National Radio Science Meeting

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

TECHNICAL PROGRAM

Wednesday, January 9, 2002


Wednesday morning sessions: Wednesday afternoon sessions:


WEDNESDAY MORNING, January 9, 2002

Session A/B/D1, 9:15-Wed.

ACTIVE INTEGRATED ANTENNAS FOR COMMERCIAL APPLICATIONS

Chairpersons: V. Nair (vijay.nair@motorola.com)
and R.G. Rojas, (rojas-teran.1@osu.edu)

9:15 Introduction

A/B/D1-1
9:20
Reconfigurable GPS Antennas
Rojas, R.G., Lee, K.W. , Surittikul, N.
The Ohio State University
Dept. Electrical Engineering
ElectroScience Laboratory
1320 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
USA

A/B/D1-2
9:40
HIGH EFFICIENCY RF FRONT-ENDS AND RETRODIRECTIVE ARRAYS
Cynthia Y. Hang, Tatsuo Itoh
405 Hilgard Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90095
U.S.A.

A/B/D1-3
10:00
Quasi-Optical Active Arrays for Millimeter-Wave Communications
Shiroma, W.A., DeLisio, M.P.
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
2540 Dole Street, Holmes 483
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA

10:20-10:40: BREAK

A/B/D1-4
10:40
Active Amplifier Antennas and Arrays
Popovic, Z.
ECEN CB 425
University of Colorado
Boulder, CO 80309
USA

A/B/D1-5
11:00
Active Antenna Arrays using Heterostructure Interband Tunnel Diodes
Liu, K., El-Ghazaly, S.M., Vair, V., Goronkin, H.
919 E. Lemon Street, No. 239
Tempe, AZ 85281
USA

A/B/D1-6
11:20
Advances in Monolithic Grid Amplifiers
DeLisio, M.P., Deckman, B.C., Rosenberg, J.J., Cheung, C.-T., Rutledge, D.B.
Wavestream Wireless Technologies
100 N. Barranca St.; Suite 980
W. Covina, CA 91791
USA

A/B/D1-7
11:40
A Compact, Multilayer UHF Pre-Amplifier
Higuchi, N.K., Li, P., Quach, E., Howard, L.C., Aumann, H.M., DeLisio, M.P., Shiroma, W.A.
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Dept. of Electrical Engineering
2540 Dole Street, Holmes 483
Honolulu, HI 96822
USA


Session B1, 8:55-Wed.

RANDOM MEDIA AND ROUGH SURFACES

Chairperson: V.I. Tatarskii (vtatarskii@hotmail.com) and
A.A. Maradudin (aamaradu@uci.edu)

8:55 Introduction

B1-1
9:00
Fresnel approximation for the wave scattering in random medium
Tatarskii, V.I.
NOAA
325 Broadway
R/ETL
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
USA

B1-2
9:20
Pseudo-nondiffracting beams from rough surface scattering
Leskova, T.E., Maradudin, A. A.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
USA

B1-3
9:40
Radar image studies of a layered medium with rough interface
Kim, H., Johnson, J.T.
ElectroScience Laboratory
1320 Kinnear Rd
Columbus, OH 43212
USA

B1-4
10:00
Radar Backscattering from Gerstner's Wave
Fuks, I.M., Voronovich, A.G.
ZelTech,LLC/ETL NOAA,
325 Broadway R/ETL-0,
Boulder, CO 80305-3328
USA

10:20-10:40: BREAK

B1-5
10:40
Scattering Simulations from an Ensemble of Numerically Generated 10-cm Spilling Breakers
Toporkov, J.V., Leighton, R., Sletten, M.A.
SFA, Inc.
9315 Largo Drive West
Suite 200
Largo, MD 20774
USA

B1-6
11:00
Generalized Fourier Transform for Irregular Stratified Chiral Media
Crittenden, P.E., Bahar, E.Z.
Department of Mathematics
842 Oldfather Hall
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Lincoln, NE 68588-0323
USA

B1-7
11:20
Conical Propagation of a Surface Polariton Across a Grating
Kretschmann, M., Leskova, T.A., Maradudin, A. A.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
USA

B1-8
11:40
Surface plasmon polariton propagation near an index step
Zierau, W., Leskova, T.A., Maradudin, A.A.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
USA

B1-9
12:00
Theoretical Study of a Model Scatter-Probe Optical Microscope
Valencia, C.I., Mendez, E.R., Maradudin A.A., Leskova, T. A.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of California
Irvine, CA 92697
USA


Session C1, 8:55-Wed.

