Dr. William E. Ward Profile

Dr. William E. Ward

Associate Professor at Univ of New Brunswick

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Proceedings Article | 17 October 2013 Paper

A static birefringent interferometer for the measurement of upper atmospheric winds

Jeffery Langille, William Ward, William Gault, Alan Scott, Driss Touahri, Andrew Bell

Proceedings Volume 8890, 88900C (2013) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2031965

KEYWORDS: Interferometers, Doppler effect, Wind measurement, Calibration, Wave plates, Signal to noise ratio, Visibility, Prototyping, Crystals, Charge-coupled devices

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Proceedings Article | 30 November 2004 Paper

Tidal and layer structure in the mesosphere and lower thermosphere from TIMED/SABER CO2 15-µm emission

Richard Picard, Peter Wintersteiner, Jeremy Winick, Chris Mertens, Martin Mlynczak, James Russell, Larry Gordley, William Ward, Chiao Yao She, Robert O'Neil

Proceedings Volume 5571, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.568060

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Thermosphere, Mesosphere, Climatology, Oxygen, Wave propagation, Radiometry, Space operations, Temperature metrology, Atmospheric propagation

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Proceedings Article | 17 February 2003 Paper

Imaging interferometer for satellite observations of wind and temperature on Mars, the Dynamics Atmosphere Mars Observer (DYNAMO)

William Ward, William Gault, Neil Rowlands, Shiguang Wang, Gordon Shepherd, Ian McDade, Jack McConnell, D Michelangeli, John Caldwell

Proceedings Volume 4833, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.473823

KEYWORDS: Mars, Space operations, Sensors, Mirrors, Interferometers, Doppler effect, Airglow, Wind measurement, Temperature metrology, Mirror pointing

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Proceedings Article | 12 December 2001 Paper

Waves Michelson Interferometer: a visible/near-IR interferometer for observing middle atmosphere dynamics and constituents

William Ward, William Gault, Gordon Shepherd, Neil Rowlands

Proceedings Volume 4540, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.450652

KEYWORDS: Mirrors, Sensors, Temperature metrology, Oxygen, Michelson interferometers, Interferometers, Thermosphere, Calibration, Space telescopes, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 15 May 2001 Paper

Performance of short wave cutoff MBE HgCdTe 2D arrays: spaceborne application for sensing OH airglow wave structure

John Kumer, Richard Rairden, Gary Swenson, Neil Rowlands, William Gault, William Ward

Proceedings Volume 4306, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.426969

KEYWORDS: Airglow, Sensors, Mercury cadmium telluride, Multiplexers, Quantum efficiency, Optical filters, Cryogenics, Signal to noise ratio, Detector arrays, Space operations

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Proceedings Article | 31 October 1996 Paper

Satellite instrument to measure stratospheric winds

Neil Rowlands, Gary Buttner, A. Raab, Gordon Shepherd, William Gault, Mark Cann, S. Dobbie, Stoyan Sargoytchev, William Ward, Reza Mani, Yves Rochon, David Tarasick

Proceedings Volume 2830, (1996) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.256103

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Data modeling, Visibility, Fabry–Perot interferometers, Satellites, Atmospheric modeling, Wind measurement, Interferometers, Optical filters, Signal to noise ratio

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 1994 Paper

O2 atmospheric band measurements with WINDII: performance of a narrow-band filter/wide-angle Michelson combination in space

William Ward, William Gault, Gordon Shepherd, Charles Hersom, C. Tai, Brian Solheim

Proceedings Volume 2266, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187568

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Sensors, Ultraviolet radiation, Atmospheric modeling, Stars, Earth's atmosphere, Optical filters, Instrument modeling, Stratosphere, Interferometers

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Proceedings Article | 30 September 1994 Paper

On-orbit performance of the WINDII instrument on the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS)

William Gault, Gordon Shepherd, William Ward, Charles Hersom, Yves Rochon, Brian Solheim

Proceedings Volume 2266, (1994) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.187567

KEYWORDS: Calibration, Lamps, Satellites, Charge-coupled devices, Interferometers, Airglow, Michelson interferometers, Mirrors, CCD image sensors, Sensors

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