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INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES ARE PROPOSED FOR INVESTIGATION IN A PHASE I EFFORT TO DETERMINE PASSIVE RF SURVEILLANCE AND TARGETING SENSORS AND ASSOCAITED METHODOLOGY FOR PERFORMING RAPID AND ACCURAGE MEASUREMENTS OF RANGE/LOCATION OF THREAT RF EMITTERS. THE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS TO BE OBSERVED ARE SENSOR COMPATIBILITY WITH, AND PORTABILITY OF THE ASSOCIATED RANGE DETERMINATION/PROCESSING EQUIPME ...

INNOVATIVE TECHNIQUES ARE PROPOSED FOR INVESTIGATION IN A PHASE I EFFORT TO DETERMINE PASSIVE RF SURVEILLANCE AND TARGETING SENSORS AND ASSOCIATED METHODOLOGY FOR PERFORMING RAPID AND ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS OF RANGE/LOCATION OF OTH THREAT RF EMITTERS. THE ESSENTIAL PHYSICAL CONSTRAINTS TO BE OBSERVED ARE SENSOR COMPATIBILITYWITH, AND PORTABILITY OF THE ASSOCIATED RANGE DETERMINATION/ PROCESSING EQU ...

MICRO-DIFFRACTION-BASED CRYSTALLOGRAPHY IS ESSENTIAL TO MATERIALS DESIGN AND PROCESS UNDERSTANDING IN KEY INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS SUCH AS MICROELECTRONICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY, SOLAR ENERGY, STRUCTURAL COMPOSITES, AND METAL FORMING. THE SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM) CAN PROVIDE HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC INFORMATION, BUT ITS APPLICABILITY IS LIMITED BY THE LOW SENSITIVITY OF EXIST ...

OVER THE PAST FIFTEEN YEARS NUMEROUS IMPLANTABLE BIOSENSORS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPED, BUT THEIR COMMERCIAL VIABILITY IS LIMITED MOSTLY BECAUSE OF FAILURE DUE TO TISSUE OR BODY FLUID CORROSION OVER EXTENDED PERIODS. THE CHALLENGE REMAINS TO DEVELOP A COATING MATERIAL WHICH WILL ADHERE TO THE BIOSENSOR, NOT DEGRADE IN THE PRESENCE OF AN ELECTRIC FIELD, BE THIN ENOUGH TO ALLOW FOR USE WITH MICROELECTRONIC ...

THERE IS A NEED FOR IMPROVING THE FORECASTING OF LOCAL WEATHER ELEMENTS SUCH AS PRECIPITATION, SURFACE TEMPERATURE,ETC. CURRENT FORECASTS ARE MADE BY A STATISTICAL ADAPTATIONOF LARGE SCALE NUMERICAL FORECASTS. WE PROPOSE TO USE, INSTEAD, A MODEL THAT COMPUTES THE PHYSICAL PROCESSES THAT LOCALLY MODULATE THE LARGE SCALE METEOROLOGICAL FIELDS. THEPARAMETERS OF SUCH A MODEL NEED TO BE ADJUSTED TO THE ...

Marine storms strongly affect operations at sea, both DoD and commercial. The DMSP SSM/I clearly depicts certain features of marine storms. Improved depiction of these storms will aid nowcasting in support of execution.of operations at sea and fore- casting of the evolution of these storms in support of planning. However, SSM/I data as well as many other satellite data have only small impacts on t ...

ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) IS IMPORTANT BOTH AS AN ANTHROPOGENIC POLLUTANT AND AS A PARTICIPANT IN THE PHOTOCHEMISTRY OF THE (NOMINALLY) UNPOLLUTED ATMOSPHERE. INTHE LATTER CONTEXT, THERE EXISTS A NEED FOR A SIMPLE AND CONVENIENT INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE CO CONCENTRATIONS IN THE RANGE OF A FEW TENS OF PPB. WE PROPOSE TO DO THIS BY MEASURING THE ABSORPTION, BY THE INFRARED R16 LINE OF CO, OF THE ...

HALON 1301 (CF3BR) IS CURRENTLY IN WIDE SPREAD USE ON NAVAL VESSELSAS AN EFFECTIVE AND NON-TOXIC ACTIVE AGENT IN FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS. UNFORTUNATELY, FUTURE MANUFACTURE AND USE OF CF3BR MAY BE SEVERELY RESTRICTED DUE TO ITS ROLE AS A POTENT AGENT IN STRATOSPHERIC OZONE DEPLETION CHEMISTRY. ALTERNATIVE FIRE SUPPRESSION CHEMICALS NEED TOBE IDENTIFIED AND ASSESSED TO REPLACE HALON 1301 IN NAVAL S ...

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