Dr. John Watson Profile

Dr. John Watson

Sr. Project Leader at Aerospace Corp

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Proceedings Article | 9 October 2008 Paper

The Missile Defense Agency's space tracking and surveillance system

John Watson, Keith Zondervan

Proceedings Volume 7106, 710617 (2008) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.801937

KEYWORDS: Missiles, Satellites, Defense and security, Sensors, Aerospace engineering, Digital signal processing, Infrared radiation, Space operations, Surveillance systems, Infrared sensors

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Proceedings Article | 25 October 2007 Paper

Experimental studies of infrared scattering and polarization properties of crystalline clouds to improve atmospheric models for remote sensing of the Earth's atmosphere from space

Thomas Humpherys, Vladimir Ivanov, Gennadiy Yaskevich, John DeVore, A. Stair, John Watson, Valery Abramov, Ilya Schiller, Dmitry Chvanov

Proceedings Volume 6745, 67450I (2007) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.737500

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Crystals, Particles, Scattering, Polarization, Remote sensing, Earth's atmosphere, Atmospheric modeling, Satellites, Data modeling

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Proceedings Article | 3 October 2006 Paper

New generation of space capabilities resulting from US/RF cooperative efforts

Thomas Humpherys, Victor Misnik, Valery Sinelshchikov, A. Stair, Valery Khatulev, Jack Carpenter, John Watson, Dmitry Chvanov, Victor Privalsky

Proceedings Volume 6361, 63611J (2006) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.690910

KEYWORDS: Space operations, Satellites, Visible radiation, Remote sensing, Radiometry, Clouds, Control systems, Sensors, Infrared sensors, Infrared imaging

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Previous successful international cooperative efforts offer a wealth of experience in dealing with highly sensitive issues, but cooperative remote sensing for monitoring and understanding the global environmental is in the national interest of all countries. Cooperation between international partners is paramount, particularly with the Russian Federation, due to its technological maturity and strategic political and geographical position in the world. Based on experience gained over a decade of collaborative space research efforts, continued cooperation provides an achievable goal as well as understanding the fabric of our coexistence. Past cooperative space research efforts demonstrate the ability of the US and Russian Federation to develop a framework for cooperation, working together on a complex, state-of-the-art joint satellite program. These efforts consisted of teams of scientists and engineers who overcame numerous cultural, linguistic, engineering approaches and different political environments. Among these major achievements are: (1) field measurement activities with US satellites MSTI and MSX and the Russian RESURS-1 satellite, as well as the joint experimental use of the US FISTA aircraft; (2) successful joint Science, Conceptual and Preliminary Design Reviews; (3) joint publications of scientific research technical papers, (4) Russian investment in development, demonstration and operation of the Monitor-E spacecraft (Yacht satellite bus), (5) successful demonstration of the conversion of the SS-19 into a satellite launch system, and (6) negotiation of contractual and technical assistant agreements. This paper discusses a new generation of science and space capabilities available to the Remote Sensing community. Specific topics include: joint requirements definition process and work allocation for hardware and responsibility for software development; the function, description and status of Russian contributions in providing space component prototypes and test articles; summary of planned experimental measurements and simulations; results of the ROKOT launch system; performance of the Monitor-E spacecraft; prototype joint mission operations control center; and a Handbook for Success in satellite collaborative efforts based upon a decade of lessons learned.

Proceedings Article | 1 November 2005 Paper

U.S.-Russian cooperation in experimental studies to measure polarization of sunlight scattered from clouds and propagation of radiation through clouds

John DeVore, A. Stair, Thomas Humpherys, Valery Sinelshchikov, Ilya Schiller, Victor Misnik, Vladimir Ivanov, Valery Kirichouk, Valery Abramov, John Watson, Dmitry Chvanov, Victor Privalsky

Proceedings Volume 5979, 597908 (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.627692

KEYWORDS: Clouds, Crystals, Scattering, Polarization, Particles, Data modeling, Water, Scatter measurement, Sensors, Satellites

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