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Oswald, John E.

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NASA NTRS2005

On Orbit Commissioning of the Earth Observing System Microwave Limb Sounder (EOS MLS) On the Aura Spacecraft

The Microwave Limb Sounder instrument was launched aboard NASA's EOS AURA satellite in July, 2004. The overall scientific objectives for MLS are to measure temperature, pressure, and several important chemical species in the upper troposphere and stratosphere relevant to ozone processes and climate change. MLS consists of a suite of radiometers designed to operate from 11 8 GHz to 2.5 THz, with two antennas (one for 2.5 THz, the other for the lower frequencies) that scan vertically through the atmospheric limb, and spectrometers with spectral resolution of 6 MHz at spectral line centers. This paper describes the on-orbit commissioning the MLS instrument which includes activation and engineering functional verifications and calibrations.

Earth observing system (EOS)↗
NASA NTRS1996

Split-Waveguide Mounts For Submillimeter-Wave Multipliers And Harmonic Mixers

Novel variation of split-waveguide mount for millimeter-and submillimeter-wavelength frequency multipliers and harmonic mixers developed. Designed to offer wide range of available matching impedances, while maintaining relatively simple fabrication sequence. Wide tuning range achieved with separate series and parallel elements, consisting of two pairs of noncontacting sliding backshorts, at fundamental and harmonic frequencies. Advantages include ease of fabrication, reliability, and tunability.

Raisanen, Antti↗
NASA NTRS1991

Measured and computed performance of a microstrip filter composed of semi-insulating GaAs on a fused quartz substrate

The performance of a microstrip hammerhead filter that has been fabricated on an electrically thin layer of semiinsulating GaAs backed by a fused quartz substrate was measured and compared to results of a three-dimensional finite-difference time-domain (FD-TD) program used to calculate the response of the filter both with and without the GaAs layer. The program, presented by Sheen et al. (1990), discretizes the entire structure and then simulates the propagation of a Gaussian pulse through the filter. The microstrip filter is intended for applications involving ultrathin lifted-off or etched-back GaAs containing both active devices and passive microstrip circuitry backed by a much thicker mechanically rigid low-loss, low-dielectric-constant substrate. The low-pass characteristics of the hammerhead filter with the intermediate GaAs layer are compared with those of the same filter on quartz alone. Both the measured and computed data show a significant shift in cutoff frequency (about 10 percent at the 3 dB points) for a GaAs layer that is 0.007 wavelengths thick at 4 GHz.

Siegel, Peter H.↗