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NIST researchers have reported a significant extension of the laser technology being developed for optical frequency metrology and optical atomic clocks. While...
This is version 1.0 of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) bibliographic database on atomic spectral line broadening. At present, this...
Relative measurements of a series of data, either as a function of wavelength or angle, are common in radiometry. Normalization of these data at some reference...
Two gross count radiation detection backpacks were used to validate a subset of the radiological test requirements listed in the ANSI/IEEE N42.43 standard [1]...
The recently published textbook by E. B. Podgorsak Radiation Physics for Medical Physicists (Springer 2005) is reviewed, including a chapter-by chapter...
The performance of the three commercial laboratories that provide flow meter calibrations to the natural gas industry in North America was evaluated. A tandem...
NIST provides traceability of permeation tube humidity generators to national humidity standards by measuring the water permeation rate of permeation tubes...
John Kucklick, Rebecca Pugh, Paul R. Becker, Michele M. Schantz, Stephen Wise, T K. Rowles
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), in support of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration s Marine Mammal Health and...
Vladimir Diky, Robert D. Chirico, R C. Wilhoit, Qian Dong, Michael D. Frenkel
The program provides software tools to ease capture (compilation) of experimental thermodynamic and transport property data from the literature for pure...
Michele M. Schantz, John Kucklick, Reenie M. Parris, Dianne L. Poster, Stephen Wise
In support of marine monitoring measurement programs, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducts yearly interlaboratory comparison...
A C. Pipino, Curtis Meuse, J P. Hoefnagels, Vitalii I. Silin, John T. Woodward IV
We report preliminary results describing two new applications of cavity ring-down spectroscopy (CRDS): 1) detection of non-absorbing species by refractive-index...
vances in both the technology and cost of controllers have enabled the commercial introduction of machine tools with a parallel configuration of the positioning...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology[s Manufacturing Engineering Laboratory (MEL) works with the U.S. manufacturing industry to develop and apply...
Richard L. Kissel, Kevin Stine, Matthew Scholl, Hart Rossman, J Fahlsing, Jessica Gulick
The purpose of this guideline is to assist agencies in building security into their IT development processes. This should result in more cost-effective, risk...
Multipath routing can be effectively used to maximize the utilization of network resources for real-time traffic. In mobile ad-hoc network environments, this...
This bulletin summarizes information disseminated in NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-123, Guide to General Server Security: Recommendations of the National...
In 2004, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published an analysis of the ventilation data collected as part of the U.S. EPA Building...
Many electromagnetic measurements are based on the relationship between dissipation and fluctuations. As measurement frequencies increase and dimensional scales...
The National Institute of Standards and Technology supplies calibrated photodiode standards and special tests of photodetectors for spectral radiant power...
This handbook compiles uniform laws and regulations developed by the Committee on Laws and Regulations of the National Conference on Weights and Measures (NCWM)...
Andrew J. Lock, Matthew F. Bundy, Erik L. Johnsson, Anthony P. Hamins, Gwon Ko, Cheolhong Hwang, Stephen P. Fuss, Richard H. Harris Jr.
This report describes new full-scale ISO9705 compartment fire experiments, which include local measurements of temperature and species composition. The...
In this paper, we introduce the Biometric Client Configuration Language, or BiCCL. BiCCL is a platform-independent, domain-specific language (DSL) that formally...
This program1 was conducted for The National Institute For Standards and Technology under Contact Number NA1341-02-W-0686. Hughes Associates, Inc. performed...
R A. MacNeill, Steven W. Kirkpatrick, B D. Peterson, Robert T. Bocchieri, Therese P. McAllister
The objective of the work described in this report was to analyze the global response of WTC 7 to initial failure events due to fire and to analyze the...
The purpose of this document is to assist organizations in planning and conducting technical information security tests and examinations, analyzing findings...
While wireless sensor network technology has advanced in recent years, potential users of these systems in buildings still have concerns with their use. This...