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Satellite-based altimetric data taken by GEOS-3 and SEASAT over the Black Sea and Caspian Sea are analyzed and a...  Read More >>

The goal of the work was to develop and validate computational tools to be used for the design of planar and non-planar...  Read More >>

The focus of this review is on the response of humans and animals to the effects of the near weightless condition...  Read More >>

During this period of performance, 1 March 1997 - 31 August 1997, the NOAA-11 SBUV/2 solar spectral irradiance data...  Read More >>

Stress intensity factors for quarter-elliptical corner cracks emanating from a circular hole are determined using...  Read More >>

Methods for iteratively determining the infrared optical constants for dust suspended in the Mars atmosphere are...  Read More >>

The dynamics of flexible spacecraft are not usually well known before launch. This makes it important to develop...  Read More >>

Airborne microbiological and particulate contamination generated aboard Spacelab modules is a potential safety hazard....  Read More >>

This report describes an application of the method of moments to calculate the electromagnetic scattering from irregularly...  Read More >>

The electromagnetic (EM) scattering from a planar termination located inside relatively arbitrarily shaped open-ended...  Read More >>

This report documents investigations carried out over the twelve month period which commenced in November 1992....  Read More >>

Antarctica has been a prolific source of meteorites since meteorite concentrations were discovered in 1969. The...  Read More >>

Lagrangian techniques have found widespread application to the prediction and understanding of turbulent transport...  Read More >>

The Voyager Plasma Science (PLS) modulator calibration (MVM) data analysis was undertaken in order to check the...  Read More >>

A Finite Element Method (FEM) is presented to determine propagation characteristics of deformed inflatable rectangular...  Read More >>

This is Volume I of the Atmospheric and Oceanographic Information Processing System (AOIPS) User's Guide. AOIPS...  Read More >>

The purpose of this report is to analyze NASA's potential options for significantly reducing the cost of human access...  Read More >>

There are two fundamental goals of this research project which are listed here in terms of priority, i.e., a primary...  Read More >>

The Camera/Photometer was one of the ten instruments comprising the Induced Environment Contamination Monitor (IECM)...  Read More >>

The design for the Mars Analysis and Return Vehicle with In-Situ Resource Utilization (MARVIN) project is outlined....  Read More >>

The air traffic control subsystem that performs scheduling is discussed. The function of the scheduling algorithms...  Read More >>

Several fiber bridging models were reviewed and applied to study the matrix fatigue crack growth behavior in center...  Read More >>

Various ways are examined to obtain reduced order mathematical models of structures for use in dynamic response...  Read More >>

BIRL, the industrial research laboratory of Northwestern University, has conducted unique and innovative research,...  Read More >>

A method of estimating the load-bearing fuselage weight and wing weight of transport aircraft based on fundamental...  Read More >>