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An Assessment of Passive Microwave and Millimeterwave Sensors for the Standoff Detection of Chemical Agents

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Gerald T. Fraser, Angela R. Hight Walker

Fire Dynamics Simulator (Version 4) - User's Guide

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Kevin B. McGrattan

Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelof fire-driven fluid flow. The software described in this document solves numerically...

Triangular Meshing and Volume Determination

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Christoph J. Witzgall, Geraldine Cheok

Parametric studies are reported for investigating the feasibility and accuracy of calculating volumes from LADAR scans of artifacts. The TIN (=Triangulated...

Semiconductor Microelectronics and Nanoelectronics Programs

July 1, 2004

Author(s)

Stephen Knight, Joaquin (. Martinez, Michele L. Buckley

The microelectornics industry supplies vital components to the electronics industry and to the U.S. economy, enabling rapid improvements in productivity and in...

Electronic Authentication Guideline

June 30, 2004

Author(s)

William E. Burr, Donna F. Dodson, William T. Polk

[Superseded by NIST SP 800-63 Ver. 1.0.1 (September 2004): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=151295] This recommendation provides...

June 2004 Progress Report on the Federal Building and Fire Safety Investigation of the World Trade Center Disaster (NIST SP 1000-5)

June 30, 2004

Author(s)

Sivaraj Shyam-Sunder, C Sawyer

Provides details of the technical progress made since the May 2003 progress report on the World Trade Center (WTC) Investigation. The report includes a...

Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation 2003: Summary of Results and Analysis Report

June 30, 2004

Author(s)

Charles L. Wilson, Patrick J. Grother, Ross J. Micheals, S C. Otto, Craig I. Watson, R. A. Hicklin, H Korves, Brad Ulery, M Zoepfl

The Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE) 2003 was conducted to evaluate the accuracy of fingerprint matching, identification, and verification...

International Data Series, Issue #3, 2004

June 28, 2004

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

Liquid-vapor equilibria of cyclohelxanol + 1.2-dimethylbenzene and nonane Liquid-vapor equilibria and excess Gibbs energy of I-hexene + benzene, cyclohexane...

Studies of One-to-One Fingerprint Matching With Vendor SDK Matchers

June 24, 2004

Author(s)

Craig I. Watson, Charles L. Wilson, Karen Marshall, Michael D. Indovina, Robert D. Snelick

NIST has conducted testing of one-to-one SDK (Software Development Kit) based COTS fingerprint matching systems to evaluate the accuracy of one-to-one matching...

Gas Flowmeter Calibrations with the 34 L and 677 L PVTt Standards

June 23, 2004

Author(s)

John Wright, Aaron Johnson, Michael Moldover, Gina Kline

This document provides a description of the 34 L and 677 L pressure, volume, temperature, and time (PVTt) primary gas flow standards operated by the National...

Environmentally Acceptable Flame Extinguishants

June 23, 2004

Author(s)

J D. Mather, R E. Tapscott

Engineering Principles for IT Security (A Baseline for Achieving Security), Revision A

June 21, 2004

Author(s)

G Stoneburner, Clark Hayden, Alexis Feringa

The Engineering Principles for Information Technology (IT) Security (EP-ITS) presents a list of system-level security principles to be considered in the design...

Security Considerations in the Information System Development Life Cycle

June 16, 2004

Author(s)

Timothy Grance, Joan Hash, Marc Stevens

[Superseded by SP 800-64 Rev. 2 (October 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=890097] The need to provide protection for federal...

TRC Thermodynamic Tables - Nonhydrocarbons, Supplement 91, 2004

June 14, 2004

Author(s)

Michael D. Frenkel

New table for octyl methanoate containing the density for the real fluid at selected temperatures and pressures; New table for propyl ethanoate containing the...

Guide for Mapping Types of Information and Information Systems to Security Categories (2 vols.)

June 10, 2004

Author(s)

William C. Barker, Annabelle Lee

[Superseded by SP 800-60 Rev. 1 (August 2008): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=152106] Title III of the E-Government Act, titled...