MIMO WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

Chairperson: M. Andrews (mikea@bell-labs.com)

8:55 Introduction

C1-1
9:00
Capacity of Time and Frequency Selective Channels
Brzezinski, A., Nabar, R.U., Paulraj, A.J.
350 Serra Mall
Packard Building 225
Department of Electrical Engineering
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
USA

C1-2
9:20
Communicating over multi-antenna wireless channels with both temporal and spectral fluctuations
Sigloch, K., Mitra, P.P., Thomson, D.J., Andrews, M.R.
Bell Labs, 3L-401
700 Mountain Avenue
Murray HIll, NJ 07974
USA

C1-3
9:40
Opportunistic Beamforming: Dumb Antennas and Simple Scheduling
Viswanath, P., Tse, D., Laroia, R.
127, Coordinated Science Laboratory, MC-228
1308, W. Main Street
Urbana, IL 61801
USA

C1-4
10:00
Multiuser Precoding Strategies Using Transmit Antenna Diversity
Lopez, M.J. and Wornell, G.W.
MIT Room 36-615
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139
USA

10:20-10:40: BREAK

C1-5
10:40
Using phase and amplitude control across networks to increase capacity up to fourfold
Chow, C., Shraiman, B.I., Sengupta, A.M., Andrews, M.R.
Bell Labs, 3L-401
700 Mountain Avenue
Murray HIll, NJ 07974
USA

C1-6
11:00
Coding for MIMO Systems with Antenna Selection
Ghrayeb, A., Duman, T.M.
Telecommunications Research Center
Electrical Engineering Department
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ 85287-7206
USA

C1-7
11:20
Transmit Site Diversity for OFDM Multi-Cell Wireless Communication Network
Fujii,T, Inoue,M., Nakagawa,M.
Nakagawa lab.
Department of Information and Computer Science
Keio University
3-14-1, Hiyoshi, Kohoku-ku
Yokohama, Kanagawa 223-8522
JAPAN

C1-8
11:40
Multiple Antennae, Multipole Radiation, And Beam Formation: Counting Electromagnetic Degrees Of Freedom
Polyakov, A.S., Mitra, P.P., Andrews, M.R.
Bell Labs, 3L-401
700 Mountain Avenue
Murray HIll, NJ 07974
USA


Session E/F/J1 8:55-Wed.

RFI MITIGATION FOR REMOTE SENSING AND RADIO ASTRONOMY

Chairpersons: M. Davis (mdavis@seti.org), A. Gasiewski and E. Smith

8:55 Introduction

E/F/J1-1
9:00
Current Issues in Domestic Spectrum Management Affecting Radio Astronomy and Remote Sensing
Steffes, P.G., Backer, D.C.
School of Electrical and Computer Eng.
Georgia Inst. of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0250
USA

E/F/J1-2
9:20
Cancellation of TV interference
Roshi, D. A.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
Box 2
Green Bank, WV 24944
USA

E/F/J1-3
9:40
A Radio Frequency Interference Mitigation Strategy for the Allen Telescope Array
Bower, G.C.
601 Campbell Hall
Radio Astronomy Laboratory
UC Berkeley
Berkeley, CA 94720
USA

E/F/J1-4
10:00
Efficient Multibeam Synthesis with Interference Nulling for Large Arrays
Ellingson, S.W., Cazemier, W.
ElectroScience Laboratory
The Ohio State University
1320 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
USA

10:20-10:40: BREAK

E/F/J1-5
10:40
Interference from the Robledo DSN Transmitters to Central Madrid IMT-2000/UMTS System through Terrain Diffraction at S-Band
Ho, C.M., Sue, M.K., Peng, T.K., Smith, E.K.
MS 161-260
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Dr.
Pasadena, CA 91109-8099
USA

E/F/J1-6
11:00
Detecting and filtering low level RFI with a digitizing microwave radiometer
Ruf, C.S., Li, J., S.A. Rogacki
Department of Atmospheric, Oceanic and Space Sciences
University of Michigan
2455 Hayward Avenue
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2143
USA

E/F/J1-7
11:20
Interference Mitigation in Airborne C-Band Polarimetric Imagery of Soil Moisture
Gasiewski, A.J., Klien, M., Leuisky, V., Yevgrafov, A., Jordan, S.
NOAA Environmental Technology Laboratory
Boulder, CO
USA

E/F/J-8
11:40
RFI Mitigration in Radio Astronomy
Ekers, R.
Australia National Telescope Facility
Epping, NSW
Australia


Session F1, 8:55-Wed.

