N. Thomas

Publication List Details

Period

1978 - 9999

Number

226

Co-Authors

Injection/Extraction Well System--A Unique Seawater Intrusion Barrier (9999)

N. Thomas

A multiple-aquifer system in the bayfront area of Palo Alto, California is being intruded with seawater from San Francisco Bay. In order to combat this potential degradation of the ground-water...

Herschel Open Time Key Programme: TNOs are cool: a survey of the Transneptunian Region (2008)

Müller, T.G., Lellouch, E., Böhnhardt, H, Stansberry, J., Barucci, A, Crovisier, J., ...

Over one thousand objects have been discovered orbiting beyond Neptune. These trans-Neptunian objects (TNOs) represent the primitive remnants of the planetesimal disk from which the outer planets...

The Balloon-borne Large-Aperture Submillimeter Telescope for Polarization: BLAST-pol (2008)

Marsden, G., Ade, P. A. R., Benton, S., Bock, J. J., Chapin, E. L., Chung, J., ...

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital experiment designed to study the process of star formation in local galaxies (including the Milky Way) and in...

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope: BLAST (2007)

Pascale, E., Ade, P. A. R., Bock, J. J., Chapin, E. L., Chung, J., Devlin, M. J., ...

The Balloon-borne Large Aperture Submillimeter Telescope (BLAST) is a sub-orbital surveying experiment designed to study the evolutionary history and processes of star formation in local galaxies...

Determination of prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time in newly diagnosed untreated cases of type-2 diabetes mellitus at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Enugu (2007)

Thomas, N, Ike, SO, Ofoegbu, EN, Obih, SI, Eze, GC

Background: Diabetes Mellitus is leading endocrine disorder of global interest. It is of multifactorial aetiology. Methods: Coagulation status of newly diagnosed and untreated diabetic patients from...

The D-CIXS X-ray spectrometer on the SMART-1 mission to the moon - First results (2007)

Grande, M., Kellett, B. J., Howe, C., Perry, C H, Swinyard, B., Dunkin, S., ...

The SMART-1 mission has recently arrived at the Moon. Its payload includes D-CIXS, a compact X-ray spectrometer. SMART-1 is a technology evaluation mission, and D-CIXS is the first of a new...

Observations of Past Lunar Landing Sites by the D-CIXS X-Ray Spectrometer on SMART-1 (2007)

Grande, M., Kellett, B. J., Howe, C., Perry, C. H., Swinyard, B., Dunkin, S., ...

D-CIXS initial observations show a first unambiguous remote sensing of calcium in the lunar regolith. Data obtained are broadly consistent with current understanding of mare and highland composition....

Observations of Comet 9P/Tempel 1 around the Deep Impact event by the OSIRIS cameras onboard Rosetta (2007)

Keller, H.U., Küppers, M., Fornasier, S., Gutierrez, P. J., Hviid, S. F., Jorda, L., ...

The OSIRIS cameras on the Rosetta spacecraft observed comet 9P/Tempel 1 from 5 days before to 10 days after it was hit by the Deep Impact projectile. The Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) monitored the...

OSIRIS - The Scientific Camera System Onboard Rosetta (2007)

Keller, H.U., Barberieri, C., Rickman, H., Rodrigo, R., ...

The Optical, Spectroscopic, and Infrared Remote Imaging System OSIRIS is the scientific camerasystem onboard the Rosetta spacecraft. OSIRIS will detect 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko from a distance of...

The Bepi Colombo Laser Altimeter (BELA): Concept and baseline design (2007)

Thomas, N., Spohn, T., Benz, W., Beutler, G., Christensen, U., ...

The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) has been selected for flight on board the European Space Agency’s BepiColombo Mercury Planetary Orbiter (MPO). The experiment is intended to be Europe’s...

Venus monitoring camera for Venus express (2007)

Markiewicz, W.J., Titiov, D.V., Ignatiev, N., Keller, H.U., Crisp, D., Limaye, S.S., ...

