deg wind example (crossflow)
send Dispatch
1 tank eruption this weekend (heavy plume)
TTD code
commit to rewriting tank analysis section of manuscript
Activities for 3/4:
do Matlab analysis on Popo example
Popo writing: ~1000 words
make video of eruption with vectors
send Dispatch draft with extra figure (2/26)
email on flow meter, cc SKN
tank: try "heavy" plume, looking for leapfrog (in progress)
Send TTD code to SKN, plus any assorted files
{Edit manuscript}
[Meeting missed due to illness]
Activities for 2/18:
print copy of manuscript for SKN
{SKN: show TopHat grade upload}
write Dispatch draft
email on flow meter, cc SKN
tank: try "heavy" plume, looking for leapfrog (in progress)
Activities for 2/11:
update on flow meter
pick another Dispatch paper, read, outline
confirm edits to prospectus (if not done, do) -> bring issues for clarification to SKN
tank: try "heavy" plume, looking for leapfrog (in progress)
look up GSA proposal ; if not due this week, write a simple outline and problem statement
clean out spare half of office for Arina
Activities for 12/10:
final draft of poster BY FRIDAY to SKN
edit Dispatch
{SKN finish prospectus}
review ISG fellowship content, write problem statement appropriate for funding source
Activities for 11/19:
Edit/final polish on Dispatch
{SKN starts review of prospectus}
meet with CoSETech to install word
continue on manuscript
erupt tank for SKN on Thursday
close loop with SKN on flow meter repair
push with flow meter company regarding not actually used, not a surge
complete draft of poster
send SKN possible Skype meeting times to chat with Brent
Activities for 11/5:
Top priority: images from Tank to SKN on Friday
continue on poster
Dispatch draft
continue communication with flowmeter company, send in failed sensor
send prospectus to SKN
continue with work on manuscript
Activities for 10/29:
buy air tank
buy resistor
replace resistor
prospectus edits from SKN comments
email Sarah to set up meeting, discuss TTD figs
{edits for manuscript}
priority: get a real data run from tank (1st resistor, 2nd air)
commit to Dispatch topic
{send MF python example ASAP}
Activities for 10/22:
continue with TTD figs. meet with Sarah for prioritization
{prospectus!!!}
replace resistor in tank stuff
need to buy compressor {Grainger}
more updates to paper text
priority: get a real data run from tank (1st resistor, 2nd air)
keep reminding SKN about meeting with Brent et al., at AGU
Activities for 10/7:
continue making TTD figs on minerve - redo toque submission file to request 16 procs per node (#PBS -l nodes=1:ppn=16)
(email Jonathan/Michael to explain computational limitations, ask for advice)
Send manuscript draft to SKN (asap)
{continue on Prospectus (may need to reprint??)}
Explode. (kinda)
continue writing manuscript updates
Activities for 10/2:
finish plumbing
ERUPTION!!
TTD: get missing files from luna, get running on minerve
- 10-12 figures, pending time following file transfer
continue on manuscript
{read/comment on prospectus}
substitute in 1101
{send 1101 slides to MF}
Activities for 9/24:
finalize last prospectus updates
transfer TTD to minerve (unless sudden positive response on luna)
run TTD
- aim for 10-12 panels for large figure
more hole filling (manuscript)
reattach tank plumbing
ERUPT TANK!!!!!! (send celebratory text)
clear contact paper on tank grid
install grid on tank
{reimburse contact paper; pay print fee to Diana ~$10} (invoice sent M.F.)
Activities for 9/17:
email Shannon CDSMS task list
incorporate edits to prospectus
move TTD to time
- re-test for time
email SG to set meeting about desired output
continue to fill holes
try KC's suggestions for tank issue
print tank grid and install
Activities for 9/10:
{finish prospectus edits; comment on guide draft}
{send parallel python directory}
send out iSNOBAL to SKN and SG for installation testing
place tarball on Lithium
TTD frequency domain tests
move TTD back to time domain
- start checking, using SG's guidelines
continue to fill holes
de-clog tank pump (email KC for advice)
make grid poster
Activities for 9/3:
Put isnobal installation file with clean, installable copy of code
Send final installation guide out to CE, SG, SKN, JJ, DD.
{SKN: read prospectus, comment}
add pink noise to TTD and revert to time domain
- includes cross-checking
add guidelines comment to top of FJ manuscript (pub rules)
mark "holes" in FJ manuscript
send FJ to SKN
find 1 hr per week for python office hours
Activities for 7/23:
install isnobal on lithium
write installation guide, explaining all of the hidden steps (fixed the makefiles)
submit CSDMS
finalize prospectus edits, send to Shannon
write draft of AGU abstract
edit intro, methods, highlight/comment trouble zones
use epoxy to stop tank leak
post list of 6 mo goals.
