Coordinated ground-based and geosynchronous satellite-based measurements of auroral pulsations / David M. Suszcynsky ; Joseph E. Borovsky ; Michelle F. Thomsen ; David J. McComas ; Richard D. Belian
Method of twilight probing of the upper terrestrial atmosphere / Yu. I. Zaginailo ; V. D. Motrich ; Yu. M. Gorbanev ; C. M. Melikyants
Twilight ray height determination / L. S. Shakun ; V. D. Motritch
Atmospheric turbulence investigation with two-mirror interferometer / D. V. Panenko ; E. I. Terez
Seismogenic electromagnetic radiation in optical and infrared range / Vasily N. Ivchenko ; V. N. Malnev ; Eu. V. Martysh
Conception of solar radiation measurements for ecological monitoring / Vladimir V. Mikhailov ; Petr I. Domnin ; Irina N. Melnikova
Ultimate capabilities of space UV ozonometry / Volodymyr Vashchenko ; Zhanetta Patlashenko ; Anatoly Loza
Optical measurements in the project "Poperedzhennya" ("Warning") / V. P. Lapchuk
Apparatus complex for optical probing of the Earth's atmosphere by the twilight method / Yu. I. Zagynailo ; I. V. Zagynailo
Accuracy and operating characteristics of instruments for ozone content measurements in the atmosphere / Vladimir P. Chelibanov
Sensor-analyzer for contactless nondestructive surface control / Ariadna Kozlova ; Vladimir Ozolin
Total ozone measurements from the Ukrainian Antarctic station Vernadsky / Gennadi P. Milinevsky
Height scattering indicatrices and the earth's atmosphere scattering coefficient
Retrieval of optical properties of cloud layers from transmitted solar radiance and irradiance data / Costas Varotsos ; Sergey S. Pivovarov
Spectral brightness coefficient of natural ground surfaces in spectral ranges 0.35 to 0.85 um based on airborne measurements / Alexander V. Vasilyev ; Ludmila N. Poberovskaya ; Igor A. Tovstenko
Advantages of neutral barium cloud image to estimate CIV phenomenon yield / Yu. Y. Ruzhin ; N. A. Leonov
Modification of optical properties of metallic mirrors irradiated by different ions / Leonid V. Poperenko ; M. V. Vinnichenko ; O. I. Meleshchuk
Photometric measurements of rotational temperatures in auroral forms / Kari U. Kaila ; H. J. Holma
Modeling of the energy distribution of auroras / N. N. Shefov ; L. S. Evlashin ; V. M. Ponomarev
Empirical model of the variations of atomic oxygen emission at 555.7 nm / A. I. Semenov
Lifetime of the O(1S) excitation state / R. P. Manninen
Method of spectral atmospheric transmission determination by observations of stars / G. A. Terez
Device and program complex for the remote spectrophotometric monitoring of the gas composition of Earth's atmosphere / O. V. Morozhenko ; M. G. Sosonkin ; A. V. Shavrina ; Yu. S. Ivanov
Spectroscopic method for atmospheric carbon dioxide and water vapor investigation / Vladimir N. Arefev ; N. Y. Kamenogradsky ; F. V. Kashin ; K. N. Visheratin ; V. P. Ustinov
Amplitudes and phases of the diurnal and semidiurnal tide observed in mesospheric OH(3,1) emissions over Maynooth, Ireland / Francis J. Mulligan ; J. J. Nallen
Laboratory model of static Fourier spectrometer for investigation of atmospheric emissions / S. I. Osipov
Automatic solar photometer for spectral atmospheric transparency measurement / A. V. Kozak ; S. K. Panteleev ; V. K. Sosnovsky
Atmospheric research potentialities by solar spectroscopy techniques / V. G. Lozitskij ; V. P. Babij ; L. M. Kostenko ; N. I. Lozitska ; Sergij I. Musatenko
Coordinated ground-based and geosynchronous satellite-based measurements of auroral pulsations / David M. Suszcynsky ; Joseph E. Borovsky ; Michelle F. Thomsen ; David J. McComas ; Richard D. Belian
Method of twilight probing of the upper terrestrial atmosphere / Yu. I. Zaginailo ; V. D. Motrich ; Yu. M. Gorbanev ; C. M. Melikyants
