National Radio Science Meeting

January 9-12, 2002
University of Colorado at Boulder
Boulder, Colorado

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Thursday, January 10, 2002


Thursday morning session: Plenary session only
9:00 AM, Mathematics Auditorium

Thursday afternoon sessions:

PLENARY SESSION
9:00 Opening Remarks: Gary Brown, Virginia Tech and Al Gasiewski, Environmental Technology Lab, NOAA
9:10 Student Paper Competition. Student Paper Chair: A. Gasiewski, NOAA's Environmental Technology Laboratory

9:50-10:20 Break

10:20 Invited Presentations

11:20 Award Presentations: Announcement of results of Student Paper Contest voting (Dr. Gasiewski)

THURSDAY AFTERNOON, January 10, 2002

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Session B3, 1335-Thurs.

ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPLEX MEDIA AND METAMATERIALS

Chairpersons: N. Engheta (engheta@ee.upenn.edu) and J.M. Arnold (jma@elec.gla.ac.uk)
Special Session organized by N. Engheta

1335 Introduction

B3-1
13:40
On a Special Bianisotropic Medium
Olyslager, F., Lindell I.V.
Department of Information Technology
Ghent University
Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41
Ghent, B 9000
Belgium

B3-2
14:00
Exact Scattering from Metallic Wedges Edge-coated with Anisotropic Materials
Erricolo,D.,Uslenghi,P.L.E.
Dept. of ECE (MC 154)
University of Illinois at Chicago
851 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA

B3-3
14:20
Upper limit for the loss factor of the chirality parameter in isotropic media
Ari Sihvola
Helsinki University of Technology
Electromagnetics Laboratory
P.O. Box 3000
Espoo, Finland FIN-02015 HUT
Finland

B3-4
14:40
Longitudinally Symmetric Artificial Materials Isorefractive with Free Space
Tyo, J. S.
EECE Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1356
USA

B3-5
15:00
Quasi-phase-matching second-order nonlinear optics by quantum-well superlattice intermixing
Arnold, J. M., Hutchings, D. C.
Department of Electronics and Electrical Engineering
University of Glasgow
Glasgow, UK G12 8LT
UK

15:20-15:40: BREAK

B3-6
15:40
Simulation and Characterization of Left-Handed Metamaterials
Smith, D. R., Vier, D. C., Shelby, R. A., Kroll, N., Schultz, S.
Department of Physics, 0319
University of California, San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0319
USA

B3-7
16:00
Macroscoping modeling of electromagnetic fields in negative refraction index metamaterials
Cummer, S.A.
Duke University
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
PO Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708
USA

B3-8
16:20
DESIGN AND MODELING OF NEGATIVE PERMITTIVITY AND PERMEABILITY METAMATERIALS
Ziolkowski, Richard W.
Prof. Richard W. Ziolkowski
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Arizona
1230 E. Speedway Blvd.
Tucson, AZ 85721
US

B3-9
16:40
Meta-materials and sheets with wide-band negative material parameters
Tretyakov, S.A.
Radio Laboratory
Helsinki University of Technology
P.O. 3000
HUT, n/a FIN-02015
Finland

B3-10
17:00
Guided Waves in Paired Dielectric-Metamaterial with Negative Permittivity and Permeability Layers
Engheta, N.
University of Pennsylvania
Department of Electrical Engineering
200 South 33rd Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6390
U.S.A


Session C3, 13:55-Thurs.