Activities for 7/9:
{SKN: buy JB Weld epoxy after 1st of month}
incorporate edits for Brian, send to SKN
finish CSDMS wrapper
meet with Clarissa to introduce isnobal - remind her to download gcc
bring spreadsheet listing all classes and course numbers
{send ATHAM copy to MF}
edit intro, methods, highlight/comment trouble zones
Activities for 6/30:
{SKN: buy JB Weld epoxy after 1st of month}
incorporate edits for Brian, send to SKN
finish CSDMS wrapper
meet with Clarissa to introduce isnobal
bring spreadsheet listing all classes and course numbers
{send ATHAM copy to MF}
edit intro, methods, highlight/comment trouble zones
<gap for end-o-semester, proposal defense, summer research travels>
Activities for 4/24:
<buy hose>
completed 1st draft of RS paper
significant progress on Bio paper (draft done)
confirm Joel has iSNOBAL, resend if necessary
complete slides
study for SigPr exam
continue on organizational list for master control
Activities for 4/10:
call for hose price ASAP
{edit prospectus; contact BW}
update prospectus
finish slides
schedule mock defense
send iSNOBAL to Joel
make the framework for master control of code (identify all required vs optional inputs, possible modules)
Activities for 3/20:
prepare dependencies map (order of operations) for code (in progress)
get price for hose
finish prospectus draft, get to SKN asap
edit Dispatch
documenting iSNOBAL
Activities for 3/13:
prospectus: anticipated results: flowJ, PIV, computational aspect with ATHAM
write Dispatch
resend Drive access
{SKN: hose stuff (forward email)}
prepare dependencies map (order of operations) for code (in progress)
abstract Winstral et al. (2012) (in papers)
Activities for 3/6:
contact Diana for laptop for Bengal Visit Day (ASAP)
decide on best-practice solution to flowmeter attachment problem
revise introduction and background for prospectus
set up Google Drive hours form for self, SKN, SG (snobal)
prepare dependencies map (order of operations) for code (in progress)
abstract another snobal paper (tell SKN)
pick next Dispatch topic
Activities for 2/20:
edit Dispatch, add figures, keyword suggestions
email Marks abstract ASAP
continue construction - confirm leak seals.
contact committee to set up proposal date
review prospectus you have, and highlight sections to discuss/build
maintain hourly work log on snobal stuff. (comment code, establish workflow order)
Activities for 2/6:
continue tank plumbing (limited due to injury). Concentrate on electrical on/off valve
send files from when you were sick
read/abstract Johari (2006)
pick Dispatch and write 1st draft
read/abstract Marks et al. (1999)
Activities for 1/23:
Blue Waters application
- send to SKN
revise SKN question for exam
starting tank plumbing
flag update section in manuscript, send to SKN
Activities for 11/18:
contrast plots by 10's, followed by internal subsets
write mini report comparing flow top analyses to KC
send SKN email with emphasis details for letters
Qual prep continues
{SKN letters of rec}
Activities for 11/4:
contrast plots using grayscale
process images with top of plume moving through field -- compare to KC results
quals study time
NSF app -- send out for peer edits
(if time/future reference: Car FlowJ, other angles)
Activities for 10/28:
plot of change in velocity w/ histogram of change
process images with top of plume moving through field -- compare to KC results
edit Dispatch
quals study time
NSF app
forward valve email to SKN
(if time/future reference: Car FlowJ, other angles)
Activities for 10/21:
noise problem graph
abstract a paper - unsteady/wind lit
find a new Dispatch paper - write first draft
contrast impact figure, histogram of variance
flow front image processing of plume (MF???)
general qual reading, meet with MM
Activities for 10/15:
email INL regarding app problem.
SUBMIT INL APP before any furloughing can happen
follow up with CR re: NSF Q's
abstract Fee paper
prep for KC visit (abstract a paper)
schedule meetings with comm. members
SEND reports
noise problem graph
Activities for 10/10:
submit INL internship app
send CV to SKN for review
continue work on NSF proposal/app - check questions, let SKN know if search needed
recontact MM
call for AGU res.
mini report on FlowJ
code for noise/signal contrast justification
read a paper, abstract
Activities for 9/30:
call plumbing about part, payment (?)
address to NI
FlowJ test w/ cars mini report
first draft clean figs and storyboard
email MG - Brunetto
continue work on apps
contact MM re: First Nation event names (cc SKN)
check in again with SG
Activities for 9/24:
RESEND MINI MATH REPORT
DO NOT GET HURT ON SEMINAR
follow up with NI. Get angry.
abstract paper
Wednesday: speeding
FlowJ tests -> with cars!
email recent MS grads re: Brunetto
If part comes in, plumb tank
make first draft clean figures at correct size and dpi for article, w/ captions; put w/ outline showing storyboard
Activities for 9/9:
resend mini math report
wall team after geo club?