Pore Characterization in Low-k Dielectric Films Using X-Ray Reflectivity: X-Ray Porosimetry

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Christopher L. Soles, V. J. Lee, Eric K. Lin, Wen-Li Wu

X-ray porosimetry is developed as a technique for characterizing the pore structure in thin, low dielectric constant films supported on a silicon wafer. X-ray...

Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Part III. Mgv-Mgx

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Larissa Podobedova, Daniel E. Kelleher, Joseph Reader, Wolfgang L. Wiese

Tables of critically compiled wavelengths, energy levels, line classifications, and transition probabilities are given for spectra of ionized magnesium (Mg V -...

Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Part IV. NeV - NeVIII

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Larissa Podobedova, Jeffrey R. Fuhr, Joseph Reader, Wolfgang L. Wiese

Tables of critically compiled wavelengths, energy levels, line classifications, and transition probabilities are given for spectra of ionized neon (Ne V Ne VIII...

Atomic Spectral Tables for the Chandra X-Ray Observatory. Part II (Si vi - Si xii)

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Larissa Podobedova, Daniel E. Kelleher, Joseph Reader, Wolfgang L. Wiese

Tables of critically compiled wavelengths, energy levels, line classifications, and transition probabilities are given for spectra of ionized silicon (Si VI -...

Information Technology Security Services: How to Select, Implement, and Manage

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Shirley M. Radack

This ITL Bulletin summarizes the contents of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-35, Guide to Information Technology Security Services, Recommendations of the...

Impact of Sprinklers on the Fire Hazard in Dormitories: Day Room Fire Experiments (NIST IR 7120)

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Daniel M. Madrzykowski, D W. Stroup, William D. Walton

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) conducted two series of full-scale fire experiments in abandoned dormitory buildings. The objective of...

Traceability for microwave remote-sensing radiometry

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

James P. Randa

A plan is presented for developing a standard for brightness temperature at microwave frequencies, as well as two different methods for transferring this...

Certification of NIST Standard Reference Material 1575a Pine Needles and Results of an International Laboratory Comparison

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Elizabeth A. Mackey, Donald A. Becker, Rabia D. Oflaz, Robert R. Greenberg, Richard M. Lindstrom, Lee L. Yu, Laura J. Wood, Stephen E. Long, William R. Kelly, Jacqueline L. Mann, Bruce S. MacDonald, Stephen A. Wilson, Zoe A. Brown, Paul H. Briggs, James Budhan, Rick L. Paul

Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Elizabeth B. Lennon

This ITL Bulletin summarizes NIST SP 800-37, Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems.

Comparison of Electron Elastic-Scattering Cross Sections Calculated from Two Commonly Used Atomic Potentials

June 1, 2004

Author(s)

Aleksander Jablonski, Francesc Salvat, Cedric J. Powell

We have analyzed differential cross sections (DCSs) for the elastic scattering of electrons by neutral atoms that have been derived from two commonly used...

NIST Measurement Services: Heat Flux Sensor Calibration

May 31, 2004

Author(s)

Benjamin K. Tsai, Charles E. Gibson, S. E. Nagler, D P. DeWitt, Robert D. Saunders

Time Synchronization for Electronic Distributed Systems

May 28, 2004

Author(s)

John D. Gale, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud

Synchronization of clocks in electronic distributed systems has become critical in an increasing number of applications. Accurate knowledge of the correct time...

Guide for the Security Certification and Accreditation of Federal Information Systems

May 20, 2004

Author(s)

Ronald S. Ross, Marianne M. Swanson, G Stoneburner, Stuart W. Katzke, L A. Johnson

[Superseded by SP 800-37 Rev. 1 (February 2010): http://www.nist.gov/manuscript-publication-search.cfm?pub_id=904985] The purpose of this publication is to...

NIST SP430, Household Weights and Measures

May 15, 2004

Author(s)

Kenneth S. Butcher

The purpose of this publication is to present, in a convenient form, the weights and measures tables most useful for household purposes, together with...

Recommendation for Block Cipher Modes of Operation: The CCM Mode for Authentication and Confidentiality [including updates through 7/20/2007]

May 12, 2004

Author(s)

Morris J. Dworkin

This Recommendation defines a mode of operation, called Counter with Cipher Block Chaining-Message Authentication Code (CCM), for a symmetric key block cipher...

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