NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

Properties of Longitudinal Flux Tube
Waves – 309
WAVEFORMS
Ultrafast Optical Encryption and Waveform
Recognition Using Space-Time Optical
Engineering – 85
WAVEGUIDES
WaFIRS, a Waveguide Far-IR Spectrometer:
Enabling Space-Borne Spectroscopy
of High-z Galaxies in the Far-IR and
Submm – 302
WAVELET ANALYSIS
Quasi-Wavelet Calculations of Sound
Scattering Behind Barriers – 95
Wavelet-Based Bayesian Methods for
Image Analysis and Automatic Target
Recognition – 225
WEAPON SYSTEMS
WSTIAC: Weapon Systems Technology
Information Analysis Center. Volume 4,
Number 3 – 116
WEATHER FORECASTING
Dust Storm Forecasting for Al Udeid AB,
Qatar: An Empirical Analysis – 150
Forecast Model Uncertainty; MM5 Accuracy
Over Utah – 151
WEBSITES
Observing the Sky and Lunar Photo of
the Day: Two New Astronomy Education
Web Sites – 326
WEDGES
Investigation of Acoustical Shielding by a
Wedge-Shaped Airframe – 246
WEIGHT (MASS)
WAMI: A Menu-Driven Computer Program
for the Estimation of Weight and
Moments of Inertia of Earth-to-Orbit
Transports – 192
WELDED JOINTS
Factors Affecting the Hydrogen Embrittlement
Resistance of Ni-Cr-Mn-Nb
Welds – 54
WELDING
Effect of Welding on the Breakdown and
Repasivation Potentials of Alloy 22 in 5 M
CaC1(2) – 42
WHITE NOISE
Software for Simulating Remote Sensing
Systems – 191
WILDLIFE
Animal Noise Monitor: Assessment of
Accelerometers for Determining Animal
Behavior – 140
WIND DIRECTION
New Measurements of Aerosol Vertical
Structure from Space using the NASA
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System
(GLAS): Applications for Aerosol Transport
Models – 153
WIND MEASUREMENT
Validar: A Testbed for Advanced 2-Micron
Doppler Lidar – 105
WIND TUNNEL APPARATUS
Linear and Nonlinear Analyses of a
Wind-Tunnel Balance – 20
WIND TUNNEL MODELS
Characterization of Unsteady Flow Structures
Near Leading-Edge Slat – 92
Wind Tunnel to Atmospheric Mapping for
Static Aeroelastic Scaling – 8
WIND TUNNEL TESTS
An Investigation of Flow Acceleration and
Electromagnetic Absorption Phenomena
Induced by Paraelectric and Peristaltic
Electrohydrodynamic Effects of the One
Atmosphere Uniform Glow Discharge
Plasma – 3
Jet-Pylon Interaction of High Bypass Ratio
Separate Flow Nozzle Configurations
– 246
The Development of a New Lateral-
Control Arrangement – 11
Wind Tunnel to Atmospheric Mapping for
Static Aeroelastic Scaling – 8
WIRELESS COMMUNICATION
An Investigation of Wireless Solutions for
the "Last Mile" – 188
Implementation of Wireless and Intelligent
Sensor Technologies in the Propulsion
Test Environment – 32
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
Proceedings of the International Symposium
on Advanced Radio Technologies,
March 2-4, 2004 – 71
Study of Wireless Transmission Protocol
Technology for Use in Flight Line Environment
to Assist the Data Loading and
Downloading on Aircraft – 17
WOOD
Estimating the Board Foot to Cubic Foot
Ratio – 186
WORKLOADS (PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY)
Functional Determination of the Operator
State in the Interaction of Humans with
Automated Systems – 179
Validation of Improved Research Integration
Tool (IMPRINT) Driving Model for
Workload Analysis – 179
WORLD WIDE WEB
False Claims in SPAM. A Report by the
FTC’s Division of Marketing Practices
– 70
WROUGHT ALLOYS
Effect of Welding on the Breakdown and
Repasivation Potentials of Alloy 22 in 5 M
CaC1(2) – 42
X RAY ABSORPTION
RadSensor: X-ray Detection by Direct
Modulation of an Optical Probe
Beam – 252
X RAY ASTRONOMY
ASCA Observation of the Superluminal
Jet Source GRO J1655-40 in the 1997
Outburst – 315
Chandra Observations of Cygnus X-1 at
Different Spectral States and Different
Orbital Phases – 298
Discovery of a Three-Layered Atmospheric
Structure in Accretion Disks
around Stellar-Mass Black Holes – 322
Evidence for Doppler-Shifted Iron Emission
Lines in Black Hole Candidate 4U
1630-47 – 294
Evolution of Iron K Alpha Line Emission
in the Black Hole Candidate GX 339-
4 – 312
Evolution of the Iron K-Alpha Emission
Line in the Black Hole Candidate
GX339-4 During and Outburst Decay
Phase – 317
On the Nature of the Bright Short-Period
X-Ray Source in the Circinus Galaxy
Field – 293
Relativistic Effects on X-Ray Emission
from Accretion Disk around Black
Holes – 320
Revealing the X-Ray Emission Processes
of Old Rotation-Powered Pulsars:
XMM-Newton Observations of PSR
B0950+08, PSR B0823+26 and PSR
J2043+2740 – 293
Studying the Accretion Disks in Black
Hole X-Ray Binaries with Monte-Carlo
Simulations – 312
Studying the Warm Layer and the Hardening
Factor in Cygnus X-1 – 294
The Earth Occultation Technique with the
Burst and Transient Source Experiment
– 298
The Temporal and Spectral Properties of
Cyg X-1 During a Large X-Ray
Flare – 320
The X-Ray Variable Sky – 333
X RAY ASTROPHYSICS FACILITY
Enabling Telescopes of the Future: Long-
Range Technology Investing – 278
X RAY BINARIES
Does the Inner Disk Boundary of a Black
Hole X-Ray Binary move During an Outburst?
– 316
Inclination Angles of Black Hole X-Ray
Binaries Manifest Strong Gravity around
Black Holes – 314
On the Nature of the Bright Short-Period
X-Ray Source in the Circinus Galaxy
Field – 293
Studying the Accretion Disks in Black
Hole X-Ray Binaries with Monte-Carlo
Simulations – 312
Studying the Warm Layer and the Hardening
Factor in Cygnus X-1 – 294
Studying X-Ray Binaries with High Frequency
Quasi-Periodic Oscillations
– 291
A-73