NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA UNITED STATES NATIONAL COMMITTEE International Union of Radio Science 1976 Annual Meeting October 11-15 Sponsored by USNC/URSI in cooperation with Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Society on Antennas and Propagation Uni~ersity of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts Price $5.00 1976 Meeting - Condensed Program MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 11, 2000-2400 THURSDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 14, 0900-1215 2000 U.S. National Committee {USNC) Meeting 101 AP-Sll High Frequency Diffraction 174-176 2000 American National Standards Institute AP-S12 Mi crostri p and Low Profile Antennas 163-173 (ANSI), C-95 Subcommittee Meeting 172 AB-4A Microwave Measurements and Exposure Systems, Common- wealth Room TUESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 12, 0900-1215 AB-4B Instrumentation - Probes Comnonwealth Room Antennas and Arrays 101 161 B-4 AP-Sl Reflector and Subreflector Antennas B-5 Ground Effects on Antennas 168-172 163-173 AP-S2 Array Pattern Analysis and Control F-4 Radio Meteorology 161 AP-S3 EM Theory 174-176 G-3 Ionospheric Structure 165-169 Commonwea 1th AB- lA Auditory and Other Sensory Effects. J-3 Astronomical Image Fonnation I 917 Room IEEE/AP-S Standards Committee on Antennas 177 AB- 1 B Prompt Behavi ora 1 Effects Commonwea 1th Room THURSDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 14, 1300-1715 B-1 Transmission Lines and Propagation 101 F-1 Remote Sensing 168-172 1300 , Tour to Deerfield Village - from third floor lobby G-1 M. F. and H.F. Propagation 165-169 AP-S13 Scattering and Radiation in Material Medi a 174-176 J-1 Communication with Extra Terrestrial AP-S14 Adaptive Antennas 163-173 Intelligence I 917 AB-SA Physiological and Behavioral Effects Commonwealth Room TUESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 12, 1400-1715 AB-SB Behavioral Effects Commonwea 1th Room AP-S4 Spacecraft Antennas 161 B-6 Poles and Transients 101 163-173 AP-S5 Array Techniques B-7 Fiber and Integrated Optics I 168-172 AP-S6 Wire Antennas 174-176 Radio Oceanography 161 Commonwea 1th F-5 AB-2A CNS Effects F-6 Doppler Radar Studies of the Atmosphere 165-169 Room J-4 Astronomical Image Formation II 917 AB-28 Immunologic and Hematopoietic Effects. Commonwealth 917 Room J-5 Instrumentation 101 B-2 Numerical Solution of Scattering Problems THURSDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 14, 1400-2400 C-1 Signaling and Processing 165-169 F-2 New Satellite Beacon Propagation 1400 (CCIR) International Radio Consultative Experiments above 10 GHz 168-172 ColTl!littee 804-808 J-2 Communication with Extra Terrestrial 1730 URSI Commission B Business Meeting 163-173 Intelligence II 917 1830 Special Informal Meeting on £MP Interaction Handbook 163-173 fUESOAY EVENING, OCTOBER 12, 1400-2400 1900 Meeting of the IEEE/AP-S Standards Committee on Propagation 805 804-808 1400 URSI Commission G Business Meeting 2000 AP-S Special Meeting on Professional 1600 URSI Cormrission J Business Meeting 917 Activities and the IEEE 163-173 1730 Chapter Chainnen of AP Society 903 2000 American National Standards Institute 1730 URSI Commission C Business Meeting 165-169 {ANSI) C-95.4 Subcommittee Meeting 172 1930 Meeting of the Administrative Committee of the Antennas and Propagation Society {AP-S} of the IEEE 1101 2000 American National Standards Institute FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 15, 0900-1215 {ANSI) C-95.1 Subcommittee Meeting 172 AP-S15A Antenna Synthesis and Design 161 AP-SlSB Sjlecial Topics 161 WEDNESDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 13, 0900-1215 AP-S16A Numerical Tec~niques 174-176 Joint AP-S/URSI Session 161 AP-Sl6B Transients 174-176 AP-S7 Mi scel 1aneous Antenna Systems 163-173 AB-6A Se 1ected Topi cs Commonwea 1th Room AP-S8 Near Field Theory and Measurements 174-176 AB-6B Selected Topics Corrmonwealth Room B-8 Fiber and Integrated Optics II 163-173 WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 13, 1300-1830 CE-1 Electromagnetic Coupling to Leaky Cables 165-169 1300 Tour to Sturbridge Village - from third floor lobby F-7 Scintillations and the Turbulent Atmosphere 101 1400 Tour of Five College Radio Astronomy Observatory F-B EM Devices, Measurements and Theory 168-172 at Quabbin Reservoir - from third floor lobby J-6 Solar System and Galactic Radio Astronomy 917 AP-S9A Satellite and Remote Measurements 161 AP-S9B Special Measurement Techniques 161 FRIDAY AFTERNOON, OCTOBER 15, 1330-1 715 AP-SlOA Antenna Techniques for Limited Sector 1330 Dedication Ceremony for the Five College Radio Coverage 163-173 Astronomy Observatory Mil 1 imeter Tel es cope, AP-S10B Special Array Considerations 163-173 Quabbin Reservoir - from third floor lobby AB-3A Dosimetry Commonwea 1th Room AP-S17A Adaptive Antenna Systems 163-173 AB-3B Dosimetry Commonwea 1th Room AP-S17B Aircraft-Mounted Antennas 163-173 A-1 Antenna Measurements 174-176 AP-S18 Propagation 174-176 A-2 Dielectric Measurements 174-176 AB-7A Hyperthennia Cormronwealth Room B-3 Electromagnetism 101 AB-78 Therapeutic