The Venus Express mission will focus on a global investigation of the Venus atmosphere and plasma environment, while additionally measuring some surface properties from orbit. The instruments PFS and...

Morphology and dynamics of the upper cloud layer of Venus (2007)

Markiewicz, W. J., Titov, D. V., Limaye, S. S., Keller, H. U., Ignatiev, N., Jaumann, R., ...

Venus is completely covered by a thick cloud layer, of which the upper part is composed of sulphuric acid and some unknown aerosols. The cloud tops are in fast retrograde rotation (super-rotation),...

Spectral sensitivities of the seahorses Hippocampus subelongatus and Hippocampus barbouri and the pipefish Stigmatopora argus (2007)

Mosk, V, Thomas, N, Hart, NS, Partridge, JC, Beazley, LD, Shand, J

The Syngnathidae are sp-2cialized diurnal feeders that are known to possess a retinal fovea and use independent eye movements to locate, track, and strike individual planktonic prey items. In this...

An absence of cutaneous neurofibromas associated with a 3-bp inframe deletion in exon 17 of the NF1 gene (c.2970-2972 delAAT): evidence of a clinically significant NF1 genotype-phenotype correlation (2007)

Upadhyaya, M., Huson, S.M., Davies, M., Thomas, N., Chuzhanova, N., Giovannini, S., ...

Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) is characterized by cafe-au-lait spots, skinfold freckling, and cutaneous neurofibromas. No obvious relationships between small mutations (ACG change of codon 990....

The BELA - The first European Planetary Laser Altimeter: Conceptual Design and Technical Status (2006)

Michaelis, Harald, Spohn, T., Oberst, J., Thomas, N., Seiferlin, K., Christensen, U., ...

The Bepi-Colombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) is the first European Laser Altimeter for planetary exploration which has been selected by ESA for flight aboard of ESA's BepiColombo mission to planet...

The Bepicolomba Laser Altimeter (BELA) - Science Requirements and Experiment Description (2006)

Oberst, Jürgen, Spohn, Tilman, Michaelis, Harald, Thomas, N., Seiferlin, K.

The BepiColombo Laser Altimeter (BELA) has been selected for flight aboard the MPO (Mercury Planetary Orbiter) of ESA´s BepiColombo mission to Mercury. From the spacecraft’s elliptic (pericenter:...

MAXIMAL-RATIO DIVERSITY COMBINERS. (2006)

N. Thomas

This report analyzes a maximal-ratio diversity combiner that is typical of the type of diversity combiner used in a wide range of communication and radar systems, including conventional...

ON ESTIMATING THE LOCATION OF A SIGNAL SOURCE, (2005)

N. Thomas

The paper considers the estimation of the location of a signal source; independent estimates of the signal arrival time at d different spatial locations are used to form the source location estimate....

Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois : intertextuality and interpretation. (2005)

Thomas, N.

Arthurian romance flourished in medieval Germany, but the pre-eminence of Wolfram von Eschenbach has perhaps overshadowed some of his successors. This book focuses on Wirnt von Gravenberg's Wigalois,...

Flight System Testbed for Low Cost Spacecraft Interface Evaluation (2004)

Casani, E., Thomas, N.

A world leader in space technology, JPL has over 30 years experience in developing spacecraft systems and managing deep space missions for NASA. Future scientific missions will require the rapid...

Rosetta Radio Science Investigations (2004)

Patzold, M., Neubauer, F. M., Wennmacher, A., Aksnes, K., Anderson, J. D., Asmar, S. W., ...

The Rosetta Radio Science Investigations (RSI) experiment was selected by the European Space Agency to be included in the International Rosetta Mission to comet P/Wirtanen (launch in 2003, arrival...

Overview of the Mars Pathfinder Mission: Launch Through Landing, Surface Operations, Data Sets, and Science Results (2004)

Anderson, R. C., Barnes, J. R., Bell, J. F. III, Bridges, N. T., Britt, D. T., Brucker, J., ...