PROPAGATION MODELING AND MEASUREMENTS I

Chairperson: J. Goldhirsh (Julius.Goldhirsh@jhuapl.edu) and Daniel Dockery (Dan.Dockery@jhuapl.edu)

8:55 Introduction

F1-1
9:00
Simulation of Path Rain Attenuation Time Series and Statistics at Variable Frequencies, Elevation Angles and Rain Rate Zones
Goldhirsh, J.
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
USA

F1-2
9:20
PROPAGATION MODELING IN A STABLE MARINE ATMOSPHERIC SURFACE LAYER
Paulus, R.A., Anderson, K.D.
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center D858
49170 Propagation Path
San Diego, CA 92152
USA

F1-3
9:40
Evaporation Duct Height Calculation Using Helicopter-Collected Bulk Meteorological Measurements
Dockery, G.D., Gehman, J.Z., Kochhar, A.K., Newkirk, M.H., Rottier, J.R., Rowland, J.R.
JHU/APL
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723
USA

F1-4
10:00
An update on the performance of refractivity-from-clutter for evaporation ducts
Wagner, L.J., Rogers, L.T.
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego
Code D858
San Diego, CA 92152-7385
USA

10:20-10:40: BREAK

F1-5
10:40
A Ray Trace Approach for Estimation of Refractivity From Land Clutter
Barrios, A.E.
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO, D858
49170 Propagation Path
San Diego, CA 92152-7385
U.S.

F1-6
11:00
A Streamlined Approach for Collecting Signal Strength Data to Validate a Ground-To-Ground Propagation Model
Kent Chamberlin
Dept. of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Kingsbury Hall
Durham, NH 03824-3591
USA

F1-7
11:20
An Evaluation of Refractivity from Clutter Using MPME Wallops 2000 Data
Nguyen, T., Wiss, V.R.
NSWCDD
17320 Dahlgren Road
MS T44
Dahlgren, VA 22448
USA

F1-8
11:40
Evaluation of Helicopter and Rocketsonde Refractivity Profiles with and without Appended LKB or Paulus/Jeske Evaporation Ducts
Thornton W.D., Brown T.M., Stapleton J.K., Burgess E.H., Shanklin D.M.
Lockheed Martin
P.O. Box 1570
Dahlgren, Va 22448
USA

F1-9
12:00
Propagation Modeling Evaluation in Near Standard, Superrefractive, Trapping, and Multimodal Environment Types
Shanklin, D. M., Stapleton, J. K., Thornton, W.D.
Naval Surface Warfare Center
Dahlgren Division
Code T44/Shanklin
17320 Dahlgren Road
Dahlgren, VA 22448-5100
USA


Session G/H1, 8:55-Wed..

METEOR PHYSICS

Chairperson: J. Mathews (jdmathews@psu.edu)

8:55 Introduction

G/H1-1
9:00
Meteor Head Echo Measurements with the Sondrestrom Radar
Heinselman, C.J., Jorgensen, J.
SRI International
333 Ravenswood Ave
Menlo Park, CA 94025
USA

G/H1-2 (MOVED TO PLENARY SESSION ON THURSDAY MORNING)
Scattering characteristics of meteor head echoes collected using ALTAIR
Close, S., Oppenheim, M., Hunt, S., Dyrud, L., Coster, A.
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Millstone Hill Radar, Group 98
Westford, MA 01886
USA

G/H1-3
9:20
Meteor Velocity Determination Using the Advanced Research Project Agency Long Range Tracking and Instrumentation Radar
Hunt, S.M.,Close, S., Brown, P., Oppenheim, M., Dyrud, L.
244 Wood St
Lexington , MA 02420
US

G/H1-4
9:40
The linear plasma theory of meteor trails and implications for radar measurements
Oppenheim, M.M, Dyrud, L.P., Close, S., Hunt, S.
Center for Space Physics
Boston University
725 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
USA

