Search Results - "Blackwell, W. J."

An Overview of the TROPICS NASA Earth Venture Mission by Blackwell, W. J., Braun, S., Bennartz, R., Velden, C., DeMaria, M., Atlas, R., Dunion, J., Marks, F., Rogers, R., Annane, B., Leslie, R. V.

“…The Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats (TROPICS) mission was selected by NASA as part…”
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A neural-network technique for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles from high spectral resolution sounding data by Blackwell, W.J.

“…A novel statistical method for the retrieval of atmospheric temperature and moisture profiles has been developed and evaluated with simulated clear-air and…”
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Beware Cold Agglutinins in Organ Donors! Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion From an Uncontrolled Donation After Circulatory-Determination-of-Death Donor With a Cold Agglutinin: A Case Report by Venkataraman, A., Blackwell, J.W., Funkhouser, W.K., Birchard, K.R., Beamer, S.E., Simmons, W.T., Randell, S.H., Egan, T.M.

“…We began to recover lungs from uncontrolled donation after circulatory determination of death to assess for transplant suitability by means of ex vivo lung…”
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Performance Analyses of Passive Microwave Atmospheric Sounding Approaches That Use Hyper-Spectral-Sampling and/or Multi-Angle-Sampling: Methods, Simulation Examples, and Pitfalls by Blackwell, W. J., Milstein, A.

“…In this paper, the key models, assumptions, and statistical characterizations/uncertainties are examined to better understand how to evaluate hyper-spectral…”
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Overview of Intercalibration of Satellite Instruments by Chander, G., Hewison, T. J., Fox, N., Wu, X., Xiong, X., Blackwell, W. J.

“…Intercalibration of satellite instruments is critical for detection and quantification of changes in the Earth's environment, weather forecasting,…”
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NPOESS Aircraft Sounder Testbed-Microwave (NAST-M): instrument description and initial flight results by Blackwell, W.J., Barrett, J.W., Chen, F.W., Leslie, R.V., Rosenkranz, P.W., Schwartz, M.J., Staelin, D.H.

“…The National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Aircraft Sounder Testbed (NAST) has been developed and deployed on the NASA…”
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Hyperspectral Microwave Atmospheric Sounding by Blackwell, W J, Bickmeier, L J, Leslie, R V, Pieper, M L, Samra, J E, Surussavadee, C, Upham, C A

“…We introduce a new hyperspectral microwave remote sensing modality for atmospheric sounding, driven by recent advances in microwave device technology that now…”
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Error Variance Estimation for Individual Geophysical Parameter Retrievals by Zuoyu Tao, Blackwell, W. J., Staelin, D. H.

“…Neural networks (NNs) are developed for estimating the error variances of individual infrared and microwave atmospheric temperature and humidity profile…”
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The Warsaw uprising: the view from Lublin by Blackwell, J W

“…1944 was a critical year for the Polish Home Army. During the summer several crucial decisions were made that were to affect the future direction of Polish…”
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Argentaffin carcinoma (carcinoid tumor) arising in an ovarian dermoid cyst by BLACKWELL, W J, DOCKERTY, M B

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Dermoid cysts of the ovary: their clinical and pathologic significance by BLACKWELL, W J, DOCKERTY, M B

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Offset-fed Reflector Antenna with Lateral Feed Displacement for the MiRaTA Satellite by Osaretin, I. A., Blackwell, W. J., Leslie, R. V., Langlois, P.

“…An offset parabolic reflector antenna is fed by two compact corrugated feeds, laterally displaced from the reflector's focal point. Results show high gain,…”
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Designing a Climate-Monitoring Microwave Radiometer by Rosenkranz, P. W., Blackwell, W. J., Gasiewski, A. J., Leslie, R. V., Mears, C. A., Piepmeier, J. R., Racette, P. E., Santer, B. D.

“…The Climate-Monitoring Microwave Radiometer (CliMMR) will address the requirements for measuring long-term trends in atmospheric temperature with excellent…”
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S-NPP advanced technology microwave sounder: Reflector emissivity model, mitigation, & verification by Leslie, R. V., Blackwell, W. J., Anderson, K., Kim, E., Weng, F.

“…The Suomi NPP spacecraft pitchover maneuver revealed an ATMS scan angle-dependent bias when viewing deep space, which is a homogenous and unpolarized source…”
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Effects of petroleum exposure on predatory behavior of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) [Alaska] by Folmar, L C, Craddock, D R, Blackwell, J W, Joyce, G, Hodgins, H O

“…Exposure to sea water-soluble fraction of Cook Inlet crude oil was shown to impair the capturing of prey by coho salmon. The metabolic products of the crude…”
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Design and analysis of a hyperspectral microwave receiver subsystem by Blackwell, W. J., Galbraith, C., Hancock, T., Leslie, R., Osaretin, I., Shields, M., Racette, P., Hilliard, L.

“…Recent technology advances have profoundly changed the landscape of modern radiometry by enabling miniaturized, low-power, and low-noise radio-frequency…”
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A global Precipitation retrieval algorithm for Suomi NPP ATMS by Surussavadee, C., Blackwell, W. J., Entekhabi, D., Leslie, R. V.

“…This paper develops a precipitation retrieval algorithm for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) recently launched aboard the U.S. Suomi National…”
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Anaphylactic Reaction to Chymotrypsin: An Obstetrical Case Report by Sherline, Donald M, Blackwell, William J

“…MANY TECHNIQUES have been suggested for the relief of the painful episiotomy wound. Enzymatic treatment is one of the newer methods.Chymotrypsin, one of the…”
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Earth limb calibration of scanning spaceborne microwave radiometers by Blackwell, W. J., DiLiberto, M., Leslie, R. V., Milstein, A., Osaretin, I., Cohen, B. S., Dave, P. K., Cahoy, K.

“…We introduce a new technique for absolute "through-theantenna" calibration of cross-track-scanning passive microwave radiometers viewing earth from a low-earth…”
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Design and analysis of a Hyperspectral Microwave receiver subsystem by Blackwell, W. J., Galbraith, C., Hancock, T., Leslie, R., Osaretin, I., Shields, M., Racette, P., Hilliard, L.

“…Recent technology advances have profoundly changed the landscape of modern radiometry by enabling miniaturized, low-power, and low-noise radio-frequency…”
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