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Scientific and Technical Publishing at Goddard Space Flight Center in Fiscal Year 1994 NASA Technical Memorandum 104614 Scientific and Technical Publishing at Goddard Space Flight Center in Fiscal Year 1994 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 1994 from the NASA Center for AeroSpace Information, This publication is availabl_ Linthicum Heights, MD 21090-2934, (301) 621-0390. 800 Elkridge Landing Road _z e- , .... i; , ,, /// /"/ Ii REPORT DOCUMENTAT!ON E oMeNo.o7o4-o188, Publicreportingburdenfor thiscollectionof informationis estimatedtoaverage 1 hour"_rasponsa, Including the timefor reviewinginstructions,searchingexistingdata sources,gathering end maintainingthe data needed, andcompletingand reviewingthe collectionof information.Sendcomments regardingthisburdenestimateor any otheraspeotofthiscollectionof information,includingsuggesliQnsfor reducingthisburden,to WashingtonHeadquartersServices.Directoratefor InformationOperationsand Repods, 1215JeffersonDavisHighway,Suite ,1204_AGENCYUSEON'Y(Aff,'_gton_VA 22202-4302t andto the Of£ceof Management •,.,REPORTDATE and.*)Budget,PaperworkReduction3ProjectREPORT(0704-01881,V"EWashin_on,ANDDATESDC 20503.COWRED November 1994 Technical Memorandum 3 _ _ _ 2 "_ 4. I IILE AND SUbFITLE 5. FUNDINGNUMBERS Scientific and Technical Publishing at Goddard Space Flight Center /d in Fiscal Year 1994 Code 253 6. AUTHOR(S) 7. PERFORMINGORGANIZATIONNAME(S)ANDADDRESS(ES) 8. PERFORMINGORGANIZATION REPORTNUMBER Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Maryland 20771 951300010 9. SPONSORING/MONITORINGAGENCYNAME(S)ANDADDRESS(ES) 10. SPONSORING/MONITORING AGENCYREPORTNUMBER National Aeronautics and Space Administration Washington, D.C. 20546-001 TM-104614 11. SUPPLEMENTARYNOiE:_ Compiled by the Technical Information Services Branch, Code 253, NASA-GSFC, Greenbelt, Maryland 20771. 12a. DI,ST_iBUTIOWAVAILABILITYSTATEMENT 12b. DISTRIBUTIONCODE Unclassified-Unlimited Subject Category 99 13. ABSTRACT(Ma,_n'crn200 words) This publication is a compilation of scientific and technical material that was researched, written, prepared, and dissemi nated by the Center's scientists and engineers during FY94. It is presented in numerical order of the GSFC author's sponsoring technical directorate; i.e., Code 300 is the Office of Right Assurance, Code 400 is the Flight Projects Directorate, Code 500 is the Mission Operations and Data Systems Directorate, Code 600 is the Space Sciences Directorate, Code 700 is the Engineering Directorate, Code 800 is the Suborbital Projects and Operations Directorate, and Code 900 is the Earth Sciences Directorate. The publications database contains publication or presentation title, author(s), document type, sponsor, and organizational code. This is the second annual compilation for the Center. 14. SUBJECTTERMS 1'5.NUMBEROFPAGES Catalogs (Publications) 190 16. PRICE CODE 17. SECURITY CLASSIRCATION 18. SECURITY CLASSIRCATION 19. SECURITY CLASSIRCATION 20. UMITATION OF ABSTRACT OF REPORT OF THIS PAGE OF ABSTRACT Unclassified Unclassified Unclassified Unlimited NSN 7540-01-280-5500 Standard Form 298 (Rev. 2-89) ,f PREFACE This Technical Memorandum is a compilation of the research and technology output--in a variety of forms--of NASA Goddard Space Flight Center for fiscal year 1994. Our intent in presenting this information is to continue to establish a greater awareness of the broad scope of scientific and engineering activity at the Center, and its importance to the worldwide technical communities and disciplines to which we contribute. Technical information is both the product and the service provided by GSFC scientists and engineers. It has long been a priority that NASA's Scientific and Technical Information (STI) Program capitalize upon this resource by "provid(ing) for the widest practicable and appropriate dissemination of information concerning its activities and the results thereof..." Our division fulfills these programmatic responsibilities by providing publication, graphics, photography, conference support, and printing services to GSFC's technical community. We hope this publication will serve as a tool for collaboration and cooperation among our scientists and engineers, and as baseline information for future efforts of this kind. I welcome your comments and suggestions on this publication, and hope you will find it useful. Mark E. Walther, Chief Information Management Division iii INTRODUCTION The management of research and technology within our Directorates is diverse, but the publication element is consistent in one respect. By Agency and Center regulation, there must be technical management approval prior to external publication and presentation. At GSFC, this approval is provided via a single form, the Request for Approval for Publication and Release (GSFC 25--42). Use of the