G/H1-5
10:00
Radio Science Issues Surrounding HF/VHF/UHF Radar Meteor Studies
Mathews, J. D.
323A EE East
Communications & Space Science Laboratory
Penn State University
University Park, PA 16802-2707
USA

10:20-10:40: BREAK

G/H1-6
10:40
Measuring altitude profiles of diffusion from non-specular meteor trails
Dyrud, L.P., Oppenheim, M.M. , Close S., Hunt, S.
Center for Space Physics
Boston University
725 Commonwealth Ave.
Boston, MA 02215
USA

G/H1-7
11:00
Electron Beams from Space: Another Kind of Meteor
Greenwald, R.A., Sojka, J.J., Borovsky, J.E.
Johns Hopkins University
Applied Physics Laboratory
11100 Johns Hopkins Road
Laurel, MD 20723-6099
USA

G/H1-8
11:20
Leonid Meteor Spectra from 110 nm to 900 nm as observed from the MSX Satellite
Morrison, D., Carbary, J., Romick, G.
Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab.
11100 Johns Hopkins Rd.
Laurel, MD 20723
USA

WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, January 9, 2002

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Session B2, 1335-Wed.

ELECTROMAGNETIC INTERACTIONS WITH COMPLEX PLATFORMS

Chairpersons: C.E. Baum and R. Gardner
Special Session Organized by C.M. Butler and P.L.E. Uslenghi

1335 Introduction

B2-1
13:40
RADIATION, PENETRATION AND SCATTERING FOR A SLOTTED SEMIELLIPTICAL CHANNEL FILLED WITH ISOREFRACTIVE MATERIAL - I. EXACT SOLUTIONS
Uslenghi, P. L. E.
Dept. of ECE (MC 154)
University of Illinois at Chicago
851 South Morgan street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA

B2-2
14:00
RADIATION, PENETRATION AND SCATTERING FOR A SLOTTED SEMIELLIPTICAL CHANNEL FILLED WITH ISOREFRACTIVE MATERIAL - II. NUMERICAL RESULTS BASED ON EIGENFUNCTION EXPANSIONS
Erricolo, D., Greenenwald, K. A., Uslenghi, P. L. E.
Dept. of ECE (MC 154)
University of Illinois at Chicago
851 South Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA

B2-3
14:20
Penetration into and Radiation from a Slotted Semielliptical Channel Filled with an Isorefractive Material -- Integral Equation Formulation and Solution
Butler, C. M., Lockard, M. D.
Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
336 Fluor Daniel EIB
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0915
USA

B2-4
14:40
Analysis of Signals in Coupled Coaxial and Cylindrical Cavities
Harrison, M. G., Butler, C. M., Young, J. C.
Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
336 Fluor Daniel EIB
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0915
USA

B2-5
15:00
On the Effects of Propagation Path on RF Signals in Systems
Martin, A. Q.
Holcombe Department of Electrical &Computer Engineering
333 Fluor Daniel EIB
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0915
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

B2-6
15:40
Extension of the BLT Equation to Incorporate Electromagnetic Field Propagation
Tesche, F.M., Butler, C.M.
Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
336 Fluor Daniel EIB
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0915
USA

B2-7
16:00
Some Difficulties in Aperture Theory
Butler, C. M.
Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
336 Fluor Daniel EIB
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634-0915
USA

B2-8
16:20
EM Coupling through slots into overmoded cavities and large scaled complex platforms using the multilevel fast multipole method.
Siah, E, Sertel,K, Volakis, J.L., Leipa,V.
EECS Dept.
University of Michigan
1301 Beal Ave
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
USA

B2-9
16:40
COUPLING OF ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS TO A WIRE IN A CAVITY
Wilton, D.R.,Jackson, D.R., Champagne, N.J., Lertsirimit, C.
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Houston
Houston , TX 77204-4005
USA

B2-10
17:00
Fast Time Domain Analysis of Nonlinearly Loaded Printed Circuit Board Structures
Aygun, K., Fischer, B., Cangellaris, A., Michielssen, E.
Center for Computational Electromagnetics
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1406 W. Green St.
Urbana, IL 61801
U.S.A.

B2-11 WITHDRAWN
17:20
Assessment of Semiconductor Non-linear Loads via Single-Shot High Voltage Time Domain Reflectometry
Bridgwood, M. A.
ECE Department
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
USA

B2-12
17:40
Evaluation of Processor Faults Due to to EM Interference---Concepts and Simulation Environment
Shantanu Dutt, Hasan Arslan
University of Illinois at Chicago
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engr.
1020 Science and Engr. Offices
851 S. Morgan Street
Chicago, IL 60607
USA


Session C2, 15:35-Wed.

