NASA Scientific and Technical Aerospace Reports

20060002033 National War Coll., Washington, DC USA
Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief: Are the National/International Coordinating Agencies Capable of
Fulfilling the Mission?
Svitak, George M.; Jan. 1, 1994; 13 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): AD-A440519; No Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A03, Hardcopy
The focus of this paper, an examination of the range of possibilities and training considerations necessary for successful
participation by the U.S. military in noncombat roles, will underscore its role in Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief
Operations. The inclusion of activities and events by the members of the Second Brigade of the 82nd Airborne Division and
other elements of the XVIIIth Airborne Corps will serve to illustrate events that are relevant to the examination of noncombat
roles for the U.S. military during its participation in JTF Andrew operations. The author’s personal observations are based on
his own involvement in these operations in two distinct roles: he acted as the Brigade Task Force S-5, initially responsible for
civil-military interface with state and local governments and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) operating within South
Dade County. As more units were deployed to the AOR, he also served as commander of a Battalion Task Force Relief Area
(an area encompassing over 20 square miles and inhabited by over 28,000 people). He also intends to present operational
planning considerations and organizational problems that were experienced by the Brigade Task Force in its interface with the
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), various levels of state and local governments, and JTF Headquarters.
Additionally, he will provide comments relevant to the Brigade Task Force’s interaction with NGOs and Private Volunteer
Organizations (PVOs) with which it had to work with and support to successfully accomplish its role in the relief effort.
DTIC
Disasters; Hurricanes; Warfare
20060002311 Johns Hopkins Univ., Laurel, MD, USA
WINCOMM UAT Laboratory Test Results and Flight Test Plans
Sleight, Randall T.; Buhrman, C. Wayne; Proceedings of the Fifth Integrated Communications, Navigation, and Surveillance
(ICNS) Conference and Workshop; November 2005; 21 pp.; In English; See also 20060002231; Original contains color
illustrations; No Copyright; Avail.: CASI: A03, Hardcopy; Available from CASI on CD-ROM only as part of the entire
parent document
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) has performed systems engineering and
architecture definition to support data transfer of on-board aircraft weather sensor data and dissemination of weather
information to aircraft in collaboration with the NASA Glenn Research Center (GRC) for the NASA WINCOMM program.
The Tropospheric Airborne Meteorological Data Reporting (TAMDAR) system is designed to collect meteorological data
onboard aircraft in flight and broadcast the data to ground systems and airborne users in order to improve the data used in
forecasting models and to provide real-time hazard alerts. The TAMDAR system is being targeted for deployment on General
Aviation (GA) aircraft, which will augment current meteorological observations, especially at lower altitudes and during
off-peak times. This work has identified the changes necessary to avionics and ground infrastructure equipment operating on
the Universal Access Transceiver (UAT) datalink to support this data transfer and dissemination. This paper details the types
of tests executed to demonstrate air-air, air-ground and ground-air data transfer along with the results obtained. Additionally,
the testing performed to verify backward compatibility with existing avionics and ground infrastructure equipment will be
presented. Further, information regarding the tests to be conducted during the flight test activities will also be provided.
Author
Information Dissemination; Meteorological Parameters; Meteorological Services; Troposphere; Data Systems; Architecture
(Computers)
20060002366 Forest Service, Asheville, NC USA
Forest Health Monitoring 2002 National Technical Report
Coulston, J. W.; Ambrose, M. J.; Riitters, K. H.; Conkling, B. L.; Aug. 2005; 122 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): PB2006-102564; FSGTR-SRS-84; No Copyright; Avail.: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
The Forest Health Monitoring (FHM) Programs annual national technical report presents results of forest health analyses
from a national perspective using data from a variety of sources. This annual report focuses on Criterion 3 Maintenance of
Forest Ecosystem Health and Vitality from the Criteria and Indicators of Sustainable Forestry of the Santiago Declaration as
the reporting framework. The report is composed of five main data sections and two appendices. The Introduction provides
background information about FHM, details about the conceptual approach to the report, and details about data used in the
analyses. The next three sections each focus on a specific indicator from Criterion 3. The first indicator section contains
analyses of abiotic, biotic, and anthropogenic disturbances including drought, hurricanes, tornadoes, fire, insects and diseases,
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