GSFC 25-42 is required for all technical information leaving the Center, including NASA formal reports, professional journal articles, other publications such as book chapters and other scholarly works, and technical presentations at conferences, symposia, and meetings. Our Division retains these forms after the sponsoring Director- ate has granted its approval. The information contained in this Technical Memorandum is an assemblage of these 25-42 forms. This is the second year we have sought to compile and publish this information, although we have received and retained GSFC 25-42 forms for many years. In response to a Headquarters request for STI statistics (sponsored by OMB), we have recently established database support to systematically capture GSFC 25-42 data. We will publish this information on an annual cycle. One category of information captured is listed as "sponsor." This field is left blank if the publication is sponsored by NASA; if it is destined for release at an event or in a publi- cation sponsored by an external organization, it is assigned a 6--digit sponsor code. A table of sponsor codes appears as an appendix. The document type is indicated by a two-letter abbreviation in the third column. These abbreviations are: PR = presentation; JA = journal article (or proceedings paper); TM = NASA Technical Memorandum; RP = NASA Reference Publication; TP = NASA Technical Paper; CP = NASA Conference Publication (full proceedings); GD = general document; MW = miscellaneous work (e.g., book chapter, letter to the editor). Papers that were presented both orally and in a proceedings are listed once and have entries in both the "type" and "sponsor" columns. PI_ PAG,_ _ NOT FILMI_ V SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS: FISCAL YEAR 1994 Doc. NASA T.Ltl e Author Soonsor Code GSFC Summer Internships KRIEGER MW NASA 120 Scientific and Technical Publishing at TECHNICAL INFORMATION TM NASA 253 GSFC in FY92 and FY93 SERVICES BRANCH How Much Rework is Too Much? TODD;GARRISON;PARK PR IEPC 300 An Evaluation of the Radiation SHARMA;SAHU PR IEEE 311 Tolerance of a 32-Bit Microprocessor for Space Applications Automated Inspection and SAVAGE PR NEPCON 312 Workmanship Space Flight Printed Wiring Board THOMAS, III TM NASA 312 Measling Investigation Iron Nickel - Cobalt Sealing Alloy THOMAS, III;KUSTER JA IJMEP 312 Weight Loss in Dry Nitrogen Title Author Code Outgassing Data for Selecting CAMPBELL, JR.;SCIALDONE RP NASA 313 Spacecraft Materials Materials Processing Document MATERIALS BRANCH GD NASA 313 Monitoring Molecular Contamination MITCHELL PR;CP SPIE 400 on Optics Utilizing a Temperature- controlled Quartz Crystal Microbalance (TQCM) Using a Temperature-controlled Quartz MITCHELL PR;CP SSC 400 Crystal Microbalance in a Space Equipment Clean Room to Monitor Molecular Contamination A Program Control Systems for an PENNINGTON;MAJEROWICZ PR PMAI01 490 In-House NASA Project: Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission A New Systems Engineering Approach B UTLER;SON'NEBORN;PERKINS PR;CP SP-OPS 5O4 to Streamlined Science arid Mission Operations for the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE) An Operations Concept Development DENZLER;MACKEY PR;CP NCOSE 504 Methodology Using a Graphic Process Flow Technique 2 Title Author T_pe Sponsor Code A Systems Analysis to Improve the GRANATA ;ORAN;BEYER;MAYER; CP,PR NCOSE 5O4 Organizational Processes Using a Total MACKEY;YOST;Van NOSTRAND; Quality (process) and a Viable System KARLIN;BAGG Model Renaissance Architecture for Ground PERKINS;ZEIGENFUS S PR;CP SP-OPS 504 Data Systems A Risk Management Program for a RAMCHANDANI;LIGON PR;CP NCOSE 5O4 Task Order Contract Twenty-fifth Annual Precise Time and SYDNOR CP NASA 504 Time Interval Meeting (PTTI) Use of Performance Evaluation Tools VALLONE PR;CP NCOSE 5O4 in System Engineering The Role of Architecture and ISAAC;McCONAUGHY PR;CP NCOSE 5O5 Evolutionary Development in Accommodating Change Third NASA Goddard Conference on KOBLER;HARIHARAN CP NASA 5O5 Mass Storage Systems and Technologies IL0e. Title Author SDOIISOF Defining the Architectural McCONAUGHY;ELKINGTON; PR;CP ISPRS 5O5 Development of EOSDIS to Facilitate MEYER Extension to a Wider Data Information System 1994 Goddard Conference on Space HOSTETTER C P NASA 510 Applications of Artificial Intelligence Preparing for Space Operations for the ONDRUS PR NSIA 510.1 21st Century A Packet Switches Communications HUSAIN;WEN;VADLAMUDI; PR NE'ITEC 514 Systems for GRO VALENTI Evaluating Space Network (SN) KWADRAT;HAPPELL PR;CP SP-OPS 520 Scheduling Operations Concepts Through Statistical Analysis Autonomous Mission Planning and SARY;LIU;HULL;DAVIS PR;CP SP-OPS 520 Scheduling-Innovative, Integrated, Responsive The Requirements Generation System: SHEPPARD PR SP-OPS 520' A Tool for Managing
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