RADAR SIGNAL PROCESSING

Chairperson: Jeff Krolick (jk@ee.duke.edu)

15:20-15:40: BREAK

15:35 Introduction

C2-1
15:40
Inferring atmospheric refractivity from sea clutter using a genetic algorithm
Gerstoft, P., Rogers, L.T.
COMMANDING OFFICER
D858 ATTN L. TED ROGERS
SPAWARSYSCEN SAN DIEGO
53560 HULL STREET
SAN DIEGO, CA 92152-5001
USA

C2-2
16:00
Performance Bounds on Altitude Estimation using Over-the-Horizon Radar
Papazoglou, M. A.
Naval Research Laboratory
CODE 5324
4555 Overlook Ave SW
Washington, DC 20375
USA

C2-3
16:20
Multistatic Passive Radar Imaging of Aircraft: A Feasibility Study Using FISC
Wu, Y., Lanterman, A., Munson, D. C. Jr.
Coordinated Science Lab
University of Illinois
1308 W. Main St.
Urbana, IL 61801
USA

C2-4
16:40
Multidimensional Nonlinear Inverse Scattering for Subsurface Sensing and Biomedical Imaging
Qing H. Liu and Zhong Qing Zhang
Department of Electrical Engineering
Duke University
Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708
USA

C2-5
17:00
Recursive Bayesian Estimation of Tropospheric Refractivity from Radar Clutter
Anderson, R.H., Vasudevan, S., Krolik, J.L.
Dept. of ECE
Duke University
Box 90291
Durham, NC 27708
USA

C2-6
17:20
SIFTER: Signal Inversion For Target Extraction and Registration
Fridman, S. V. , Nickisch, L. J.
Mission Research Corporation
10 ragsdale Dr., Suite 201
Monterey, CA 93940-5776
USA


Session C/F1, 13:55-Wed.

PROPAGATION AND SCATTERING IN VEGETATION

Chairpersons: R. Lang (lang@seas.gwu.edu) and B. Sadler (bsadler@arl.army.mil)

13:35 Introduction

C/F1-1
13:40
Some Fundamental Issues in Foliage Penetration
Brown, G.S.
ElectroMagnetic Intractions Laboratory
Bradley Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Blacksburg, VA 24061-0111
USA

C/F1-2
14:00
Mapping Forest Biomass in Panama Using VHF SAR
Imhoff. M. L., Johnson, P., Carson, S., Hyer, J., Holford, W., Lawrence, W., Stutzer, D.
Code 923
NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
USA

C/F1-3
14:20
Passive L-Band Models and Measurements over Conifer Forests
Lang, R.H., Utku, C., Le Vine, D., Chauhan, N.
The George Washington University
Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Phillips Hall
801 22nd Street N.W.
Washington, DC 20052
USA

C/F1-4
14:40
Analysis of vegetation microwave parameters dependency on view angle and polarization (SMOS mission)
Parde, M., Wigneron, J.-P., Chanzy, A. , Schmugge, T.
INRA-Unite CSE (Climat-Sol-Environnement)
Site Agroparc - Domaine Saint Paul
Avignon, FR 84914
France

C/F1-5
15:00
Relating Surface Aerodynamic Roughness to Interferoometric SAR data
S. Saatchhi, E. Rodriguez, S. Denning. R. Dubayah
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
4800 Oak Grove Drive
Pasadena, CA 91109
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

C/F1-6
15:40
Issues in Foliage Propagation in Army Mobile Communications
Perlman, B., Sadler, B.M.
Army Research Laboratory
AMSRL-CI-CN
2800 Powder Mill Rd
Adelphi, MD 20783
USA

C/F1-7
16:00
MILLIMETER WAVE ATTENUATION PREDICTIONS THROUGH TREE FOLIAGE
Torrico, S. A., Lang, R. H.
Comsearch
19700 Janelia Farm Boulevard
Ashburn, VA 20147
USA

C/F1-8
16:20
Foliage Penetration, Propagation and Scattering Measurements for BLAST
Pidwerbetsky, A., Romain, D.M., Tubbs, A.D.
Bell Laboratories
Room 15F-242
67 Whippany Rd.
Whippany , NJ 07981
USA

C/F1-9
16:40
MIMO Capacity for Rician Fading Channels
Mahesh Godavarti
Dept. EECS
Univ. of Michigan
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122
USA

C/F1-10
17:00
An Interference-Blocking RAKE Receiver for Wireless Communications Systems
T.T. Lin
NATIONAL LIEN-HO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
1 LIEN KUNG, KUNG CHING LI
MIAOLI, NA 360
Taiwan, R.O.C.


