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WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, 7 January 2004

Session B6, 13:55-Wed.
VALIDATION OF NUMERICAL METHODS BY COMPARISONS WITH ANALYTICAL METHODS, OTHER INDEPENDENT NUMERICAL METHODS, OR EXPERIMENTS

Chairpersons: Chalmers M. Butler (bchalme@clemson.edu) and Danilo Erricolo (derricol@ece.uic.edu)

13:55 - Introduction

14:00 (B6-1)
VALIDATION AS A PROCESS
D.R. Wilton, Jackson, D.R., Johnson, W.A., Khayat, M.A., Lertsirimit C.

14:20 (B6-2)
ELECTROMAGNETIC BEHAVIOR OF A PARTIALLY COVERED TRENCH IN A CORNER
D. Erricolo, Uslenghi, P. L. E.

14:40 (B6-3)
RADIATION AND SCATTERING FOR ELLIPTIC METAL CYLINDER BETWEEN ISOREFRACTIVE HALF-SPACES
D. Erricolo, Uslenghi, P.L.E.

15:00 (B6-4)
LOW-FREQUENCY BEHAVIOR OF A SLOTTED SEMIELLIPTICAL CHANNEL
T. Larsen, Erricolo, D., Uslenghi, P.L.E.

15:20-15:40 - BREAK

15:40 (B6-5)
VALIDATION OF INTEGRAL EQUATION METHODS: PENETRATION THROUGH A SLOT IN A CONDUCTING PLANE BACKED BY A CHANNEL
Michael D. Lockard, Butler, C. M.

16:00 (B6-6)
ALTERNATE MODELS FOR THE COUPLING OF WIRES THROUGH NARROW SLOTS IN GROUND PLANES
J.M. Keen, Butler, C.M., Tesche, F.M.

16:20 (B6-7)
VALIDATION OF TRANSFER FUNCTION MEASUREMENTS FOR ANALYZING COUPLING OF EXTERNAL ILLUMINATION TO CIRCUIT ELEMENTS WITHIN METALLIC ENCLOSURES
E. S. Siah, Volakis, J.L., Liepa, V.V.

16:40 (B6-8)
VERIFICATION OF THE THIN-STRUT FDTF METHOD FOR COIL COUPLING COMPUTATIONS BY ANALYTICAL APPROXIMATIONS
Stefan Schmidt, Gupta, A., Lazzi, G.

17:00 (B6-9)
SOLVING LARGE FINITE ANTENNA ARRAYS USING FEMS -- 100 MILLION UNKNOWNS ON A SINGLE PC
Seung-Cheol Lee, Vouvakis, M., Lee, J.

Session D2, 13:35-Wed.
RF AND OPTICAL DEVICES

Chairpersons: W. Pearson (pearson@ces.clemson.edu) and W. Shiroma (shiroma@eng.hawaii.edu)

13:35 - Introduction

13:40 (D2-1)
NEAR-RIGOROUS THEORY OF MICRORING CAVITY RESONANCE
R. Baktur, Pearson, L.W. , Ballato, J.M.

14:00 (D2-2)
APPLICATIONS OF BRAGG FIBERS IN COMMUNICATIONS AND POWER TRANSMISSION
A. Muthitacharoen, Barnes, F.S.

14:20 (D2-3)
A PROJECT-BASED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM IN HIGH-FREQENCY ELECTRONICS AND ANTENNAS
W.A. Shiroma, Murakami, B.T., Ching, K.S., Tamamoto, M.A., Ohta, A.T.

14:40 (D2-4)
RF DISTORTION DEPENDANCE ON LASER DIODE OPERATING TEMPERATURE
E. M. Kim, Wei, Li

Session E1, 13:35-Wed.
ELECTROMAGNETIC NOISE AND INTERFERENCE

Chairpersons: Robert Gardner (GardnerRL@nswc.navy.mil) and Everett Farr (efarr@farr-research.com)

13:35 - Introduction

13:40 (E1-1)
COMPACT, LOW-IMPEDANCE MAGNETIC ANTENNAS
C.E. Baum

14:00 (E1-2)
A DUAL-POLARITY IMPULSE RADIATING ANTENNA
Leland H. Bowen, Farr, E.G., Lawry, D.I.

14:20 (E1-3)
DIFFERENTIAL SWITCHED OSCILLATORS AND ASSOCIATED ANTENNAS
C.E. Baum

14:40 (E1-4)
NOISE INTERFERENCE SURVEY FOR 24 GHZ PASSIVE SENSOR BAND
J. B. Simoneau, Seetharam, V., Pearson, L.W., Baum, C.W., Pace, S., Hollansworth, J.E.