Java Codecademy training
email/meet with Sarah about water transport functions
help BN with linux setup
abstract paper (acoustics)
email re: missing tank piece (if in, plumb)
contact NI re: reimbursement and new, correct cable
Activities for 9/3:
Send mini math report asap
coerce wall moving team
talk to law enforcement program
abstract geyser paper
apply spherical transformation to flowJ
continues Java love (automation & button)
Activities for 8/26:
Must have meeting scheduled and/or done with SG
work on code to automate FlowJ image selection (learn to love the Java)
write mini-report on math findings
finish contrast figure
call SC13 ASAP
abstract 2 papers {1: turbulent mixing, 2: Ch 4 of Multiphase flow book}
Install cubicle walls
Activities for 8/21:
work on code to automate FlowJ image selection
work on plotting vector fields in python or other
NaN color plotting problem
revisit algorithm idea as appropriate for inflating balloon and ball moving towards viewer
continue work on figures -- change in response with increasing contrast
email Shark article to Sh
Activities for 8/14:
submit AGU abstract
Shark article
sort out gear by location
stop by offices for radar gun
run FlowJ for videos that also show moving plume top
work on algorithm for re-projecting 2D into 3D using very simple assumptions
make first draft clean figures at correct size and dpi for article
write Kirsten C. {Sh send email of intro}
schedule a meeting with Sarah re: flow paper
Activities for early August:
resend abstract to SKN while away
Sharks
put new gear in basement
keep reading
compare flowJ with radar gun results
MPI FlowJ comparisons
outline paper (include descriptions of key figures)
Activities for 7/15:
NI!!!
SHARE GOOGLE DRIVE FILE
talk to LT re. shark article
contact athletics and/or law enforcement school about use of radar gun
FlowJ histograms -- contrast impacts; flow at angle
abstract paper on calculating flow fields
write AGU abstract draft
look up Computers and Geosciences manuscript guidelines; restrictions from FlowJ (use, sharing, pubs)?
{SH: edit Sawtooth}
Activities for 7/9:
CV to SKN asap
receipts
send back to NI
excel purchases in google drive
contact BW about local PIV alternative
final drafts on blog content
FlowJ report
abstract research paper (find Dufek, PDC paper)
blog report new paper (Bu or Wo -- see email)
Activities for 6/26:
buy 2 respirators, disposable masks
<apparently I forgot to save other things on list -- SKN>
Activities for 6/19:
edit blog post - focus on simple words/concepts
finalize MM report
send TY card
prep side-by-side content for top-1000 exercise
Get money spent with plumbers
finalize cord issue with NI
test modified flowJ with known velocities (car??) from head-on and perpendicular to motion, 45 degrees if time
Activities for 6/6:
talk to Michele about ISU stationary for TY card
fix image overlays
finish project for MM - include graph showing average vs stdev of grain sizes (see Walker and Croasdale, 1970)
write a lay-accessible blog post for a recent science pub - bring in triangle, electronic draft, and possible image
Describe research using top-1000 words. (here)
Activities for 5/31:
finish sending short report to SG
lab analyses of tephra & continued sampling
start on new eruption videos & finish image sequence code
NI.
Activities for 5/22:
send short report to SG (email)
calculate psi issue
manual scaling check on Sakurajima
find eruption video (Ejya? Chaiten? GVP for other ideas)
ambient conditions during S video
image sequence of S video
Activities for 5/15:
prospectus
check FlowJ scaling for Sakurajima
run FlowJ on second flow (scaled)
short report for SG on TTD - focus on recreating existing images from manuscript
Activities for 4/29:
NI quote
alternative plumbers
edit prospectus
FIGURES/presentation (copies for comm members)
Petrology project write-up
Activities for 4/22:
look up tutorials on writing to file in Java, fix IO bug
NI quote
hardball with plumbing
EMAIL LIT OUTLINE TODAY!
edit prospectus
abstract paper for parallel project (see Sarah)
Activities for 4/15 (hahahah! Don't get sick this time!):
work with new java compiler
send uncut cables back to NI, get written bid on new cable
contact plumbers, see about new group
send lit review outline via email 4/2
email Dave P about shaker table -- airborne material?