Session G1, 1335-Wed.

RADAR TECHNIQUES

Chairperson: J. Foster (jcf@haystack.mit.edu)

1335 Introduction

G1-1
13:40
Proposal for the determination of a relationship between SE spectra and their angular dirstribution
LaHoz,C.,Hagfors,T.,Rietveld,M.,Isham,B.
MPAe, Max Planck Strasse 2
37191 Katlenburg-Lindau
Germany

G1-2
14:00
Anomalous ion line spectra associated with enhanced plasma lines observed during auroral precipitation
Isham, B., La Hoz, C., Rietveld, M. T., Grydeland, T., Forme, F.
EISCAT Scientific Association
Ramfjordbotn, N N-9027
Norway

G1-3
14:20
ELIMINATION OF LARGE INTERFERERS FROM PULSE RADAR AND OTHER SPREAD SPECTRUM DATA
Bibl,K.,Cheney,G.P.
Center for Atmospheric Research
Univ. of Mass.-Lowell
LOWELL, MA 01854
USA

G1-4
14:40
Millstone Hill E Region Coherent Scatter Experiments: New Perspectives on the Mid-Latitude Polarization Jet Electric Field And Its Variability
Erickson, P. J., Foster, J. C., Lind, F. D.
Atmospheric Sciences Group
MIT Haystack Observatory
Westford, MA 01886
USA

G1-5
15:00
Measuring the Complete Incoherent Scatter Spectrum at Arecibo
Sulzer, M.P., Behnke, R.A., Gonzalez, S.A.
Arecibo Observatory
HC 3 Box 53995
Arecibo, PR 00612
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

G1-6
15:40
The HAARP VHF Radar
Djuth, F. T.
Geospace Research, Inc.
550 N. Continental Boulevard
El Segundo, CA 90245
USA

G1-7
16:00
32-bit COMPLEMENTARY and STAGGERED PULSE CODES
Bibl,K., Cheney,G.P.
Center for Atmospheric Research
Univ. of Massachusetts-Lowell
LOWELL, MA 01854
USA

G1-8
16:20
Passive Incoherent Scatter Radar
Lind, F.D., Sahr, J.D.
MIT Haystack Observatory
Route 40
Westford, MA 01886
USA

G1-9
16:40
Measuring F Region Ion and Electron Temperatures at Jicamarca Using Incoherent Scatter Radar: Results and Theory Including Coulomb Collisions
Sulzer, M.P., Aponte, N., Gonzalez, S.A.
Arecibo Observatory
HC 3 Box 53995
Arecibo, PR 00612
USA

G1-10
17:00
High Latitude Ionospheric Tomography
Bust,G.S.,Gaussiran II,T.L.,Coker,C.,Coco,D.S.
Applied Research Laboratories
The University of Texas at Austin
P.O. Box 8029
Austin, TX 78713-8029
USA

G1-11
17:20
Radar Observation of Topside Density as a Proxy for Ionospheric TEC
Foster, J.C., Coster, A.J., Erickson, P.J.
MIT Haystack Observatory
off Route 40
Westford, MA 01886
USA


Session H1, 1335-Wed.

WAVE-PARTICLE INTERACTION

Chairperson: C. Kletzing (cak@delta.physics.uiowa.edu)

1335 Introduction

H1-1
13:40
Microwave Propagation and Reflection from Turbulent Fluctuations in Fusion Plasmas
Raffi Nazikian
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory
Princeton , NJ 08540
USA

H1-2
14:00
Low frequency oscillations in a plasma with spatially variable field-aligned flow
Ganguli, G.
Code 6794
Plasma Physics Division
Naval Research Laboratory
Washington , DC 20375
USA

H1-3
14:20
Laboratory study of the effect of a magnetic field aligned plasma flow with a transverse velocity gradient on the excitation of current-driven ion acoustic and ion cyclotron waves
Agrimson, E. P., D'Angelo, N., Merlino, R. L.
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
The University of Iowa
Iowa City, IA 52242
USA