15:00 (E1-5)
REMEDIATION OF INTERFERENCE IN DATA COMMUNICATIONS CAUSED BY MULTIPLE SCATTERING OF UNWANTED SIGNALS
I. Kohlberg, Boling, R.H.

15:20-15:40 - BREAK

15:40 (E1-6)
NEURAL NETWORKS APPLIED TO THE DERIVATION OF TRENDS IN ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECT RESEARCH
R.L. Gardner, Stoudt, D.C.

16:00 (E1-7)
UTILIZATION OF THE LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL AS A MEANS FOR IDENTIFYING HARDNESS AND CONFIGURATION VARIATIONS IN A TEST BED USED IN EMI TESTING
C.A. Ropiak

16:20 (E1-8)
MODERN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE PROPAGATION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS
J. Latess, Stoudt, D.C., Bowers, K.A.

16:40 (E1-9)
STATISTICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF VARIANCES IN MODELING PARAMETERS FOR ELECTROMAGNETIC EFFECTS RESEARCH
W.D. Sessions, Baedke, W.C., Stoudt, D.C.

Session F5, 13:55-Wed.
PROPAGATION MEASUREMENTS

Chairpersons: K. Chamberlin (Kent.Chamberlin@unh.edu) and S. Burk (burk@nrlmry.navy.mil)

13:55 - Introduction

14:00 (F5-1)
ESTIMATING ATMOSPHERIC EFFECTS ON RADAR PERFORMANCE IN LITTORAL REGIONS
Andrew J. Moys, Davidson, K.L. Frederickson, P.A.

14:20 (F5-2)
WALLOPS-2000 REFRACTIVITY STRUCTURE: A MESOSCALE MODEL STUDY
S.D. Burk, Haack, T.

14:40 (F5-3)
COASTAL OCEAN RADIO REFRACTIVITY DURING A SEA BREEZE CIRCULATION
R.E. Marshall, Burgess, E.H., III , Rottier, J.R.

15:00 (F5-4)
STUDY OF DIURNAL EVOLUTION OF DUCTING IN THE PERSIAN GULF USING HIGH FIDELITY WEATHER FORECASTS
S.A. Fast, Valentine, C.G.

15:20-15:40 - BREAK

15:40 (F5-5)
DETERMINING THE LIKELIHOOD OF RADIO SIGNAL RE-CEPTION BASED ON PROPAGATION MODEL DATA
Albert Pelhe, Chamberlin, K.

16:00 (F5-6)
DUCTING EFFECTS ON SEA SURFACE CLUTTER UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF A SLOWLY ADVECTING EAST COAST HIGH PRESSURE RIDGE
J.K. Stapleton, Marshall, R.E.

Session H5, 13:35-Wed.
RADIATION BELT DYNAMICS

Chairpersons: G. Ganguli (gang@ppd.nrl.navy.mil) and G. Ginet

13:35 - Introduction

13:40-14:20 (H5-1)
PITCH ANGLE SCATTERING AND PRECIPITATION OF PRECIPITATION OF ENERGETIC ELECTRONS BY VLF WHISTLER-MODE WAVES
Umran S. Inan

14:20 (H5-2)
ON THE PHYSICS OF ARTIFICIALLY STIMULATED EMISSIONS
K. Papadopoulos

14:40 (H5-3)
PARTICLE TRANSPORT IN RADIATION BELTS: PRINCIPLES AND APPLICATIONS
M. Schulz

15:00 (H5-4)
INTENSITY DISTRIBUTION OF WHISTLER MODE EMISSIONS IN THE PLASMASPHERE: COMPARISONS WITH THE RADIATION BELTS
J.L. Green, Boardsen, S., Fung, S., Garcia, L., Reinisch B.W.

15:20-15:40 - BREAK

15:40 (H5-5)
OBSERVATIONS OF THE INNER MAGNETOSPHERIC AND RADIATION BELT PROCESSES BY RADIO PLASMA IMAGER ON IMAGE
B. Reinisch, Song, P., Huang, X., Green, J.

16:00 (H5-6)
LABORATORY INVESTIGATION OF THE PROPAGATION AND DUCTING OF WHISTLER-WAVES
W.E. Amatucci, Ganguli, G., Walker, D.N., Gatling G.

16:20 (H5-7)
GENERATION AND PROPAGATION OF WHISTLER MODES IN A LABORATORY PLASMA
Reiner L. Stenzel, Urrutia, J.M., Strohmaier K.D.

