Assessing the Altitude and Dispersion of Volcanic Plumes Using MISR Multi-angle Imaging from Space: Sixteen Years of Volcanic Activity in the Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia

Abstract: Volcanic eruptions represent a significant source of atmospheric aerosols and can display local, regional and…

Heating and Acceleration of Solar Wind Ions by Turbulent Wave Spectrum in Inhomogeneous Expanding Plasma

Abstract: Near the Sun (

Final Report of the NASA Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) Study Team

Abstract: The material in this report covers the results on the NASA-wide TRA team, who are…

Performance of NICER Flight X-Ray Concentrator

Abstract: Neutron star Interior Composition ExploreR (NICER) is a NASA instrument to be onboard International Space…

Fast Simulation of the NICER Instrument

Abstract: The NICER mission uses a complicated physical system to collect information from objects that are,…

Overview of LBTI: A Multipurpose Facility for High Spatial Resolution Observations

Abstract: The Large Binocular Telescope Interferometer (LBTI) is a high spatial resolution instrument developed for coherent…

Electron Scattering by High-Frequency Whistler Waves at Earth’s Bow Shock

Abstract: Electrons are accelerated to non-thermal energies at shocks in space and astrophysical environments. While different…

In-Flight Performance of the Soft X-Ray Spectrometer Detector System on ASTRO-H

Abstract: The SXS instrument was launched aboard the Astro-H observatory on February 17, 2016. The SXS…

Preferential Heating of Oxygen 5+ Ions by Finite-Amplitude Oblique Alfven Waves

Abstract: Minor ions in the fast solar wind are known to have higher temperatures and to…

The ASTRO-H SXT Performance to the Large Off-Set Angles

Abstract: The X-ray astronomy satellite ASTRO-H, which is the 6th Japanese X-ray astronomy satellite and is…