IMAGE MODELING AND INVERSE PROBLEMS

Chairperson: R. Nowak (nowak@rice.edu)

13:55 Introduction

C3-1
14:00
On Modeling Location Uncertainty in Images
Michael Orchard
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Rice University
6100 Main Street
MS 380
Houston , TX 77005
USA

C3-2
14:20
Wavelet Domain Edge Grammars
Justin Romberg, Richard Baranuik
ECE Department
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005
United States

C3-3
14:40
Stochastic Multiresolution Models for Turbulence
Whitcher, B.
Geophysical Statistics Project
Climate and Global Dynamics Division
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
USA

C3-4
15:00
A Statistical Multiscale Framework for Inverse Imaging Problems
Robert Nowak and Eric Kolaczyk
ECE Dept., MS 380
Rice University
6100 Main Street
Houston, TX 77005-1892
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

C3-5
15:40
Wavelet based estimation of a semi parametric
Francois Meyer
University of Colorado at Boulder
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Campus Box 425
Boulder, CO 803009-0425
USA

C3-6
16:00
Poisson emission tomography using compressed list mode data
Kragh, T.J., Hero, A.O.
4229 EECS
University of Michigan
1301 Beal Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
USA

C3-7
16:20
Alpha Divergence for Feature Pruning and Indexing of Large Biological Databases
Gorman, J.D., Hero, A.O.
Cytoprint, Inc.
3900 Paseo del Sol
Santa Fe, NM 87507
USA

C3-8
16:40
Estimation of noise and blur parameters for blind deconvolution of natural images
Andre Jalobeanu, Laure Blanc-Feraud, Josiane Zerubia
CNRS / INRIA / UNSA
BP 93, 2004 Route des Lucioles
Sophia-Antipolis, N/A 06902
FRANCE


Session D1, 13:35-Thurs.

NANOTECHNOLOGY

Chairpersons: P. Ajayan (ajayan@rpi.edu)

13:35 Introduction

D1-1
13:40 (40-minute talk)
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Richard W. Siegel
Materials Science and Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, NY 12180
U.S.A.

D1-2
14:20 (40-minute talk)
Carbon Nanotubes in Nanoelectronics and Sensors
Meyya Meyyappan
NASA Ames Research Center
Center for Nanotechnology, MS 229-3
Moffett Field, CA 94035
U.S.A.

15:00-15:20: BREAK

D1-3
15:20 (40-minute talk)
Pattern Definition in Self-Assembled Photonic Band Gap Materials
Paul Braun
Department of Materials Science and Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1304 West Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
U.S.A.

D1-4
16:00 (40-minute talk)
Carbon Nanotubes as Robust Electron Field Emitters for Vacuum Electronics
Otto Zhou
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, NC 27599
U.S.A.

D1-5
16:40 (40-minute talk)
Photonic Devices Based on Carbon Nanotube - Organic Matrix Composites
David L. Carroll
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Clemson University
307 Kinard Lab
Clemson, SC 29634-1911
U.S.A.

D1-6
17:20 (40-minute talk)
Noise Aspects of Nanotechnology Driven Electronics
Laszlo Kish
Texas A&M University
Department of Electrical Engineering
Coolege Station, TX 77843-3128
USA


Session E1, 1335-Thurs.

HIGH POWER ELECTROMAGNETICS

Chairperson: L.H. Bowen (lhbowen@farr-research.com)

1335 Introduction

E1-1
13:40
Effect of Unwanted Electromagnetic Signals on Message Signaling
Boling, R., Kohlberg, I.
Institute for Defense Analyses
Alexandria, VA 22311
USA

E1-2
14:00
Application of Computational Electromagnetics to EMI Effects Analysis
Hankla,B.J., Ropiak,C.A.,Hayes,P.
NSWCDD Code B20
17320 Dahlgren Rd
Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100
USA

E1-3
14:20
Application of Multivariate Logistic Regression to the Problem of EMI Effects Analysis
Gardner, R.L., Larkin, T.W., Ropiak, C.A.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Code B20
17320 Dahlgren Road
Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100
USA

E1-4
14:40
CHAOTIC COMMUNICATIONS THROUGH ARBITRARY ATTENUATION: A HARDWARE DEMONSTRATION
Fleming-Dahl,A.
Southwest Research Institute
PO Drawer 28510
San Antonio, TX 78228-0510
USA

E1-5
15:00
Effect of Propagation on a Lightning Standard Current Waveform
Gardner, R. L.
6152 Manchester Park Circle
Alexandria, VA 22310
USA