and Diagnostic E-1 ATS-6 Electromagnetic Survey 165-169 Applications Cornmonwea 1th Room E-2 Radio Noise and Interference 165-169 AB-SA Developmental and Mutagenic Effects 917 F-3 Some Applications and Effects of EM and AB-BB ELF Effects 917 Acoustic Waves in the Earth Environment 168-172 B-9 Fiber and Integrated Optics, III 168-172 G-2 Transionospheric Propagation and CE-2 Telecommunications via Leaky Cables 165-169 Ionospheric Irregularities 917 F-9 Scattering Observations and Effects 101 WEDNESDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 13, 1730-2400 1730 Committee on Man and Radiation IEEE COMAR 804-808 1730 URSI Conmission A Business Meeting 174-176 1730 URSI Cor1111ission E Business Meeting 165-169 1730 URSI Cormrission F Business Meeting 168-172 1830 Reception. Cash Bar, Student Union Ballroom 1970 Banquet, Henry Steele Conmager, speaker Student Union Ballroom United States National Conmittee INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RADIO SCIENCE PROGRAM AND ABSTRACTS 1976 Annual Meeting October 11-15 Held Jointly with ANTENNAS AND PROPAGATION SOCIETY INSTITUTE OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS Amherst, Massachusetts Programs and Abstracts of the USNC-URSI Meetings are available from: USNC-URSI National Academy of Sciences 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W. Washington, D. C. 20418 at $2.00 for meetings prior to 1970, $3.00 for 1971 - 1975 meetings and $5.00 for the 1976 meeting. The full papers are not published in any collected format, and requests for them should be addressed to the authors who may have them published on their own initiative. Please note that these meetings are national and are not organized by international URS!, nor are these programs available from the international Secretariat. ii U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Radio Science MEMBERSHIP Officers and Editor Chairman *Dr. John V. Evans Vice-Chairman *Dr. C. Gordon Little Secretary *Dr. James R. Wait Editor Dr. Thomas B.A. Senior Members from National Societies AGU Dr. Alexander J. Dessler IEEE Dr. Ernst Weber Liaison Representatives from Government Agencies OTP Mr. S.E. Probst NSF Dr. R. Marcus Price DOC Mr. Alan H. Shapley NASA Dr. Erwin R. Schmerling FCC Mr. Harry Fine DOD Mr. Emil Paroulek Army Mr. Almer R. Rasmussen Navy Dr. Alan H. Schooley Air Force Mr. Carlyle J. Sletten Members-at-Large (twelve) (Term expires December 31 of year indicated) 1976 1978 Dr. Charles I. Beard - F g Dr. David Atlas - F np Dr. Earl E. Gossard - F, G g Dr. Jack K. Wolf - B, Cu Prof. Akira Ishimaru B, C u Dr. M.K. Barnoski - i Dr. Robert Price - B, C i 1977 Mr. Jack W. Herbstreit - E, F g Dr. Curtis C. Johnson - Bu Prof. V.H. Rumsey - B, J u Prof. John M. Wozencraft - B, Cu *-Members of Executive Committee (the USNC Executive Committee consists of the Chairman, Vice-Chairman, Secretary and Immediate Past Chairman). ~: 1. Capital letters designate the commissions of which the individuals are members. 2. Small letters designate employment of individuals: g (government), i (industry), np (nonprofit) and u (university). iii Ex-Officio Members a. Immediate Past Chairman of USNC-URSI *Dr. Francis S. Johnson b. Chairmen of the USNC-URSI Commissions Commission A Dr. George E. Schafer Commission B Dr. Thomas A. Senior Cammi ss ion C Dr. William F. Utlaut Commission D (Vacant) Commission E Mr. George H. Hagn Commission F Dr. A.H. LaGrone Commission G Dr. Thomas E. Vanzandt Commission H Dr. Frederick W. Crawford Commission J Dr. K.I. Kellerman c. Officers of URS! resident in the United States (including Honorary Presidents) Vice President *Prof. William E. Gordon Honorary President Prof. Samuel Silver d. Chairmen and Vice-Chairmen of Commissions of URS! resident in the United States Chairman of Commission A Dr. Helmut M. Altschuler Chairman of Commission J Prof. Gart Westerhout Vice-Chairman of Commission B Prof. Leopold B. Felsen Vice-Chairman of Commission E Mr. George H. Hagn Vice-Chairman of Commission F Prof. Alan T. Waterman Vice-Chairman of Commission H Dr. Frederick W. Crawford e. Foreign Secretary of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences Dr. George S. Hammond f. Chairman, Office of Physical Sciences- NRC Dr. D. Allan Bromley Honorary Members Dr. Harold H. Beverage Prof. Arthur H. Waynick *Members of Executive Committee iv DESCRIPTION OF INTERNATIONAL UNION OF RADIO SCIENCE The International Union of Radio Science is one of r7 world scien­ tific unions organized under the International Council of Scientific Unions (!CSU). It is commonly designated as URS! (from its French name, Union Radio Scientifique Internationale). Its aims are (1) to promote the scientific study of radio conmunications, (2) to aid and organize radio research requiring cooperation on an international scale and to encourage the discussion and publication of the results, (3) to facili­ tate agreement upon conman methods of measurement and the standardiza­ tion of measuring instruments, and (4) to simulate and to coordinate studies of the scientific aspects of telecommunications using electro­ magnetic waves, guided and unguided.