• POEMMA-Probe of Extreme Multi-Messenger Astrophysics: CRs and Neutrinos 

  Krizmanic, John (2017-03-17)

• IAC-18.C1.2.9 WIDE-FIELD INFRARED SURVEY TELESCOPE AND STARSHADE FORMATION FLYING DYNAMICS AT SUN-EARTH L2 

  Farr´es, Ariadna; Webster, Cassandra M. (2018)

  The formation flying of an occulter with a telescope at the Sun-Earth L2 (SEL2) Libration Point can be a challenging problem. A good knowledge of the Restricted Three Body Problem dynamics is required to understand how ...

• How do interplanetary shock impact angles control the size of the geoeffective magnetosphere 

  Rudd, J.T.; Oliveira, D.M.; Bhaskar, A.; Halford, A.J. (Elsevier Ltd, 2018-09-09)

  In this paper, we investigate temporal and spatial magnetosphere response to the impact of interplanetary (IP) shocks with different inclinations and speeds on the Earth’s magnetosphere. A data set with more than 500 IP ...

• Orbital Maintenance for the Wide Field Infrared Survey Telescope: The Effects of Solar Radiation Pressure and Navigation Accuracies on Station Keeping 

  Ariadna, Farres; Cassandra, Webster; Jennifer, Donaldson; Dave, Folta (2018-08-19)

  The Wide-Field Infrared Survey Telescope (WFIRST), a NASA observatory designed to investigate dark energy and astrophysics, is planned for a launch in 2025 to orbit the Sun-Earth L2 (SEL2) Libration Point. Due to the ...

• Improving cloud optical property retrievals for partly cloudy pixels using coincident higher‐resolution single band measurements: A feasibility study using ASTER observations 

  Werner, F.; Zhang, Z.; Wind, G.; Miller, D.J.; Platnick, S.; Girolamo, L. Di (American Geophysical Union, 2018-10-09)

  Clear‐sky contamination is a challenging and long‐lasting problem for cloud optical thickness (τ) and effective droplet radius (rₑ𝒻𝒻) retrievals using passive satellite sensors. This study explores the feasibility of ...

• Minimally invasive technique for measuring transdermal glucose with a fluorescent biosensor 

  Brown, Sheniqua; Zambrana, Paige N.; Ge, Xudong; Bagdure, Dayanand; Stinchcomb, Audra L.; Rao, Govind; Tolosa, Leah (Springer Nature Switzerland AG., 2018-08-31)

  There is a need for blood glucose monitoring techniques that eliminate the painful and invasive nature of current methods, while maintaining the reliability and accuracy of established medical technology. This research ...

• Simulation of the Evolution of Information Content in Transcription Factor Binding Sites Using a Parallelized Genetic Algorithm 

  Cornish, Joseph; Forder, Robert; Erill, Ivan; Gobbert, Matthias K. (2011-07-30)

  The analysis of transcription factor binding motifs may aid in understanding the process by which transcription factors recognize their binding sites. We wish to investigate the likelihood that transcription factors use ...

• Satellite- and ground-based CO total column observations over 2010 Russian fires: accuracy of top-down estimates based on thermal IR satellite data 

  Yurganov, L. N.; Rakitin, V.; Dzhola, A.; August, T.; Fokeeva, E.; George, M.; Gorchakov, G.; Grechko, E.; Hannon, S.; Karpov, A.; Ott, L.; Semutnikova, E.; Shumsky, R.; Strow, L. (Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2011-08-04)

  CO total column data are presented from three space sounders and two ground-based spectrometers in Moscow and its suburbs during the forest and peat fires that occurred in Central Russia in July–August 2010. Also presented ...

• Infrared retrievals of dust using AIRS: Comparisons of optical depths and heights derived for a North African dust storm to other collocated EOS A‐Train and surface observations 

  DeSouza‐Machado, S.G.; Strow, L.L.; Imbiriba, B.; McCann, K.; Hoff, R.M.; Hannon, S.E.; Martins, J.V.; Tanré, D.; Deuzé, J.L.; Ducos, F.; Torres, O. (American Geophysical Union, 2010-08-03)

  [1] AIRS thermal infrared radiance data are used with a fast infrared scattering radiative transfer model to physically retrieve the dust column amount and dust height over both ocean and land. The retrieved optical depths ...

• Improved agreement of AIRS tropospheric carbon monoxide products with other EOS sensors using optimal estimation retrievals 

  Warner, J. X.; Wei, Z.; Strow, L. L.; Barnet, C.D.; Sparling, L. C.; Diskin, G.; Sachse, G. (Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2010-10-08)

  We present in this paper an alternative retrieval algorithm for the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) tropospheric Carbon Monoxide (CO) products using the Optimal Estimation (OE) technique, which is different from the ...

