NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20040074128 USA Combined Forces Command, San Francisco, CA
Metrics to Monitor Governance and Reconstruction in Afghanistan: Development of Measures of Effectiveness for
Civil-Military Operations and a Standardized Tool to Monitor Governance Quality
Mar. 12, 2004; 108 pp.; In English; Original contains color illustrations
Report No.(s): AD-A422444; USACAPOC-TR-04-01; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A06, Hardcopy
Metrics were developed to assess and monitor in a statistically valid manner the development of good governance in
Afghanistan. Measures of effectiveness (MOE) were developed for civil-military operations in Afghanistan. This report
documents: 1) methods to develop MOE% which may be used to the develop MOE for any type of operation; 2) the
civil-military end state defined in the process; 3) a comprehensive system of MOE for Afghanistan; 4) a new assessment tool%
the Assessment of Governance Quality Indicators which allows assessment and monitoring of governance development; and
S) a national sampling strategy to monitor governance development throughout Afghanistan. Methods and metrics
documented here have applicability for both the military and the civilian assistance community as well as for operations in
other countries. This report represents work performed primarily by the staff of the Coalition Joint Civil-Military Operations
Task Force (CJCMOTF) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan during the period July 2003 through
January 2004. The work involved close cooperation between CJCMOTF other elements of the Coalition military civilian US
Government Agencies and the United Nations Assistance Mission Afghanistan.
DTIC
International System of Units; Military Operations; Procurement; Standardization
20040074174 Hokkaido Univ., Sapporo, Japan
Geophysical Bulletin of Hokkaido University, No. 67
Koyama, Junji, Editor; Harimaya, Toshio, Editor; Kasahara, Minoru, Editor; Shimamura, Hideki, Editor; Sasatani, Tsutomu,
Editor; Hayashi, Yoshiyuki, Editor; Nishida, Yasunori, Editor; Watanabe, Shigeto, Editor; Oshima, Hiromitsu, Editor; Ikeda,
Ryuji, Editor, et al.; March 2004; ISSN 0439-3503; 383 pp.; In Japanese; Copyright; Avail: Other Sources
This bulletin issue, No.67, March 2004, included the following reports:Effect of Thermal History on Viscosity Increase
at Low Temperatures;Improvement of Crustal Activity Monitoring System using New Wideband Stationary Magneto-telluric
Observation Equipment; Monitoring of Ground Temperature, Resistivity, and Self-potential Variations in Geothermal Field of
Nishiyama, Usu volcano; Resistivity Structure of Hokkaido Komagatake Volcano using Wide Band MT Method --The Result
of 1D Inversion and the Estimation of Influences of the Ocean; H20 Emission Rate of Volcanic Plume during the 2000-2001
Miyakejima Volcanic Activity; Does the geostrophic flow in Earth’s core work as a symmetry breaker for the generation of
net helicity?;Apprehensions for Inappropriate Analogy: Examples in Discussion of Caldera Formation; Recent seismic
activities at active volcanoes in Hokkaido;Recent seismic activities at active volcanoes in Hokkaido-Tarumaesan.
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Volcanic Eruptions; Geothermal Resources
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METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Includes weather observation forecasting and modification.
20040068392 NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, USA
African Equatorial and Subtropical Ozone Plumes: Recurrences Timescales of the Brown Cloud Trans-African Plumes
and Other Plumes
Chatfield, Robert B.; Thompson, Anne M.; Guan, Hong; Witte, Jacquelyn C.; [2004]; 1 pp.; In English; American
Geophysical Union Spring Meeting, 17-21 May 2004, Montreal, Canada
Contract(s)/Grant(s): 21-622-55-54; No Copyright; Avail: Other Sources; Abstract Only
We have found repeated illustrations in the maps of Total Tropospheric Ozone (TTO) of apparent transport of ozone from
the Indian Ocean to the Equatorial Atlantic Ocean. Most interesting are examples that coincide with the INDOEX observations
of late northern winter, 1999. Three soundings associated with the SHADOZ (Southern Hemisphere Additional Ozonesondes)
network help confirm and quantify degree of influence of pollution, lightning, and stratospheric sources, suggesting that
perhaps 40% of increased Atlantic ozone could be Asian pollution during periods of maximum identified in the TTO maps.
We outline recurrent periods of apparent ozone transport from Indian to Atlantic Ocean regions both during and outside the
late-winter period. These are placed in the context of some general observations about factors controlling recurrence
timescales for the expression of both equatorial and subtropical plumes. Low-level subtropical plumes are often controlled by
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