NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

performance in the field. The "smile" (geometric distortion of spectra) of the system can be quickly ascertained
using this method. As the price and availability of solid state laser sources improve, this technique could gain wide acceptance.
Author
Calibrating; Imaging Techniques; Radiometers; Methodology; Luminaires
20040074223 Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL, USA, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
High Resolution Carbon Exchange over Large Scale Amazonia Based on Modeling and GOES Satellite-Derived
Radiation Inputs: The Effects of Tropical Forest Conversion: Ecological Research in the Large-Scale Biosphere-
Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia (LBA)
Cooper, Harry J.; Liu, Guo-Sheng; Smith, Eric A.; April 2004; 23 pp.; In English
Contract(s)/Grant(s): NCC5-292; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Mr. Andrew Grose successfully defended his dissertation this April (2004) and received the Ph.D. degree as a result of
his LBA research, which forms the bulk of this report. His dissertation is entitled Variability Of Carbon Exchange Over
Large-Scale Ammonia Based On Coupled Carbon Assimilation-Hydrometeorological Modeling And Satellite-Derived
Radiation-Precipitation Inputs. A summary of scientific results are also included.
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Amazon Region (South America); Biosphere; High Resolution; Goes Satellites; Radiation Effects; Tropical Regions; Forests;
Ecology
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ENERGY PRODUCTION AND CONVERSION
Includes specific energy conversion systems, e.g., fuel cells; and solar, geothermal, windpower, and waterwave conversion systems;
energy storage; and traditional power generators. For technologies related to nuclear energy production see 73 Nuclear Physics. For
related information see also 07 Aircraft Propulsion and Power; 20 Spacecraft Propulsion and Power; and 28 Propellants and Fuels.
20040070726 NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Space Electrochemical Research and Technology: Abstracts
[1991]; 65 pp.; In English; Space Electrochemical Research and Technology Conference, 9-10 Apr. 1991, Cleveland, OH,
USA; See also 20040070727 - 20040070753
Contract(s)/Grant(s): WU 506-41-21
Report No.(s): NASA-CP-10067; E-6089; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A04, Hardcopy
This document contains abstracts of the proceedings of NASA’s third Space Electrochemical Research and Technology
(SERT) Conference, held at the NASA Lewis Research Center on April 9-10,1991. The objective of the conference was to
assess the present status and general thrust of research and development in those areas of electrochemical technology required
to enable NASA missions into the next century. The conference provided a forum for the exchange of ideas and opinions of
those actively involved in the field, in order to define new opportunities for the application of electrochemical processes in
future NASA missions. Papers were presented in three technical areas: the electrochemical interface, the next generation in
aerospace batteries and fuel cells, and electrochemistry for non-energy storage applications.
Author
Electrochemistry; Energy Storage; NASA Programs
20040070730 NASA Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, OH, USA
Some Recent Studies With the Solid-Ionomer Electrochemical Capacitor
Sarangapani, S.; Forchione, J.; Griffith, A.; LaConti, A.; Baldwin, R.; Space Electrochemical Research and Technology:
Abstracts; [1991], pp. 33; In English; See also 20040070726; No Copyright; Available from CASI only as part of the entire
parent document
Giner, Inc., has developed a high-energy-density, all-solid-ionomer electro-chemical capacitor, completely free of liquid
electrolyte. The novel features of this device include: (1) a three-dimensional metal oxide-particulate-ionomer composite
electrode structure and (2) a unitized repeating cell element. The composite electrode structures are bonded to opposite sides
of a thin sheet of a solid proton-conducting ionomer membrane and form an integrally bonded membrane and electrode
assembly (MEA). Individual MEAs can be stacked in series as bipolar elements to form a multiple cell device. The discharge
characteristics and energy storage properties of these devices are described. Typical capacitance measured for a unit cell is 1
F/cm. Life testing of a multicell capacitor on an intermittent basis has shown that, over a 10,000-hour period, the capacitance
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