• Hyperspectral Earth Observation from IASI: Five Years of Accomplishments 

  Hilton, Fiona; Armante, Raymond; August, Thomas; Barnet, Chris; Bouchard, Aurelie; Camy-Peyret, Claude; Capelle, Virginie; Clarisse, Lieven; Clerbaux, Cathy; Coheur, Pierre-Francois; Collard, Andrew; Crevoisier, Cyril; Dufour, Gaelle; Edwards, David; Faijan, Francois; Fourrié, Nadia; Gambacorta, Antonia; Goldberg, Mitchell; Guidard, Vincent; Hurtmans, Daniel; Illingworth, Samuel; Jacquinet-Husson, Nicole; Kerzenmacher, Tobias; Klaes, Dieter; Lavanant, Lydie; Masiello, Guido; McNally, Anthony; Matricardi, Marco; Pavelin, Edward; Newman, Stuart; Payan, Sebastien; Péquignot, Eric; Peyridieu, Sophie; Phulpin, Thierry; Remedios, John; Schlüssel, Peter; Serio, Carmine; Strow, Larrabee; Stubenrauch, Claudia; Taylor, Jonathan; Tobin, David; Wolf, Walter; Zhou, Daniel (American Meteorological Society, 2012-03-01)

  The Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) forms the main infrared sounding component of the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites's (EUMETSAT's) Meteorological Operation ...

• Technology Solutions to Support Assessment 

  Harrison, Jennifer M.; Braxton, Sherri N. (NILOA, 2018-09)

  In this paper, we explore how assessment technologies can support college and university assessment processes at multiple levels. Our goal is to help you think through your institutional assessment culture and processes, ...

• Summary Verification Measures and Their Interpretation for Ensemble Forecasts 

  Bradley, A. Allen; Schwartz, Stuart S. (American Meteorological Society, 2011-09-01)

  Ensemble prediction systems produce forecasts that represent the probability distribution of a continuous forecast variable. Most often, the verification problem is simplified by transforming the ensemble forecast into ...

• Resolving the X-ray obscuration in a low flux observation of the quasar PDS 456 

  Reeves, James; Braito, Valentina; Nardini, Emanuele; Hamann, Fred; Chartas, George; Lobban, Andrew; O'Brien, Paul; Turner, Jane (2018-09-19)

  Simultaneous XMM-Newton, NuSTAR and HST observations, performed in March 2017, of the nearby (z=0.184 ) luminous quasar PDS 456 are presented. PDS 456 had a low X-ray flux compared to past observations, where the first of ...

• Minimally invasive technique for measuring transdermal glucose with a fluorescent biosensor 

  Brown, Sheniqua; Zambrana, Paige N.; Ge, Xudong; Bagdure, Dayanand; Stinchcomb, Audra L.; Rao, Govind; Tolosa, Leah (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018-08-17)

  There is a need for blood glucose monitoring techniques that eliminate the painful and invasive nature of current methods, while maintaining the reliability and accuracy of established medical technology. This research ...

• Thirty‐year trends in acid deposition and neutralization in two headwater catchments, northwestern Massachusetts, USA 

  Dethier, David P.; Wieman, Scott T.; Racela, Jason (Wiley, 2018-09-04)

  Long-term decreases in acidic precursors have changed the chemistry of precipitation and streamflow in two moderately to well-buffered, forested headwater catchments in the Taconic Range of western New England, USA. We ...

• Designing a Medicare Help at Home Benefit: Lessons from Maryland’s Community First Choice Program 

  Davis, Karen; Willink, Amber; Stockwell, Ian; Whiton, Kaitlyn; Burgdorf, Julia; Woodcock, Cynthia (2018-06)

  ISSUE: Medicare does not cover home- and community-based services (HCBS) that help beneficiaries function independently at home. The financial burden of uncovered personal care services puts beneficiaries with physical or ...

• Introduction to Distributed Computing with pbdR at the UMBC High Performance Computing Facility 

  Raim, Andrew M. (2013-06-26)

• Rapid response quality control service for the laser ranging tracking network 

  Otsubo, Toshimichi; Müller, Horst; Pavlis, Erricos C.; Torrence, Mark H.; Thaller, Daniela; Glotov, Vladimir D.; Wang, Xiaoya; Sośnica, Krzysztof; Meyer, Ulrich; Wilkinson, Matthew J. (Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2018-09-10)

  Quality control systems for satellite laser ranging (SLR) observations have been developed at a number of analysis institutes worldwide, using various software packages of precise orbit determination and data analysis. ...

• Shortwave direct radiative effects of above-cloud aerosols over global oceans derived from 8 years of CALIOP and MODIS observations 

  Zhang, Zhibo; Meyer, Kerry; Yu, Hongbin; Platnick, Steven; Colarco, Peter; Liu, Zhaoyan; Oreopoulos, Lazaros (Copernicus Publications on behalf of the European Geosciences Union, 2016-03-04)

  In this paper, we studied the frequency of occurrence and shortwave direct radiative effects (DREs) of above-cloud aerosols (ACAs) over global oceans using 8 years (2007–2014) of collocated CALIOP and MODIS observations. ...

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