15:20-15:40: BREAK

E1-6
15:40
Zeus: The World's Largest Man-Made ELF Transmitter
Fraser-Smith, A.C., Bannister, P.R.
Department of Electrical Engineering
David Packard EE Building, Rm. 358
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305-9515
USA

E1-7
16:00
Relationships Between Time- and Frequency-Domain Norms of Scalar Functions
Carl E. Baum
Air Force Research Laboratory DEHE
3550 Aberdeen Ave SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776
USA

E1-8
16:20
Progress in the Optimization of Impulse Radiating Antennas
Bowen, L.H., Farr, E.G., Tran, T.C.
8 Ridge Road
Placitas, NM 87043
USA

E1-9
16:40
Antennas for the Switched-Oscillator Source
Carl E. Baum
Air Force Research Laboratory DEHE
3550 Aberdeen Ave SE
Kirtland AFB, NM 87117-5776
USA

E1-10
17:00
Use of aperture trimming to improve prompt radiated response from an IRA
Tyo, J. S., Baretela, M. J.
EECE Department
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-1356
USA

E1-11
17:20
Experimental Verification of Ultra-Wideband Antenna Elements Embedded in a Planar Array
Schoenberg, J.S.H., Krueger, R.M.
615 Bear Trap Way
Monument, CO 80132-9449
USA

E1-12
17:40
Fast Trigatron and Ferratron Measurements
Farr, E.G., Elizondo, J.M., Lehr, J. M., Ellibee, D.E.
614 Paseo Del Mar NE
Albuquerque, NM 87123
USA


Session F2, 13:55-Thurs.

PROPAGATION MODELING AND MEASUREMENTS: II

Chairperson: K. Anderson (kenn@spawar.navy.mil)

13:55 Introduction

F2-1
14:00
Mid-path Near-Surface Atmosphere Properties in Roughness and Evaporation Duct (RED) Experiment
Davidson, K.L., Frederickson, P. A.
Department of Meterology, Code MR/Ds
589 Dyer Road
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943
USA

F2-2
14:20
Using Instrumented Kites to Quantify Atmospheric Conditions During the RED
Guest, P.S., Davidson, K. L., Frederickson, P. A., Mabey, D.
Department of Meteorology
589 Dyer Road, Room 254
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93043
USA

F2-3
14:40
Evaluation of Evaporation Duct Model Performance Using AREPS
Frederickson, P., Davidson, K., Stapleton, J., Shanklin, D., Wiss, R., Nguyen,T., Burgess, E., Weeks, C., Thornton, W., Brown, T.
Department of Meteorology
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey, CA 93943-5114
USA

F2-4
15:00
Non-Line of Sight Propagation over Mountainous Terrain
Pelman,K.,Young,G.,Fast,S.A.
The Pennsylvania State University
Applied Research Laboratory
P.O. Box 30
State College, Pa 16801-0030
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

F2-5
15:40
Probability distributions of path-loss in an urban microcellular LOS environments under road traffic conditions.
Shimizu, H., Masui, H., Ishii, M., Sakawa, K., Kobayashi, T., Abo, M., Nagasawa, C.
YRP Key Tech. Labs. Co., Ltd.
3-4, HIkari-no-oka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0847
Japan

F2-6
16:00
Microwave Path-loss Characteristics with High Base Station Antenna in an Urban Area
Sakawa, K. , Shimizu, H. , Ishii, M. , Masui, H. , Kobayashi, T.
YRP Mobile Telecommunications Key Technology Research Laboratories Co., Ltd.
YRP Center, Ichibankan, 6F
3-4 Hikari-no-oka
Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-0847
JAPAN

F2-7
16:20
Forward and Inverse Analyses of GPS Radio Occultations in the Neutral Atmosphere
Ao, C.O., Hajj, G.A., Leroy, S.S., Iijima, B.A., de la Torre Juarez, M., Mannucci, A.J.
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
California Institute of Technology
4800 Oak Grove Drive, M/S 238-600
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA

F2-8 (MOVED TO PLENARY SESSION ON THURSDAY MORNING)
Techniques to improve imaging through discrete scattering media
Jaruwatanadilok, S., Ishimaru, A., Kuga, Y.
Department of Electrical Engineering
Box 352500
University of Washington, Seattle
Seattle, WA 98195
USA


Session G2, 13:55-Thurs.

