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SP250 Spectral Irradiance Calibrations

July 25, 2011

Author(s)

Howard W. Yoon, Charles E. Gibson

This document describes the process of the realization, the maintenance and the dissemination of the spectral irradiance scale and its accompanying...

Smoke Plume Trajectory from In Situ Burning of Crude Oil in Alaska - Updated Simulation Results

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

William D. Walton, Kevin B. McGrattan

The purpose of this report is to update calculations, originally performed in 1993, that predict the downwind extent of smoke particulate from hypothetical in...

NIST Special Databse 32 - Multiple Encounter Dataset II (MEDS-II)

July 21, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew P. Founds, Nick Orlans, Whiddon Genevieve, Craig I. Watson

This document and associated dataset is an update to the Multiple Encounter Dataset I (MEDS-I), originally published by the National Institute of Standards and...

The Proper Use of Substitute Test Fluids

July 18, 2011

Author(s)

Marc A. Buttler

Liquid-measuring devices are used in many different commercial applications. The vast array of liquid products that are measured includes some products that may...

Conservation Law Based Cross-Layer Optimization of a Wireless Network for Diverse Rate/Delay Requirements

July 11, 2011

Author(s)

Vladimir V. Marbukh

Conventional approach to cross-layer network optimization assumes elastic users adjusting their bandwidth requirements in response to the resource congestion...

Measured CO Concentrations at NIST IAQ Test House from Operation of Portable Electric Generators in Attached Garage Interim Report

July 8, 2011

Author(s)

Steven J. Emmerich, Liangzhu Wang

The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) is concerned about the hazard of acute residential CO exposures from portable gasoline powered generators...

Building Triage in Response to Wide-Area Bio-Releases: Concepts and Building Classification System

July 7, 2011

Author(s)

Andrew K. Persily

In order to support effective responses to a wide-area release of a biological agent in an urban area, a building triage approach is envisioned that will...

MBE Standardization and Validation

July 6, 2011

Author(s)

Joshua Lubell, Nathan W. Hartman, Doug Cheney

3D Model-Based Engineering (MBE) is an approach to product design, manufacturing, and support where a digital three-dimensional representation of the product...

Access Control for SAR Systems

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Stephen Quirolgico, Chung Tong Hu, Tom T. Karygiannis

The Access Control for SAR Systems (ACSS) project focused on developing a prototype privilege management system used to express and enforce policies for...

Messaging Work Bench Instructions

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Ioana Singureanu

Documentation on using the Messaging Workbench (MWB) tool to edit the profile created for the NCPDP SCRIPT Implementation Guide: Version 10.6 NEWRX New...

Atomic Force Microscope Cantilever Flexural Stiffness Calibration: Toward a Standard Traceable Method

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Richard S. Gates, Mark Reitsma, John A. Kramar, Jon R. Pratt

The evolution of the atomic force microscope into a useful tool for measuring mechanical properties of surfaces at the nanoscale has spurred the need for more...

Vacuum technology considerations for mass metrology

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Patrick J. Abbott, Zeina J. Kubarych

Vacuum weighing of mass artifacts eliminates the necessity of air buoyancy correction and its contribution to the measurement uncertainty. Vacuum weighing is...

An Electromagnetic Evaluation of the NASA Space Power Facility at Plum Brook Station

July 1, 2011

Author(s)

Galen H. Koepke, John M. Ladbury, Dennis G. Camell, Jason B. Coder, Chriss A. Grosvenor, Randy Direen, Jeffrey R. Guerrieri

We describe in this report (Technical Note) an extensive electromagnetic evaluation of a unique test facility designed and built by the National Aeronautics and...

Emergency First Responder Respirator Thermal Characteristics: Workshop Proceedings

June 29, 2011

Author(s)

Amy E. Mensch, Nelson P. Bryner

The purpose of this workshop was to identify performance needs and establish research priorities to address the thermal characteristics of respiratory equipment...