Twilight ray height determination / L. S. Shakun ; V. D. Motritch
Surface-to-surface missile guidance with passive homing / Terry A. Frank ; Ronald D. Degroat
Design and characterization of a prototype staring IRFPA-based antiship seeker / John T. Caulfield ; Robert H. Evans ; Elmer F. Williams ; Karl Brant
Laser Tracker III: Sandia National Laboratories' third generation laser tracking system / Duane L. Patrick
Stabilized optical tracking platform for airborne applications / Richard Malueg ; Nicholas J. Colella ; Dennis B. Hakala
Dynamic integrated cost and engineering (DICE) model and its applicability to ATP systems / Douglas V. Lamont ; Brian J. Benjamin
Effectiveness of randomized antimissile defense (RAMD) via sensing/firing performances of its constituents: analytic model / Aleksandr N. Safronov
Optimal tracking algorithm: a DSP approach / Fred Salvatti ; Sy Meshkat ; Joseph L. Stufflebeam
Transportable algorithm testbed (TATB): a software architecture for real-time target detection, tracking, and signature extraction / John N. Sanders-Reed
Performance evaluation of single-target tracking in clutter / Oliver E. Drummond
Fuzzy logic extended rule set for multitarget tracking / Michael J. Horton ; Richard A. Jones
New architectures for centralized multisensor multitarget tracking / Yifeng Li ; Henry Leung ; Titus K. Lo ; John Litva
Tracking and data collection of smart munitions
Signal processing for infrared scanning arrays and imagers / Paul Alles ; Larry A. Stockum
Optical range for naval gunfire training / Lee E. Estes ; Gilbert Fain
Design, construction, and test of the aspect camera assembly for the advanced x-ray astrophysics facility-imaging / Dan L. Michaels ; Richard A. Deters
Image motion restoration from a sequence of images / Ofer Hadar ; M. Robbins ; Y. Novogrozky ; D. Kaplan ; Stanley R. Rotman ; Norman S. Kopeika
Multiple target tracking (MTT) implementation on TMS 320C25 DSP (JPDA algorithm) / M. S. Prasad ; K. Santosh
Evaluation of tilt for a high-altitude horizontal path / Paul H. Merritt ; Robert R. Butts
Digital control of the high-altitude balloon experiment auto-alignment system / Marcus R. Schulthess ; Steven Baugh
Star calibration of the pallet inertial sensor assembly for the high-altitude balloon experiment / Sean L. Borror
Multiprocessor control design for precision pointing systems / Robert L. van Allen ; D. Bruce Deshetler ; Michael A. Kvasnack
Tip-tilt tracker for image stabilization in a daylight speckle imaging system / Steven C. Sandven ; Steve L. Brown ; David C. Dayton ; Samuel C. Rogers
Determination of 3D angular rates using two-axis measurements / Marcelo C. Algrain
Lightweight high-performance dual-axis gimbal for space applications / Darryll J. Pines
OASIS: a new development for future high-accuracy optical pointing / Jean-Louis Carel ; J. M. Michelin ; Michael Le Du ; J. M. Betermier
Optical pointing stability achievement through isolation / Michel Le Du
New line-of-sight stabilized prism / Yuejin Zhao
Track maintenance for maneuvering targets in cluttered environments using the IMM-IPDAF / Gregory A. Watson ; Ronald E. Helmick
Revisit control of a phased array radar for maneuvering targets in the presence of false alarms using the IMM-IPDAF / William D. Blair
Exact maximum likelihood registration approach for data fusion / Yifeng Zhou ; Patrick C. Yip ; Martin Blanchette
Analysis of probabilistic data association filters in a real multitarget radar tracking environment / Zhijian Hu
Surface-to-surface missile guidance with passive homing / Terry A. Frank ; Ronald D. Degroat
Design and characterization of a prototype staring IRFPA-based antiship seeker / John T. Caulfield ; Robert H. Evans ; Elmer F. Williams ; Karl Brant