Mike: project trip
keep investigating glass beads
abstract: MTT
check in with Sarah, Donna, and Brian about fall classes
Activities for 4/8:
work with new java compiler
send uncut cables back to NI, get written bid on new cable
contact plumbers, see about new group
send lit review outline via email 4/2
abstracts: Ch 5, cloud model
email Dave P about shaker table -- airborne material?
Mike: project trip
Activities for 4/1:
get price quotes on glass beads
java -- get compiler, compilation file
Keep chatting with NI
hopefully plumbing backorder ok.
lit review outline
abstracts: technical infrasound (2)
Activities for 3/18:
java syntax issues: working out prints
abstracts: signal processing, PIV
if no word from NI by end of Tuesday, recontact
standby for plumbing
lit review outline check-in (outline must be thoroughly ref'd)
Activities for 3/11:
Finish FlowJ problem -- numerical output, scaled if possible
standby for updates from NI
standby for plumbing updates (backorder)
abstracts: Papale and Rosi (1989), Suzuki (1983)
Activities for 3/4:
Find FlowJ output problem
email NI about wire concern (send photos)
send proposal ASAP (2/25)
abstracts: aviation, whirlpool thesis
Activities for 2/25:
proposal (email Sh on Friday)
rewire 1
output from FlowJ
abstract: infrasound, aviation
Activities for 2/18:
find color mapping function in FlowJ
abstract: BuKo09, Schecter
attempt rewire 1
rough draft on proposal
(2/4: Cancelled due to illness)
Activities for 2/4:
FlowJ: smokestack & YouTube volcano
(Sh: check on IAS dates)
plumbers coming by Friday
waiting on connector update (possible rewiring??)
Abstract: applied PIV paper, applied FlowJ (?) or infrasound
(Sh: contact Steve/MIB about Niagara Falls FlowJ)
Activities for 1/28:
hydrophone connectors
plumber meeting
polish synopsis draft, send with introduction to NASA researcher
email to arrange pet meeting
1 new paper w/ abstract
run flowJ on recorded something (use research camera) - bring annotated images to meeting
Activities for 1/21:
continue discussion with hydrophone, instrumentation companies regarding cord
meet with plumbers
new draft synopsis
3 cumulus papers - abstracts
contact NASA researcher(?)
Activities for 1/11:
revise hypothesis, problem statements in synopsis (edits for earlier sections)
methods table
read a paper relevant to each method
lit review outline (continuing - emphasis on entrainment for plumes and clouds)
Activities for 12/19:
edit research synopsis
2 more papers
order hydrophone connectors
keep Sh in loop on plumbers
Activities for 12/13:
as info available, price quotes on hydrophone connector
finish 1 page research synopsis
2 more papers
Activities for 12/6:
keep working on hydrophones
another 2 papers, 1 clouds
keep beefing up outline
work out drain for tank, price quotes, etc. to Shannon
start 1 page research synopsis: what is problem, what will you do?
Activities for 11/29:
figure out k problem from Suzuki paper
keep beefing up outline
3+ more papers, including entrainment in cumulus clouds
hydrophones
Activities for 11/8:
(Shannon: pass along contact info for Reson/NI; sorting out financial issue)
Email committee to to confirm participation and initial meeting schedule, signatures
2 paper game again
Write an outline of lit review
Activities for 11/1:
3 papers (same rules)
play with laptop/hydrophones (may need to contact reson/national instruments)
Find EAS-1 and EAS-2 forms
Activities for 10/11:
(Shannon - email fac. list regarding bone in plaster in flume room)
if laptop back, try plugging in hydrophones
pick 2 papers (1 from file, one from elsewhere) [Mastin et al., 2008, Kaminski et al, 2005)]
Activities for October 3:
Start fight with research laptop (internet, software, hydrophones)
pick 2 papers from folder (tell Shannon) for reading. themes: hydrophones (bubblyFlowAcoustics.pdf) and atmospheric infrasound
build cubicle walls around tank (measure, figure out what we need)
talk to Michele for flume room key
Activities for 9/20:
Work out equation 3 from Bursik (2001)
Finalize a day/time with Ben today or tomorrow
Read vergniolle shishaldin paper, "infrasoundInterpAndUtility" paper, and ClPh09.pdf write abstracts
Email Kevin Parker about committee
Start fight with research laptop (internet, software, hydrophones)
<Shannon: add Megan to dropbox folder>
Activities for 9/13:
Write out steps for Burisk (2001) transformation of plume coordinate system ✓
Read Bursik et al. (1992) and Carey and Sparks (1986), write abstracts ✓ ✓
Make prospective committee member list ✓
Fill out website text ✓
Talk to Ben about drilling tank stand hole ✓ ✓ ✓
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