Guidelines for Protecting Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Firmware

June 28, 2011

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This bulletin summarizes the information presented in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-147, BIOS Protection Guidelines: Recommendations of the National...

Conformance Test Architecture and Test Suite for ANSI/NIST-ITL 1-2007

June 22, 2011

Author(s)

Fernando L. Podio, Dylan J. Yaga, Christofer J. McGinnis

The Computer Security Division of NIST/ITL supports the development of biometric conformance testing methodology standards and other conformity assessment...

Specification for the Asset Reporting Format 1.1

June 21, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, Adam Halbardier, Mark Johnson

This specification describes the Asset Reporting Format (ARF), a data model for expressing the transport format of information about assets and the...

Information Technology Laboratory Brochure

June 21, 2011

Author(s)

Elizabeth B. Lennon

This brochure gives an overview of ITL and presents information on 12 current programs.

Development of Multicolor Flow Cytometry Standards: Assignment of Equivalent Reference Fluorophores (ERF) Unit

June 19, 2011

Author(s)

Hao-Wei Wang, Adolfas Gaigalas

A procedure is described for assigning values of the number of equivalent reference fluorophores (ERF) to microspheres labeled with a fluorophore designed to...

Specification for Asset Identification 1.1

June 17, 2011

Author(s)

David A. Waltermire, John Wunder, Adam Halbardier

Asset identification plays an important role in an organization‟s ability to quickly correlate different sets of information about assets. This specification...

NIST Handbook 150-21, NVLAP Chemical Calibration: Certifiers of Spectrophotometric NTRMs

June 14, 2011

Author(s)

Barbara J. Belzer

NIST Handbook 150-21 presents technical requirements and guidance for the accreditation of laboratories under the National Voluntary Laboratory Accreditation...

Report of the 95th National Conference on Weights and Measures

June 10, 2011

Author(s)

Linda D. Crown, Tina G. Butcher, Steven E. Cook, Lisa Warfield, David A. Sefcik

The 95th Annual Meeting of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM) was held July 11 to 15, 2010, at the Crowne Plaza St. Paul Riverfront, St...

Proposed UNIFORMAT II Classification of Bridge Elements

June 10, 2011

Author(s)

Muthiah Kasi, Robert E. Chapman

This report presents a proposed UNIFORMAT II classification of bridge elements. Elemental classifications differ from traditional product-related...

Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security - Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control Systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)

June 7, 2011

Author(s)

Keith A. Stouffer, Joseph A. Falco, Karen A. Scarfone

NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-82, Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) Security, provides guidance on how to secure Industrial Control Systems (ICS)...

An Equation of State for the Thermodynamic Properties of Dimethyl Ether

June 6, 2011

Author(s)

Yong Zhou, Jiangtao Wu, Eric Lemmon

A thermodynamic property formulation for dimethyl ether has been developed based on a selection of experimental thermodynamic property data. The formulation...

Guide to Industrial Control Systems (ICS) security : Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) systems, Distributed Control systems (DCS), and other control system configurations such as Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC) : recommendations of the

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Keith Stouffer, Joe Falco, Karen Scarfone

Electromagnetic Metrology on Concrete and Corrosion

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Sung Kim, Jack T. Surek, James R. Baker-Jarvis

To go beyond current electromagnetic nondestructive evaluation (NDE) methods for reinforcing bar (rebar) corrosion we are exploring unique magnetic or electric...

Mathematical Modeling of Wildland-Urban Interface Fires

June 1, 2011

Author(s)

Randall J. McDermott, Ronald Rehm

This paper presents a simple model to demonstrate the effect on grass-fire propagation of the winds induced by structural fires in a Wildland-Urban Interface...

Computer Security Division 2010 Annual Report

May 31, 2011

Author(s)

Patrick D. O'Reilly

This annual report covers the work conducted within the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Computer Security Division during Fiscal Year 2010. It...

Healthcare Information Technology Standards: General Suitability Analysis

May 31, 2011

Author(s)

Liora Alschuler

The methodology described in this document was produced and developed by Lantana Consulting Group for the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)...

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