Laser Tracker III: Sandia National Laboratories' third generation laser tracking system / Duane L. Patrick
Control system for a large Beam Director Assembly / Jaime Oliva ; Charles L. Malone
VIGIL: a GPS-based target-tracking system / Carl C. Liebe ; Kenneth A. Brown ; Suraphol Udomkesmalee ; Curtis W. Padgett ; Michael P. Brenner ; Ayanna M. Howard ; Terry R. Wysocky ; David I. Brown ; Steven C. Suddarth
Acquisition, tracking, and pointing system for self-protection applications / Steven J. Hammer ; Larry A. Stockum ; Douglas E. Chesser ; John E. Miller
Software architecture for an acquisition, tracking, and pointing system
Upgrade of intermediate-focal-length optical tracking systems (IFLOTS) / Larry R. Blenke ; Neal Romine
Metrology, attitude, and orbit determination for spaceborne interferometric synthetic aperture radar / Riley M. Duren ; Ed Wong ; Bill Breckenridge ; Scott Shaffer ; Courtney Duncan ; Eldred F. Tubbs ; Phil M. Salomon
Mode estimation and adaptive feedforward control for stabilization of a flexible gun tube / Mark W. Vandegrift ; Michael T. Direnzo
Track-loop bandwidth, sensor sample frequency, and track-loop delays / Steven L. Chodos
High-performance gimbal control for self-protection weapon systems / James Downs ; Stephen A. Smith ; Jim Schwickert
Sub-arcminute pointing from a balloonborne platform / William W. Craig ; Ryan McLean ; Charles J. Hailey
Multiple-model filtering / Theodore R. Rice ; Ali T. Alouani
Asynchronous fusion of correlated tracks
Improved tracking of unresolved targets by an ESA with the inclusion of an IRST / Gregory A. Watson ; Keel S. Anthony
Autotuning interactive multiple model / Gee W. Ng ; Alex Lau ; Khee Y. How
Performance analysis of bearings-only tracking algorithm / David van Huyssteen ; Mohammad Farooq
Tracking a target in the Advanced Airborne Interceptor Simulator with a second-order filter using TSPI from the RAJPO GPS data link / Joseph H. Nguyen ; William D. Holley ; Harold F. Casey
Design of instantaneous field of view of the rosette scanning infrared seeker and dynamic simulation / Surng-Gabb Jahng ; Hyun-Ki Hong ; Sung-Hyun Han ; Jong S. Choi
Analysis of the spinning CAR reticle seeker and an effective counter-countermeasure algorithm
Nonlinear robust tracking control of a tensegrity motion simulator / Cornel Sultan ; M. Corless ; Robert E. Skelton
Stability of line of sight for the airborne O-E tracking and imaging system / Delin Xie ; Jiahu Yuan ; Hu Yang
GATOR: an automatic multiple-target tracking system / Sharon X. Wang ; Gary Chen ; Travis Knight
Real-time histograms for tracking systems: data acquisition, data presentation, and user interfaces / Dominick A. Trascritti
Performance of the Aspect Camera Assembly for the Advanced X-Ray Astrophysics Facility / Dan L. Michaels
Specialized processor for 3D real-time tracking of moving objects using the knowledge of their chromatic components / Joan Batlle ; Rafael Garcia ; Josep Forest
Global posterior densities for sensor management / Ronald P. Mahler
Target acquisition/selection: a comparison between a Bayesian technique and the Munkres algorithm / Neil J. Gordon ; David J. Salmond ; Nicholas O. Everett
Ground-to-ground automatic target detection and tracking system to improve fire on the move (phase II) / Holger Lange ; Greg Downs ; Mike Greenley
Multisensor optics for acquisition, tracking, and pointing applications / Elvie E. Mooty ; Bradley T. Atwater ; Eric H. Ford
Syntactic handwritten numeral recognition by multidimensional grammars / Mihail Prundaru ; Ioana Prundaru
Intersatellite optical communications: the influence of shake of a satellite's platform on the bit error rate / Jing Ma ; Liying Tan ; Enpei Jin ; Wanzhen Geng ; Huang Bo ; Guozhong Xu
