Environmental Science and Technology

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New Weather Sensing and Forecasting Capabilities for Ground-to-Space Operations — Jan 1, 1987

Certain weather variables exercise an important control over space operations, either by making a launch infeasible or by adversely affecting the space vehicle and its trajectory.

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Physical Models of Fires and Their Associated Environment — Jan 1, 1973

Derives a general, flexible, mathematical model describing the progress of a fire, and presents graphical output of a computer simulation employing the model.

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Fifty More Timely Problems of the Environment. — Jan 1, 1971

A sequel to P-4415, with brief descriptions of 50 environmental problems compiled from publications such as [Air and Water News], [Explorers Journal, Civil Engineering,] [Engineering News-Record, Science, Nature,] and major newspapers, and suggestion...

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Our Disposable World: Talks on the Environment from a Conference Sponsored By the Junior League of Los Angeles and Rand Corporation — Jan 1, 1970

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Predicting the State of the Upper Atmosphere. — Jan 1, 1965

The principal methods for predicting upper atmosphere conditions are contrasted with the methods of forecasting employed in tropospheric meteorology. Standard model atmospheres can be considered analogous to synoptic weather maps, but the principal ...

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Numerical results for the auxiliary equation of radiative transfer — Jan 1, 1965

A basic problem in astrophysics, meteorology, and neutron transport theory is the determination of the internal intensity produced when uniform parallel rays illuminate a slab of finite thickness which both absorbs and scatters radiation isotropicall...

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Ultraviolet Spectroscopy of the Upper Atmosphere (Part I of an Examination of the Application to Satellite Meteorology of Various Segments of the Electromagnetic Spectrum). — Jan 1, 1963

A survey of the middle and vacuum ultraviolet spectroscopy of the upper atmosphere. The various physical and chemical processes involved in the interaction of radiation with the atoms and molecules of the upper atmosphere are reviewed, and the ultra...

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Reply — Jan 1, 1962

The author responds to a letter critique of a co-written paper on Utility of Weather Forecasts to the Raisin Industry.

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Invariant Imbedding and Noncoherent Scattering in a Finite, Inhomogeneous Atmosphere. — Jan 1, 1962

Part of a broader investigation concerned with the diffuse reflection in an inhomogeneous layer of atmosphere. Such problems are of current interest in the fields of meteorology and astrophysics, and the detection of nuclear blasts. This memorandum...

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Daytime and Nighttime Atmospheric Properties Derived from Rocket and Satellite Observations — Jan 1, 1961

Upper air densities obtained by means of rockets and satellites in the region from 100 to about 800 km are presented.

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Reply to Some Comments By Malville Concerning the Midnight Auroral Maximum — Jan 1, 1961

Movement of geomagneticall trapped radiation toward lower latitudes on the night side of the earth.

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Solar-stream Distortion of the Geomagnetic Field and Polar Electrojets — Jan 1, 1961

Solar stream distortion of the geomagnetic field, polar auroras, electrojets.

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Report of the Standing Committee on Problems of the Upper Atmosphere, 1951-1952 — Jan 1, 1953

The year 1951-1952 has been a significant one in the history of upper-atmosphere research.

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• Energy and Environment Research Area

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Doppler Radar — Jan 1, 1949

This paper contains a discussion of the principle of operation of cw Doppler search radar systems and an analysis of their performance capabilities

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People

Gary Cecchine

Director of Research, RAND Gulf States Policy Institute; Senior Natural Scientist
Ph.D. in biology and public policy, Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S. in marine science and biology, University of Tampa

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Kristy N. Kamarck

Senior Research Manager
M.P.A. in public policy/admin/analysis, London School of Economics; B.S. in economics, U.S. Naval Academy

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Beth Katz

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.A. in education, Loyola Marymount University; B.A. in environmental science and policy, Columbia University

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Lauren Kendrick

Assistant Policy Analyst
B.S. in applied physics, California Institute of Technology

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Edmundo Molina-Perez

Assistant Policy Analyst
Ph.D. candidate in policy analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School; M.S. in systems engineering and policy analysis, Delft University of Technology; B.S. in civil engineering, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

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Molly Morgan Jones

Senior Analyst
Ph.D. in science and technology policy, University of Sussex; M.Sc. (with distinction) in science and technology policy, University of Sussex; B.A. (magna cum laude) in biology (physiology), Northwestern University

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