Mars pathfinder successfully landed at Ares Vallis on July 4, 1997 and returned 2.3 Gbits of information during 3 months of surface operations of a lander, rover, three science instruments,...

The Microscope for Beagle 2 (2004)

Thomas, N., Luthi, B.S., Hviid, S.F., Keller, H.U., Markiewcz, W.J., Blumchen, T., ...

The microscope for the Beagle 2 lander, which was launched as part of the European Space Agency's Mars Express mission on 2 June 2003, will provide images of the Martian surface at around 6 μm...

Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media (2004)

Félix, G., Thomas, N.

In a half-filled rotating drum, the size segregation of particles of equal density builds a ring pattern of the large particles, whose location continuously varies from the periphery to the center...

Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media (2004)

Félix, G., Thomas, N.

In a half-filled rotating drum, the size segregation of particles of equal density builds a ring pattern of the large particles, whose location continuously varies from the periphery to the center...

Lunar elemental composition and ivestigations with D-CIXS x-ray mapping spectrometer on SMART-1 (2004)

Grande, M., Dunkin, S., Howe, C., Browning, R., Kellett, B., Perry, C. H., ...

The D-CIXS Compact X-ray Spectrometer on ESA SMART-1 successfully launched in Sept 2003 can derive 45 km resolution images of the Moon with a spectral resolution of 185 eV, providing the first...

Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media (2004)

Félix, G., Thomas, N.

In a half-filled rotating drum, the size segregation of particles of equal density builds a ring pattern of the large particles, whose location continuously varies from the periphery to the center...

Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media (2004)

Félix, G., Thomas, N.

In a half-filled rotating drum, the size segregation of particles of equal density builds a ring pattern of the large particles, whose location continuously varies from the periphery to the center...

Evidence of two effects in the size segregation process in a dry granular media (2004)

Felix, G., Thomas, N.

In a half-filled rotating drum, the size segregation of particles of equal density builds a ring pattern of the large particles, whose location continuously varies from the periphery to the center...

Challenges and Opportunities in Grid Performability (2004)

N. Thomas

Grid computing offers many scientific and commercial benefits but also many technical and organisational challenges. This has led to many research areas in traditional distributed systems directing...

The morphology and surface processes of Comet 19/P Borrelly (2004)

Britt, D.T., Boice, D.C., Buratti, B.J., Campins, H., Nelson, R.M., Oberst, J., ...

The flyby of the nucleus of the Comet 19P/Borrelly by the Deep Space 1 spacecraft produced the best views to date of the surface of these interesting objects. It transformed Borrelly from an...

Imaging Borrelly (2004)

Soderblom, L.A., Boice, D.C., Britt, D.T., Brown, R.H., Buratti, B.J., Kirk, R.L., ...

The nucleus, coma, and dust jets of short-period Comet 19P/Borrelly were imaged from the Deep Space 1 spacecraft during its close flyby in September 2001. A prominent jet dominated the near-nucleus...

9969 Braille: Deep Space 1 infrared spectroscopy, geometric albedo, and classification (2004)

Buratti, B.J., Britt, D.T., Soderblom, L.A., Hicks, M.D., Boice, D.C., Brown, R.H., ...

Spectra of Asteroid 9969 Braille in the 1.25–2.6 µm region returned by the Deep Space 1 (DS1) Mission show a ~10% absorption band centered at 2 µm, and a reflectance peak at 1.6 µm. Analysis of...

A Laser Altimeter for Bepicolombo (2004)

Thomas, N., Spohn, T.

The first European development of a laser altimeter for a planetary mission will be built by a consortium led by the Physikalisches Institut of the University of Bern (UBE) and the Deutsches Zentrum...

Laser Altimetry on Bepi Colombo (2004)

Spohn, T., Thomas, N.

A consortium led by Physikalisches Institut, Universität Bern und and the DLR Institut für Planetenforschung Berlin will be proposing a Laser Altimeter for the upcoming Bepi Colombo mission to...