Experimental research on the scattered light in the optical systems of space vehicles' star trackers / Victor I. Fedosseev ; Vladimir S. Kouzmin ; Boris V. Medvedev
Four-directional adaptive windowing algorithm using variable sizing vectors for correlation-based tracking / Si-Hun Sung ; Sung-Il Chien
Position and attitude calibration method of a CCD camera using the genetic algorithm / Juwan Kim ; Haedong Kim ; Byungtae Jang ; Donghyun Kim
Control system for a large Beam Director Assembly / Jaime Oliva ; Charles L. Malone
VIGIL: a GPS-based target-tracking system / Carl C. Liebe ; Kenneth A. Brown ; Suraphol Udomkesmalee ; Curtis W. Padgett ; Michael P. Brenner ; Ayanna M. Howard ; Terry R. Wysocky ; David I. Brown ; Steven C. Suddarth
Acquisition, tracking, and pointing system for self-protection applications / Steven J. Hammer ; Larry A. Stockum ; Douglas E. Chesser ; John E. Miller
Performance scaling laws for adaptive optics systems / Larry E. Goad
Multiple laser beam combining and phasing using closed-loop control / Daniel R. Neal ; Tony G. Smith ; G. R. Eisler ; J. L. Wilcoxen ; R. R. Rosenthal
Wavefront correction system based on an equilateral triangular arrangement of actuators / J. Thaddeus Salmon ; John W. Bergum ; Michael W. Kartz ; Robert W. Presta ; Charles Swift
Adaptive optics: choices and optimization / Jean-Paul Gaffard ; Patrick Gosselin ; Guy Ledanois
Recent results for visible Rayleigh guide-star atmospheric experiments / David G. Sandler ; E. L. Cuellar ; Michael J. Lefebvre ; Todd K. Barrett ; Robert L. Arnold ; Steven M. Stahl
Laser guide-star measurements at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory / Herbert W. Friedman ; Kenneth Avicola ; Horst D. Bissinger ; James M. Brase ; John Duff ; Donald T. Gavel ; James Horton ; Claire E. Max ; Scot S. Olivier ; David A. Rapp ; David A. Smanley ; Kenneth E. Waltjen
Dynamics of deformable mirror actuators / Wayland C. Marlow
Objective comparisons between stacked array mirrors and bimorph mirrors / Pascal Jagourel ; Jacques Peysson
Low-voltage SELECT deformable mirrors / Mark A. Ealey
Cooled deformable mirror for the ALPHA-LAMP integration experiment / Robert L. Lillard ; H. A. Heynau
Deformable mirrors for astronomy / Edward J. Kibblewhite ; Michael F. Smutko ; Mark R. Chun
X-ray adaptive mirror: principle and state of the art / R. Ravelet ; Corinne Boyer
Fast steering mirror performance measurements / David L. Kaplan
Large optical system design integrating active optical and structural control / David A. Crowe ; Frank M. Giglio
Two-axis beam-steering systems: TABS / Jean I. Montagu
High-performance reactionless scan mechanism / Miroslaw A. Ostaszewski ; Richard T. Summers
Comparison approach for wavefront sensors / Bruce A. Horwitz
Development of adaptive optical segments with integrated wavefront sensing / Steven C. Fawcett
256-channel digital wavefront reconstructor / William C. Hull ; Richard B. Dunn ; M. Small
Architecture of a multiprocessor system for Hartmann-Shack wavefront sensor / Lingtao Jiang ; Zhijun Rong ; Chunhong Wang
History of Adaptive Optics Development at the MIT Lincoln Laboratory / Darryl P. Greenwood
Wide-angle conformal IR transceiver / Till W. Liepmann ; Michael R. Randall ; Alan R. Shapiro
Adaptive nonlinear control systems for atmospheric correction / Allan Wirth ; Andrew J. Jankevics ; Sol W. Gully ; Michael Athans ; James Huang
Laboratory tests of the wavefront control experiment / Walter J. Wild ; Barbara Carter
Noise analysis of interferometric piston phasing for adaptive optics with dilute pupil telescopes / Richard G. Dekany ; Michael Lloyd-Hart ; J. Roger P. Angel
Development of the second generation Wide-Field Planetary Camera for Hubble Space Telescope service mission / David H. Rodgers ; Arthur H. Vaughan
Engineering model development and test results / John A. Wellman