DATA ASSIMILATION

Chairperson: D. Anderson (David.Anderson@noaa.gov)

13:55 Introduction

G2-1
14:00
Ionospheric Tomography and Data Assimilation Models
Schunk, R. W., Scherliess, L., Sojka, J. J.
Utah State University
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
4405 Old Main Hill, SER 246
Logan, UT 84322-4405
USA

G2-2
14:20
Development of a Physics-Based Reduced State Kalman Filter for the Ionosphere in GAIM
Scherliess, L., Schunk, R.W., Sojka, J.J., Thompson, D.C.
Utah State University
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
4405 Old Main Hill, SER 246
Logan, UT 84322-4405
USA

G2-3
14:40
Validation of a Global Ionospheric Data Assimilation Model
Wilson, B., Hajj, G., Wang, C., Pi, X., Rosen, I.G.
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
MS 138-308
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
PASADENA, CA 91109
USA

G2-4
15:00
Determining a `Break-Even' Point for Kalman Data Assimilation in the Ionosphere
Sojka, J.J., Schunk, R.W., Scherliess, L., Thompson, D.C.
Utah State University
Center for Atmospheric and Space Sciences
4405 Old Main Hill, SER 246
Logan, UT 84322-4405
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

G2-5
15:40
Data Assimilation with data from SSUSI and GUVI –- What UV Imagers Can Contribute
Paxton, L. J., Morrison, D., Zhang, Y. Kil, H. Wolven, B., Meng, C-I.
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd.
Laurel, MD 20723
USA

G2-6
16:00
Using Various Kalman Filtering Techniques for Neutral Composition Forecasting
Minter, C.F., Fuller-Rowell, T.J., Codrescu, M.V.
NOAA/Space Environment Center
Skaggs Research Center
325 Broadway
Boulder, CO 80305
USA

G2-7
16:20
Application of Empirical Orthgonal Functions (EOF) to a Data Assimilation Procedure
Matsuo, T., Richmond, A.D.
High Altitude Observatory
National Center for Atmospheric Research
P.O.Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307
USA

G2-8
16:40
Web-Based Empirical Models of the Ionosphere and Thermosphere Using Incoherent Scatter Radar Data
Holt, J.M., Zhang, S.
MIT Haystack Observatory
Route 40
Westford, MA 01886
USA


Session H2, 13:35-Thurs.

LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS AND SPACECRAFT - PLASMA INTERACTIONS

Chairperson: W.E. Amatucci (amatucci@ccf.nrl.navy.mil)

13:35 Introduction

H2-1
13:40
Dust Particles Detected in the Outer Solar System by the Voyager 1 and 2 Plasma Wave Instruments
Gurnett, D.A., Persoon, A.M., Kurth, W.S., Granroth, L.J.
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
USA

H2-2
14:00
Particle transport in rf and dc glow discharge complex plasmas – implications for laboratory and microgravity studies
Thomas, E.
Physics Department
206 Allison Laboratory
Auburn University
Auburn University, AL 36849
USA

H2-3
14:20
Ground-based Measurements Simulating Space Environment Interaction of Materials and SEE Spacecraft Charging Materials Database for Spacecraft Charging Modeling
Dennison, J.R., Chang, W.-Y., Nicles, N., Thomson, C.D., Kite, J., Davies, R.E.
JR Dennison
Physics Department UMC 4415
Utah State University
Logan, UT 84322-4415
USA

H2-4
14:40
Recent Developments of the Plasma Impedance Probe Technique at Utah State University
Ward J. D., Swenson C. M., Furse C. M., Fish C.
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Utah State University
4120 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322
USA

