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THIS STUDY WILL DETERMINE CLOUD PROPERTIES FROM LANDSAT 4 THEMATIC MAPPER (TM) DATA BY COMBINING A SPATIAL COHERENCE APPROACH WITH A VARIETY OF CLOUD PARAMETER RETRIEVAL METHODS. THE TM HAS SEVEN SPECTRAL BANDS WHICH, IN PRINCIPLE, ALLOW CLOUD AMOUNT, HEIGHT, PHASE, AND THICKNESS TO BE RETRIEVED. CLOUD PARTICLE SIZE MAY ALSO BE RETRIEVABLE. THE SPATIAL COHERENCE APPROACH WILL ACCOUNT FOR PARTIAL B ...

THIS IS A PROJECT TO ESTABLISH THE FEASIBILITY OF A TECHNIQUE FOR FORMING HOLOGRAMS FOR THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGES OF COMPUTER-GENERATED OBJECTS IN REAL-TIME POINT BY POINT. THIS PROPRIETARY TECHNIQUE IS A METHOD FOR QUICKLY MOVING POINTS OF LIGHT THROUGH A THREE-DIMENSIONAL OBJECT VOLUME. THIS NEW METHOD, ALONG WITH THE YOUNG TECHNOLOGY OF REAL-TIME THERMO-PLASTIC RECORDING MATERIALS, WILL OVERCOME ...

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A PRACTICAL AND SIMPLIFIED METHOD WILL BE STUDIED AND DEVELOPED FOR THE VIDEO DISPLAY OF THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3-D) INFORMATION WITH THE FOLLOWING DESIGN GOALS: NO ATTACHMENTS TO BE WORN BY VIEWER, 3-D VIDEO DISPLAY IN FULL COLOR, LOW COST SYSTEM, LARGELY COMPATIBLE WITH STANDARD VIDEO TECHNOLOGY, NO MOVING PARTS, AND NO DEPENDENCE UPON SPECIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS THAT MAY NOT BE SHARED BY ALL VIEW ...

THIS PROJECT CONCERNS A REAL TIME HYDROGEN, OXYGEN MONITORING DEVICE THAT, IF SUCCESSFUL, COULD HELP ASSESS THE STATUS OF A ROCKET LAUNCH ENVIRONMENT. THE DEVICE IS SIMPLE, OPERABLE WITH MINIMAL ATTENTION AND RELATIVELY INEXPENSIVE SO THAT A NUMBER OF DEVICES COULD BE STRATEGICALLY LOCATED. THE RESEARCH EXPLORES THE FEASIBILITY OF ELECTROCHEMICALLY SENSING HYDROGEN AND OXYGEN WITH A NOVEL MINIATUR ...

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SINCE HEAT TRANSFER IN SPACE IS LARGELY RADIATIVE, THE EMISSIVITY OF THE SURFACES LINKING THE PAYLOAD TO THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT ARE KEY TO THE PROBLEM OF TEMPERATURE STABILIZATION AND CONTROL IN ORBITING SPACECRAFT. THIS PROJECT CONSIDERS THE DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SURFACES WHICH WOULD HAVE VARIABLE THERMAL INFRARED EMISSIVITY. CONTROL IS ACHIEVED BY PASSAGE OF A SMALL DC ELECTRICAL CURRENT THRO ...

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HAROLD RUSSELL ASSOCIATES (HRA) HAS RECENTLY CONDUCTED A NATIONAL FIELD STUDY CONCERNING COORDINATION OF SPED, VR AND VOC. ED. SERVICES AND PRACTICES WHICH FACILITATE THE TRANSITION OF HANDICAPPED YOUTH FROM SCHOOL TO WORK. WHILE MANY COORDINATION PRACTICES WERE IDENTIFIED, HRA STAFF WAS NOT ABLE TO DOCUMENT ANY SYSTEMATIC INVOLVEMENT OF INDUSTRY REPRESENTATIVES IN THE VOCATIONAL PREPARATION OF HA ...