Articulating fold mirror for the Wide-Field/Planetary Camera II / James L. Fanson
Structural considerations for the Wide-Field/Planetary Camera II articulating fold mirror / Paul D. MacNeal ; Robert Bamford
Applying Hartmann wavefront-sensing technology to precision optical testing of the HST correctors / Theresa L. Bruno
Diffraction-limited K-band imaging at the Multiple Mirror Telescope with adaptive optics / D'nardo Colucci ; David M. Wittman ; Brian A. McLeod ; A. Ghez ; Donald W. McCarthy
Solar imaging at National Solar Observatory using a segmented adaptive optics system / Daniel S. Acton
Infrared imaging using a tip-tilt secondary mirror / Laird M. Close
Canada-France-Hawaii telescope adaptive optics instrument adaptor / Robin Arsenault ; Derrick A. Salmon ; Francois J. Rigaut ; Guy Monnet ; John M. Kerr ; Jerry Sovka
Results of adaptive optics at Mt. Wilson Obseratory / J. Christopher Shelton ; Sallie L. Baliunas
Adaptive optics image compensation experiment for star objects / Wenhan Jiang ; Mingquan Li ; Guomao Tang ; Dengfeng Zheng
Characteristics of a ground-based adaptive telescope / Vladimir P. Lukin
Performance scaling laws for adaptive optics systems / Larry E. Goad
Multiple laser beam combining and phasing using closed-loop control / Daniel R. Neal ; Tony G. Smith ; G. R. Eisler ; J. L. Wilcoxen ; R. R. Rosenthal
Wavefront correction system based on an equilateral triangular arrangement of actuators / J. Thaddeus Salmon ; John W. Bergum ; Michael W. Kartz ; Robert W. Presta ; Charles Swift
Fasttrac II near-IR adaptive optics system for the Multiple Mirror Telescope: description and preliminary results / Peter M. Gray ; Michael Lloyd-Hart ; J. Roger P. Angel ; Donald W. McCarthy ; David G. Sandler ; Ty Martinez ; Laird M. Close ; Guido Brusa ; Donald G. Bruns ; Brian A. McLeod ; Patrick T. Ryan ; Todd D. Groesbeck ; David M. Wittman ; Bruce P. Jacobsen ; John M. Hughes ; Mark R. Hunten ; Matt Cheselka
Design analysis and simulations for the Multiple Mirror Telescope's infrared adaptive optics system / Steven M. Stahl
Performance of laser guide star adaptive optics at Lick Observatory / Scot S. Olivier ; Jong An ; Kenneth Avicola ; Horst D. Bissinger ; James M. Brase ; Herbert W. Friedman ; Donald T. Gavel ; Claire E. Max ; J. Thaddeus Salmon ; Kenneth E. Thaddeus
Laser beacon system for the UnISIS adaptive optics system at the Mount Wilson 2.5-m telescope / Laird A. Thompson ; Yao-Heng Xiong
United Kingdom adaptive optics program / Richard M. Myers ; Andrew J. Longmore ; Ronald A. Humphreys ; Gerard F. Gilmore ; A. Bruce Gentles ; Martyn Wells ; Richard W. Wilson
Visible-wavelength diffraction-limited imaging using low-order adaptive optics / David F. Buscher ; Andrew P. Doel ; Christopher A. Haniff
Natural guide star AO system for the William Herschel Telescope
First tests of the Cassegrain adaptive optics system of the Mount Wilson 100-in telescope / J. Christopher Shelton ; T. Schneider ; Daniel McKenna ; Sallie L. Baliunas
Multisegment coherent beam combining / Daniel R. Neal ; Steve D. Tucker ; R. Morgan ; Tony G. Smith ; Mial E. Warren ; James K. Gruetzner ; R. R. Rosenthal ; A. E. Bentley
Optical and control modeling for adaptive beam-combining experiments / Kelly Simmons-Potter
Adaptive beam-combining mirror for the MMT
Technology, characterization, and applications of adaptive mirrors fabricated with IC-compatible micromachining / Gleb V. Vdovin ; Simon Middelhoek ; Marian Bartek ; Lina Sarro ; Dimitri Solomatine
Design and prototype tests of an adaptive secondary mirror for the new 6.5-m single-mirror MMT / Buddy Martin
Techniques for optical fabrication of a 2-mm-thick adaptive secondary mirror / Hubert M. Martin ; David S. Anderson