16:40 (H5-8)
LIFETIME ESTIMATES OF ENERGETIC RADIATION BELT ELECTRONS DRIVEN BY LIGHTNING-GENERATED MAGNETOSPHERICALLY REFLECTING WHISTER WAVES
J. Bortnik, Inan, U.S., Bell, T.F.

17:00 (H5-9)
NON-LINEAR COUPLING OF THUNDERSTORM GENERATED RELATIVISTIC ELECTRON BEAMS WITH THE MAGNETOSPHERE
Michael W. Chevalier, Inan, U. S., Bell T. F.

17:40 (H5-10)
MODELING VLF PROPAGATION FROM GROUND TRANSMITTERS TO THE MAGNETOSPHERE
B.L. Small, Starks, M.J., Sales, G.S.

18:00 (H5-11)
MODELING A RADIATION BELT REMEDIATION SYSTEM
M.J. Starks

Session G3, 13:35- Wed.
RADAR AND RADIO TECHNIQUES

Chairpersons: Frank Lind (flind@haystack.mit.edu) and John Sahr (jdsahr@u.washington.edu)

13:35 - Introduction

13:40 (G3-1)
FUNDAMENTALS OF THE INTERACTION OF RADIO SOUNDING SIGNALS WITH IONOSPHERIC IRREGULARITIES
N.A. Zabotin, Wright, J.W.

14:00 (G3-2)
APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK TECHNIQUES TO E-REGION HEIGHT TREND ANALYSIS
P. Sikdar, Berkey, F.T.

14:20 (G3-3)
IONOSPHERIC RADIOWAVE PROPAGATION USING PARABOLIC WAVE EQUATION METHODS
F.J. Ryan

14:40 (G3-4)
STRUCTURE OF THE POLAR ELECTROJET ANTENNA
R.J. Riddolls, Lee, M.C.

15:00 (G3-5)
FAST RANGE AND DOPPLER ESTIMATION ALGORITHMS FOR PASSIVE RADAR
A.N. Morabito, Meyer, M.G., Sahr, J.D.

15:20-15:40 - BREAK

15:40 (G3-6)
THE AMISR - CHARACTERISTICS AND CAPABILITIES
C.J. Heinselman, Kelly, J.D., Cousins, M.D.

16:00 (G3-7)
INTERPRETATION OF THE SPECTRAL FEATURES FOR RADAR SCATTER FROM SPACE SHUTTLE BURNS IN THE IONOSPHERE
P.A. Bernhardt, Erickson, P.J., Lind, F.D., Foster, J.C., Sulzer, M.P.

16:20 (G3-8)
ANALYSIS OF ARECIBO INCOHERENT SCATTER LONG PULSE DATA USING LINEAR REGULARIZATION PRIOR TO NON-LINEAR LEAST SQUARES FITTING
M.P. Sulzer, Nikoular, R.

16:40 (G3-9)
THE WEAVING STEP: SYNCHRONIZATION IN SOFTWARE RADAR SYSTEMS
P.J. Erickson, Lind, F.D., Rideout, W., Grydeland, T., Holt, J.

17:00 (G3-10)
PERSISTENCE MANAGEMENT FOR RADIO SCIENCE DATA SYSTEMS
Frank D. Lind, Rideout, W. J., Erickson, P. J., Holt J. M.

Session J4, 13:35-Wed.
RADIO ASTRONOMY BEYOND THE EPOCH OF REIONIZATION

Chairperson: Chris Carilli (ccarilli@aoc.nrao.edu)

13:35 - Introduction

13:40-14:20 (J4-1)
REIONIZATION OF THE UNIVERSE
Nick Gnedin

14:20 (J4-2)
WMAP DETECTION OF EARLY REIONIZATION
Alan Kogut

14:40 (J4-3)
PROBING THE REIONIZATION HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE
Z. Haiman

15:00 (J4-4)
COSMOLOGICAL REIONIZATION
Cen Renyue

15:20-15:40 - BREAK

15:40 (J4-5)
21-CM LINES FROM MINIHALOS BEFORE AND DURING COSMIC REIONIZATION
P.R. Shapiro

J4-6 16:00
FOREGROUNDS FOR 21CM OBSERVATIONS OF NEUTRAL GAS AT HIGH REDSHIFT
S. Peng Oh, Mack, K.

16:20 (J4-7)
THE 21 CM FOREST AND REIONIZATION
Steven Furlanetto

16:40 (J4-8)
LOW FREQUENCY RADIO TELESCOPES
Neb Duric

17:00 (J4-9)
MOLECULAR GAS AT THE END OF COSMIC REIONIZATION
F. Walter

17:20 (J4-10)
SUBMILLIMETER GALAXIES
J. Glenn