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  • ASTROPHYSICS  (476)
  • GEOPHYSICS  (371)
  • SPACECRAFT DESIGN, TESTING AND PERFORMANCE  (130)
  • 1975-1979  (977)
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  • 1
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The potential climatological and environmental importance of the stratospheric aerosol layer has prompted interest in measuring the properties of this aerosol. This paper reports on two recently deployed NASA satellite systems (SAM II and SAGE) that are monitoring the stratospheric aerosol. The satellite orbits obtain nearly global coverage. The instruments mounted in the spacecraft are sun photometers that measure solar intensity at specific wavelengths as it is moderated by atmospheric particulates and gases during each sunrise and sunset encountered by the satellites. Latitudinal, longitudinal, and temporal variations in the aerosol layer are evaluated. The satellite systems are being validated by a series of ground truth experiments using airborne and ground lidar, balloon-borne dustsondes, aircraft-mounted impactors, and other correlative sensors. The SAM II and SAGE satellite systems, instrument characteristics, and mode of operation are described; the methodology of the experiments is outlined; and the ground truth experiments are discussed. Preliminary results from these measurements are presented.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: American Meteorological Society; vol. 60
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  • 2
    Publication Date: 2016-06-07
    Description: Samples of Luna 16 and 20 have been separated according to size, visual appearance, density, and magnetic susceptibility. Selected aliquots were examined in eight British laboratories. The studies included mineralogy and petrology, selenochronology, magnetic characteristics, Mossbauer spectroscopy, oxygen isotope ratio determinations, cosmic ray track and thermoluminescence investigations, and carbon chemistry measurements. Luna 16 and 20 are typically mare and highland soils, comparing well with their Apollo counterparts, Apollo 11 and 16, respectively. Both soils are very mature (high free iron, carbide, and methane and cosmogenic Ar), while Luna 16, but not Luna 20, is characterized by a high content of glassy materials. An aliquot of anorthosite fragments, handpicked from Luna 20, had a gas retention age of about 4.3 plus or minus 0.1 Gy.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: NASA, Washington the Soviet-Am. Conf. on Cosmochem. of the Moon and Planets, Pt. 2; p 703-727
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  • 3
    Publication Date: 2019-06-28
    Description: A set of atmospheric analysis and prediction models was developed in support of the SEASAT Program existing objective analysis models which utilize a 125x125 polar stereographic grid of the Northern Hemisphere, which were modified in order to incorporate and assess the impact of (real or simulated) satellite data in the analysis of a two-day meteorological scenario in January 1979. Program/procedural changes included: (1) a provision to utilize winds in the sea level pressure and multi-level height analyses (1000-100 MBS); (2) The capability to perform a pre-analysis at two control levels (1000 MBS and 250 MBS); (3) a greater degree of wind- and mass-field coupling, especially at these controls levels; (4) an improved facility to bogus the analyses based on results of the preanalysis; and (5) a provision to utilize (SIRS) satellite thickness values and cloud motion vectors in the multi-level height analysis.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA-CR-166630
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  • 4
    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: The SAM-2 will fly aboard the Nimbus-G satellite for launch in the fall of 1978 and measure stratospheric vertical profiles of aerosol extinction in high latitude bands. The plan gives details of the location and times for the simultaneous satellite/correlative measurements for the nominal launch time, the rationale and choice of the correlative sensors, their characteristics and expected accuracies, and the conversion of their data to extinction profiles. The SAM-2 expected instrument performance and data inversion results are presented. Various atmospheric models representative of polar stratospheric aerosols are used in the SAM-2 and correlative sensor analyses.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA-TM-78747
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  • 5
    Publication Date: 2019-06-27
    Description: Results are presented for broadband three-color (BVR) photometric observations of the peculiar elliptical radio galaxy M87, which were obtained with digital two-dimensional SIT and CCD detector systems on the Palomar 60-in. and 200-in. telescopes. The observations and the reduction procedures for the digital data are outlined, the luminosity profile of M87 is given, and a nuclear luminosity spike is found to be centered within 0.02 arcsec of the center of M87. Attempts are made to fit various theoretical models to the luminosity profile, and a satisfactory fit is obtained between the observed profile and a model involving a massive black hole in the galactic nucleus. A model-independent dynamical analysis of the central regions is performed which indicates that the nucleus of M87 contains a supermassive object of about 5 billion solar masses with a radius of no more than 100 pc and an M/L ratio of at least 60. The possible nature of this object is considered, and it is concluded that M87 is probably the most plausible candidate for a massive black hole in a galactic nucleus.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: Astrophysical Journal; vol. 221
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  • 6
    Publication Date: 2006-01-16
    Description: The physical processes and morphology of the high latitude E and F layers are discussed. The existence and adequacy of models, and features to be included are examined, as well as reliability of ionospheric predictions.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Marshall Space Flight Center Solar-Terrest. Predictions Proc., Vol. 2; p 513-527
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  • 7
    Publication Date: 2006-01-12
    Description: The Stratospheric Aerosol Measurement 2 (SAM 2) is used to map the concentration and optical properties of stratospheric aerosols as a function of altitude, latitude, and longitude. The vertical distribution of the stratospheric aerosols in the polar regions of both hemispheres is provided.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center The Nimbus 7 User's Guide; p 105-138
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  • 8
    Publication Date: 2006-04-18
    Description: From observations of Vela X-1 with the MSSL 2.5-7.5 keV detector onboard Copernicus, the behavior of the source can be characterized by three phases: (1) high intensity, (2) low intensity, and (3) eclipse. Combining data from the 1972 Uhuru observations with eclipse observation yields a binary period of 8.963 + or - 0.001 days with zero phase on 1975 Feb. 6.97 + or - 0.04 UT. The low intensity phase is interpreted as being due to increased absorption in an accretion wake traveling across the line of sight (the spectral slope remains relatively constant throughout the cycle). Another period of enhanced absorption immediately after exit from eclipse may be due to a bow shock. Comparison of the two observations suggests that these structures vary from cycle to cycle and, since the orbital period is long, probably during each cycle.
    Keywords: ASTROPHYSICS
    Type: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center X-ray Binaries; p 629-642
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  • 9
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: Measurements of neutral nitrogen density from mass spectrometers on five satellites (AE-B, Ogo 6, San Marco 3, Aeros A, and AE-C) and neutral temperatures inferred from incoherent scatter measurements at four ground stations are combined to produce a model of thermospheric neutral temperatures and nitrogen densities similar to the Ogo 6 empirical model (Hedin et al., 1974). This global model is designated MSIS (mass spectrometer and incoherent scatter). The global average temperature, the annual temperature variation, lower bound density, and lower bound temperature are discussed. The data set covers the time period from the end of 1965 to mid-1975 and also a wide range of solar activities. Diurnal and semidiurnal variations in lower bound density and temperature are considered, as is magnetic activity.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
    Type: Journal of Geophysical Research; 82; June 1
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  • 10
    Publication Date: 2011-08-17
    Description: The paper discusses techniques available for measuring polar motion, earth rotation and earth tides with laser tracking of satellites. In a discussion of future prospects, it is noted that when the Laser Geodynamics Satellite is launched, a network of laser stations is projected to be able to achieve better than 10 cm from each coordinate from less than one day of tracking.
    Keywords: GEOPHYSICS
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