Optical measurements of a prototype adaptive-optic secondary mirror / David L. Modisett
Sodium beacon laser system for the Lick Observatory / Gaylen V. Erbert ; Thomas C. Kuklo ; David A. Smauley ; Gary R. Thompson ; Jody G. Malik ; Nan J. Wong ; Keith Kanz ; Kurt Neeb
Experiments to assess the effectiveness of multiple laser guide stars for adaptively corrected telescopes / Christopher R. Neyman
Binary optical correction of wavefront aberration using spatial light modulators / Seth E. Broomfield ; Mark A. Neil ; Edward G. Paige ; I. D. Thomas
Analysis and calibration of natural guide star adaptive optics data / Eric M. Tessier
Investigation of wavefront estimators using the Wavefront Control Experiment at Yerkes Observatory / Walter J. Wild ; Edward J. Kibblewhite ; Rodolphe Vuilleumier ; Vijuna Scor ; Fang Shi ; Nestor Farmiga
Real-time reconstructor for adaptive secondary control of the 6.5-m single-mirror MMT / Todd K. Barrett
Method for optimizing closed-loop adaptive optics wavefront reconstruction algorithms on the basis of experimentally measured performance data / Troy A. Rhoadarmer ; Brent L. Ellerbroek
Blind deconvolution post-processing of images corrected by adaptive optics / Julian C. Christou
Frame selection performance limits for statistical image reconstruction of adaptive optics compensated images / Stephen D. Ford ; Michael C. Roggemann ; Byron M. Welsh
Profiles of nighttime turbulence above Mauna Kea and isoplanatism extension in adaptive optics / Rene Racine
Infrared wavefronts on Mauna Kea / Thomas W. Nicholls ; Nicholas J. Wooder ; Ian H. Munro ; J. Christopher Dainty
Comparison of Shack-Hartmann and curvature sensing for large telescopes
Shot noise performance of Hartmann and shearing interferometer wavefront sensors / Timothy L. Pennington
Imaging in turbulence beyond diffraction limits / Mikhail I. Charnotskii
Atmospheric turbulence-induced phase screen generator for simulating the effects of finite outer scale, time delays, and anisoplanatism / Cynthia A. Hyde
Pupil-imaging wavefront gradient sensor / William N. Pugh ; Daniel R. Lobb ; David D. Walker ; Tom L. Williams
Optimum matching of wavefront sensor and wavefront corrector / Zhaohui Hu ; Wenhan Jiang
Performance measurements of generation III wavefront sensors at the Starfire Optical Range / David Swindle ; Michael Oliker ; James M. Spinhirne
Specialized wavefront sensors for adaptive optics / J. D. Mansell
Numerical model of adaptive optical system controlled by a feedforward neural network
Noise reduction and key atmospheric parameter estimation using artificial neural networks / Dennis A. Montera ; Dennis W. Ruck
Adaptive optics system for direct imaging of extra-solar planets from the ground
W. M. Keck Observatory adaptive optics program / Anthony D. Gleckler ; Peter L. Wizinowich
Performance predictions for the Keck telescope adaptive optics system
Near-infrared astronomy with adaptive optics and laser guide stars at the Keck Observatory
Fasttrac II near-IR adaptive optics system for the Multiple Mirror Telescope: description and preliminary results / Peter M. Gray ; Michael Lloyd-Hart ; J. Roger P. Angel ; Donald W. McCarthy ; David G. Sandler ; Ty Martinez ; Laird M. Close ; Guido Brusa ; Donald G. Bruns ; Brian A. McLeod ; Patrick T. Ryan ; Todd D. Groesbeck ; David M. Wittman ; Bruce P. Jacobsen ; John M. Hughes ; Mark R. Hunten ; Matt Cheselka
Design analysis and simulations for the Multiple Mirror Telescope's infrared adaptive optics system / Steven M. Stahl
Performance of laser guide star adaptive optics at Lick Observatory / Scot S. Olivier ; Jong An ; Kenneth Avicola ; Horst D. Bissinger ; James M. Brase ; Herbert W. Friedman ; Donald T. Gavel ; Claire E. Max ; J. Thaddeus Salmon ; Kenneth E. Thaddeus