NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
Bandwidth Limits and Other Considerations
for Monostatic RCS Reduction by
Virtual Shaping – 85
RADAR DATA
Polymorphous Computing Architecture
(PCA) Application Benchmark 1: Three-
Dimensional Radar Data Processing
– 189
RADAR DETECTION
Radar-Based Intruder Detection for a Robotic
Security System – 107
The Relationship Between Detection Algorithms
for Hyperspectral and Radar
Applications – 72
RADAR ECHOES
Bandwidth Limits and Other Considerations
for Monostatic RCS Reduction by
Virtual Shaping – 85
RADAR EQUIPMENT
Uncooled RF Electronics for Airborne
Radar – 85
RADAR IMAGERY
Linear Feature Detection In SAR Images
– 221
Radar Imaging of Spheres in 3D Using
MUSIC – 183
RADAR MEASUREMENT
New Measurements of Aerosol Vertical
Structure from Space using the NASA
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
(GLAS): Applications for Aerosol Transport
Models – 153
RADIANCE
Calibration of TOMS Radiances From
Ground Observations – 290
RADIANT HEATING
Disk Dispersal Around Young
Stars – 292
RADIATION DAMAGE
CO(2)-Laser Polishing for Reduction of
351-nm Surface Damage Initiation in
Fused Silica – 253
RADIATION DETECTORS
Germanium Based Coded Aperture
Gamma-Ray Imager – 103
Individual Radiation Protection Monitoring
in the Marshall Islands: Enewtak Island
Resettlement Support (May-
December 2001) – 156
Science and Technology Review: National
Ignition Facility Comes to
Life – 33
RADIATION DISTRIBUTION
Radar Imaging of Spheres in 3D Using
MUSIC – 183
The Physics of AGN, a Deep Understanding
of the Quasar 3C 273 – 333
RADIATION EFFECTS
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) – 132
Radiation Assurance for the Space Environment
– 24
RADIATION MEASUREMENT
A Thermal Infrared Heterodyne Receiver
with Applications to Astronomy – 333
Cloud-Resolving Model Intercomparison
with the ARM Summer 1997 IOP
Data – 148
The IR Detector System for the GERB
Instrument – 97
RADIATION PROTECTION
Individual Radiation Protection Monitoring
in the Marshall Islands: Enewtak Island
Resettlement Support (May-
December 2001) – 156
RADIATION SHIELDING
Graphite/Ultra-High Modulus Polyethylene
Hybrid Fiber Composites with Epoxy
and Polyethylene Matrices for Cosmic
Radiation Shielding – 39
Silicon Detector System for Cross Section
Measurements – 106
RADIATION THERAPY
Genetic Radiotherapy of Prostate Cancer
– 173
RADIATION
Laboratory Experiments on Rotation and
Alignment of the Analogs of Interstellar
Dust Grains by Radiation – 311
RADIATIVE TRANSFER
Calibration of TOMS Radiances From
Ground Observations – 290
Ocean Color and Evidence of Chlorophyll
Signature in the TOMS Minimum
Reflectivity Data – 128
RADICALS
A Monte Carlo Sensitivity Analysis of CF2
and CF Radical Densities in a c-C4F8
Plasma – 41
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Ions and
Radicals Present in the Interstellar Medium
and in Planetary Atmospheres: A
Theoretical Study – 323
RADIO ASTRONOMY
Formations of Tethered Spacecraft as
Stable Platforms for Far IR and Sub-mm
Astronomy – 26
Ground-State SiO Maser Emission Toward
Evolved Stars – 296
SKA Hybrids Involving the US LNSD
COncept – 318
RADIO EQUIPMENT
Low-Cost Miniature Interface and Control
Systems for Smart Sensors, Tactical Radios,
and Computer Networks – 200
RADIO FREQUENCIES
Artificial Neural Network Based RF-
Model Generator-Version 0.2 – 81
Slow Radio-Frequency Processing of
Large Oil Shale Volumes to Produce
Petroleum-like Shale Oil – 235
Uncooled RF Electronics for Airborne
Radar – 85
RADIO RECEIVERS
Performance Analysis of the IEEE
802.11A WLAN Standard Optimum and
Sub-Optimum Receiver in Frequency-
Selective, Slowly Fading Nakagami
Channels with AWGN and Pulsed Noise
Jamming – 241
RADIOACTIVE ISOTOPES
Individual Radiation Protection Monitoring
in the Marshall Islands: Enewtak Island
Resettlement Support (May-
December 2001) – 156
RADIOGRAPHY
Monitoring Micro-Structural Evolution
and Crack Formation in a Solid Propellant
Under Incremental Strain Condition-
Using Digital Radiograph X-Ray Techniques
– 200
RADIOISOTOPE BATTERIES
Overview of NASA GRC Stirling Technology
Development – 31
RADIOMETERS
New Method for Calibration for Hyperspectral
Pushbroom Imaging Systems
– 131
PITCON 2002: New Product Forum
– 110
Pupil Plane Array Based Millimeter-Wave
Imaging Radiometer – 84
Thermopile Detector Arrays for Space
Science Applications – 287
RADON ISOTOPES
Method for Concurrent and Continuous
Measurement of Rn-222 and Rn-220 Using
Scintillation Cells – 250
RAILS
Crash Testing and Evaluation of the
Modified T77 Bridge Rail – 121
RANDOM LOADS
Statistical Comparison and Improvement
of Methods for Combining Random and
Harmonic Loads – 125
RANDOM NOISE
Optimum Detection of Random Signal in
Non-Gaussian Noise for Low Input
Signal-to-Noise Ratio – 225
RANDOM SIGNALS
Optimum Detection of Random Signal in
Non-Gaussian Noise for Low Input
Signal-to-Noise Ratio – 225
RASTER SCANNING
Results of Raster Scan Laser Conditioning
Studies on DKDP Triplers Using Nd:
YAG and Excimer Lasers – 254
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