H1-4
14:40
A Kinetic Treatment of a Perpendicular Gradient in Magnetic-Field-Aligned Flow in a Thermally Anisotropic Plasma
Robert S. Spangler, Jr., Earl E. Scime, Gurudas I. Ganguli
Physics Dept.
Hodges Hall
Morgantown, WV 26506
USA

H1-5
15:00
Ground Based Observations of Flickering Aurora
McHarg, M.G., Stenbaek-Nielsen, H.C.
United States Air Force Academy
Department of Physics
2354 Fairchild Drive, Suite 2A29
US Air Force Academy, CO 80840
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

H1-6
15:40
Gyroresonant Interactions of Lightning-Induced Whistlers and Radiation Belt Electrons
Inan, U. S.
Packard Bldg. Rm. 355
350 Serra Mall
STAR Laboratory
Stanford University
Stanford, CA 94305
USA

H1-7
16:00
Dispersive Alfven Waves: Nonlinear and Kinetic Effects
Rankin,R.,Samson,J.C.,Tikhonchuk,V.T.,Wanliss,J.
Department of Physics
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada

H1-8
16:20
Chorus Emissions from the Magnetosphere
Helliwell, R. A.
Stanford University
350 Serra Mall
David Packard Building, room 354
Stanford, CA 94305-9515
USA

H1-9
16:40
The Role of Electron Density Inhomogeneities in Ionospheric Radio Emission
LaBelle, J.
Department of Physics and Astronomy
6127 Wilder Laboratory
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH 03755
USA

H1-10
17:00
Stimulated Emissions and Radar Scatter from Pulsed RF-Ionosphere Interactions at HAARP
Sheerin, J. P., Mills, J. P., Groves, K. M., Bristow, W. A., Pau, J., Wong, A. Y., Ramos, C.
Physics and Astronomy
303 Strong Hall
Eastern Michigan Univ.
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
USA

H1-11
17:20
Ion Heating in the Earth's Magnetosphere during Substorm and Storm-time
Scime,E.E., Keese, A.M., Pollock, C.J.
Box 6315
Department of Physics
West Virginia University
Morgantown, WV 26506
USA


Session J1, 1335-Wed.

NEW MILLIMETER AND SUBMILLIMETER WAVELENGTH ARRAYS

Chairperson: J. Mangum (jmagnum@nrao.edu)

1335 Introduction

J1-1
13:40
The Submillimeter Array Project
Moran J.M.
Mail Stop 42
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
60 Garden St.
Cambridge, MA 02138
USA

J1-2
14:00
The Sunyaev-Zel'dovich Array
Carlstrom, J.E., for the SZA collaboration
Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics
5640 S. Ellis Avenue
Chicago, IL 60637
U.S.A.

J1-3
14:20
AMiBA - A Technical Overview
Martin, R.N., Lo, K.Y.
ASIAA - Hawaii Operations
Punahele Professional Bldg
82 Pu'uhonu Place, Suite 210
Hilo, HI 96720-2010
USA

J1-4
14:40
Combined Array for Millimeter Astronomy
Beasley, A. J., Woody, D. P.
Owens Valley Radio Observatory
Caltech
100 Leighton Lane
Big Pine, CA 93513
USA

J1-5
15:00
Millimeter Wavelength Capabilities of the EVLA
Napier, P.J.
NRAO
PO Box 0
Socorro, NM 87801
USA

15:20-15:40: BREAK

J1-6
15:40
ALMA Site and Configurations
Radford, S. J. E.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
949 North Cherry Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA

J1-7
16:00
ALMA 12 meter Prototype Antennas
Kingsley, J., Andersen, T., Nobuharu,U.
National Radio Astronomy Observatory
949 North Cherry Avenue
Campus Building 65
Tucson, AZ 85721-0655
U.S.A.

J1-8
16:20
ALMA Receiver Development
Payne, J. M.
NRAO
949 N. Cherry Avenue
Tucson, AZ 85721
USA

J1-9
16:40
DESIGN AND STATUS OF THE ALMA BASELINE CORRELATOR
Webber, J.C., Escoffier, R.P., Broadwell, C.M, Greenberg, J.H.
NRAO
2015 Ivy Road, Suite 219
Charlottesville, VA 22903
USA


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