Role of back diffusion and biodegradation reactions in sustaining an MTBE/TBA plume in alluvial media. [PDF]
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Applied Meteorology Unit Quarterly Report. First Quarter FY-13 [PDF]
The AMU team worked on five tasks for their customers: (1) Ms. Crawford continued work on the objective lightning forecast task for airports in east-central Florida. (2) Ms.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base Pressure Gradient Wind Study [PDF]
Warning category winds can adversely impact day-to-day space lift operations at Vandenberg Air Force Base (VAFB) in California. NASA's Launch Services Program and other programs at VAFB use wind forecasts issued by the 30 Operational Support Squadron ...
Shafer, Jaclyn A.
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A steam inerting system for hydrogen disposal for the Vandenberg Shuttle [PDF]
A two-year feasibility and test program to solve the problem of unburned confined hydrogen at the Vandenberg Space Launch Complex Six (SLC-6) during Space Shuttle Main Engine (SSME) firings is discussed.
Belknap, Stuart B.
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Vector wind profile gust model [PDF]
A five parameter gamma distribution (BGD) having two shape parameters, two location parameters, and a correlation parameter is investigated. This general BGD is expressed as a double series and as a single series of the modified bessel function, and ...
Adelfang, S. I.
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Effect of Ethanol on Microbial Community Structure and Function During Natural Attenuation of Benzene, Toluene, and \u3cem\u3eo\u3c/em\u3e-Xylene in a Sulfate-reducing Aquifer [PDF]
Ethanol (EtOH) is a commonly used fuel oxygenate in reformulated gasoline and is an alternative fuel and fuel supplement. Effects of EtOH release on aquifer microbial ecology and geochemistry have not been well characterized in situ.
Chakraborty, Irina +6 more
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Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU) [PDF]
This report summarizes the Applied Meteorology Unit (AMU) activities for the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2007 (January - March 2007).
Barrett, Joe +4 more
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Downwind hazard calculations for space shuttle launches at Kennedy Space Center and Vandenberg Air Force Base [PDF]
The quantitative estimates are presented of pollutant concentrations associated with the emission of the major combustion products (HCl, CO, and Al2O3) to the lower atmosphere during normal launches of the space shuttle.
Hill, C. K., Kaufman, J. W., Susko, M.
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Flight test derived heating math models for critical locations on the orbiter during reentry [PDF]
An analysis technique was developed for expanding the aerothermodynamic envelope of the Space Shuttle without subjecting the vehicle to sustained flight at more stressing heating conditions. A transient analysis program was developed to take advantage of
Hertzler, E. K., Phillips, P. W.
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Natural environment support guidelines for space shuttle tests and operations [PDF]
All space shuttle events from launch through solid rocket booster recovery and orbiter landing are considered in terms of constraints placed on those operations by the natural environment.
Brown, S. C., Carter, E. A.
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