H2-5
15:00
Mitigation of Spacecraft Charging for the Purpose of Conducting Plasma Measurements
Pollock, C.J., Moore, T.E.
Space Sci. & Eng. Div.
SwRI
6220 Culebra Road
San Antonio, TX 78238-5166
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

H2-6
15:40
Properties of the Auroral Zone Ionosphere Inferred Using Plasma Contactor Data From the International Space Station
Koontz, S.L., Bering, E.A.III, Evans, D.S., Katz, I., Gardner, B., Suggs, R.M., Minow, J.I., Dalton, P.J., Ferguson, D.C., Hillard, G.B., Counts, J.L., Barsamian, H., Kern, J., Mikatarian, R.
Physics Department
617 Science and Research 1
University of Houston
Houston, TX 77204-5005
USA

H2-7
16:00
Measurements of Shear Alfven Wave Dispersion for Finite Perpendicular Wave Number
Kletzing, C. A., Bounds, S. R., Gekelman, W., Mitchell, C.
Department of Physics \& Astronomy
203 Van Allen Hall
University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
USA

H2-8
16:20
Ion Joule heating in laboratory simulations of space plasma processes
Walker, D.N., Amatucci, W.E., Ganguli, G.I., Fernsler, R.F.
Plasma Physics Division
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375
USA

H2-9
16:40
Laboratory Measurements of Ion Drifts and Density Perturbations Associated With Large Amplitude Shear Alfven Waves
Palmer, N.E., Gekelman, W.N.
UCLA Plasma Physics, IPFR Lab
1000 Veteran Ave. Ste. 15-70
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1696
USA

H2-10
17:00
On the role of lower hybrid collapse in the auroral ionosphere
Schuck, P. W., Ganguli, G. I., Kintner, P. M.
Naval Research Laboratory
Code 6794
4555 Overlook Ave., SW
Washington , DC 20375
USA

H2-11
17:20
Space Chamber Investigation of Magnetospheric Boundary Layer Dynamics
Balkey, M. M., Amatucci, W. E., Ganguli, G., Walker, D. N.
Plasma Physics Division - Code 6755
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington, DC 20375
U.S.A.


Session J2, 13:55-Thurs.

NEXT GENERATION VLBI DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS

Chairperson: J. Romney (jromney@nrao.edu)

13:55 Introduction

J2-1
14:00
The S3 Wide Bandwidth VLBI Data Record-Playback System and Consideration for the Future of Wide Bandwidth VLBI Data Record-Playback Systems
Cannon, W.H., Newby, P., Feil, G., Novikov, A., Feir, B.
CRESTech
4850 Keele Street
1st Floor
North York, Ontario M3J 3K1
Canada

J2-2
14:20
Mark 5 Disc-Based VLBI Data System
Whitney, A.R.
MIT Haystack Observatory
Rt. 40
Westford, MA 01886
US

J2-3
14:40 (40-minute talk)
EVN approaches to next generation VLBI data transmission systems
Parsley, S.M., Pogrebenko, S.V.
JIVE
Postbus 2
Dwingeloo, NL 7990 AA
Netherlands


15:20-15:40: BREAK

J2-4
15:40
Recent VLBI Activities at CRL
Kondo, T., Koyama, Y., Nakajima, J., Sekido, M., Ichikawa, R., Kawai, E., Okubo, H., Osaki, H., Kimura, M., Yoshino, T., Amagai, J., Kiuchi, H., Takahashi, F.
Kashima Space Research Center
Communications Research Laboratory
893-1 Hirai
Kashima, Ibaraki 314-0012
JAPAN

J2-5
16:00 (40-minute talk)
Optical Fibre Links in e-MERLIN
Spencer,R.E., Anderson,B., McCool,R.
University of Manchester
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Macclesfield, Cheshire SK11 9DL
UK

J2-6
16:40
The Future of VLBI Data Transmission at the NRAO
Walker, R.C.
NRAO
P. O. Box O
Socorro, NM 87801
USA


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