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<td colspan="15"><p><img src="media/image1.wmf" />AUTHORIZATION FOR THE
EXTERNAL RELEASE OF INFORMATION</p>
<p>Submit web-site URL or two copies of document with this form to
Document Review, 111-120,</p>
<p>or email them to docrev@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov. <em>(for DRS use
only)</em></p></td>
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<td colspan="6"><p>SENIOR JPL AUTHOR</p>
<p>Simone Tanelli</p></td>
<td colspan="3"><p>MAIL STOP</p>
<p>300-243</p></td>
<td colspan="2"><p>EXTENSION</p>
<p>4-0195</p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>RELEASE: U.S.</p>
<p> FOREIGN</p></td>
</tr>
<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="13"><em>The Document Review approval process applies to all
JPL information intended for unrestricted external release via print or
electronic media. See explanations on page 3 of this form and the policy
“Releasing Information Outside of JPL,” available through http://dmie.
At the web site, type “releasing information” in the Search in Title
box, select “All of these words in title,” and click on
Search!</em></td>
<td colspan="2"><p> Original</p>
<p> Modified</p></td>
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<td colspan="15"><ol type="I">
<li><p>DOCUMENT AND PROJECT IDENTIFICATION – To be completed by
Author/Originator</p></li>
</ol></td>
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<td colspan="15"><blockquote>
<p> ABSTRACT (for publication) WEB SITE ORAL PRESENTATION</p>
<p> FULL PAPER (including poster, video, CD-ROM) OTHER       Abstract
Full Text</p>
</blockquote></td>
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<td colspan="4"><p>TITLE</p>
<p>Dual-frequency Spaceborne Doppler Radar: Analysis of Performances in
Estimating Latent Heat Fluxes</p></td>
<td colspan="8"><p>OTHER AUTHORS</p>
<p>Eastwood Im (JPL)</p>
<p>Luca Facheris</p></td>
<td colspan="3" rowspan="2"><blockquote>
<p> Premeeting publication</p>
<p> Publication on meeting day</p>
<p> Postmeeting publication</p>
<p> Poster session</p>
<p> Handouts</p>
</blockquote></td>
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<td colspan="12"><p>KEYWORDS FOR INDEXING <em>(Separate terms with
commas)</em></p>
<p>Precipitation, radar, Doppler</p></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="8" rowspan="2"><p>THIS WORK: Covers new technology not
previously reported</p>
<p> Covers work previously reported in New Technology<br />
Report (NTR) No.      </p>
<p> Provides more information for earlier<br />
NTR No(s). <u>     </u></p>
<p> Contains no new technology</p></td>
<td colspan="7">LEAD JPL AUTHOR’S SIGNATURE DATE</td>
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<td colspan="7"><p>SECTION OR PROJECT LEVEL APPROVAL - I attest to
DATE</p>
<p>the technical accuracy of this document/web site.</p>
<p>     </p></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="7"><p>ORIGINATING ORGANIZATION <em>(Section, Project, or
Element Number)</em></p>
<p>     </p></td>
<td colspan="8"><p>PERFORMING ORGANIZATION <em>(If different)</em></p>
<p>     </p></td>
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<td colspan="5"><p>ACCOUNT CODE OR TASK ORDER <em>(For tracking purposes
only)</em></p>
<p>101537-2.258.80.1</p></td>
<td colspan="5"><p>DOCUMENT NUMBER(S)</p>
<p>     </p></td>
<td colspan="4"><p>DATE RECEIVED</p>
<p>1/17/2003</p></td>
<td><p>DATE DUE</p>
<p>1/17/2003</p></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="15"><em><strong>For presentations, documents, or other
scientific/technical information to be externally published (including
through electronic media), enter information - such as name, place, and
date of conference; periodical or journal name; or book title and
publisher - in the area below.</strong></em></td>
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<td colspan="15"><p>Web Site: Preclearance URL (<em>JPL internal</em>)
     </p>
<p>Postclearance URL (<em>external</em>)      </p></td>
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<td colspan="15"><blockquote>
<p> Brochure/Newsletter JPL Publication Section 644 Editor <em>(If
applicable)</em> </p>
<p> Journal Name      </p>
<p> Meeting Title SPIE's <sup>10</sup>th International Symposium on
Remote Sensing<br />
     </p>
<p>Meeting Date Sept<sup>.8</sup>th-<sup>12</sup>th, 2003 Location
Barcelona (Spain)</p>
<p>Sponsoring Society SPIE</p>
<p> Book/Book Chapter Assigned JPL Task Private Venture Publisher
     </p>
</blockquote></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="15"><em><strong>If your document will not be part of a
journal, meeting, or book publication (including a web-based
publication), can we post the cleared, final version on the JPL
worldwide Technical Report Server (TRS) and send it to the NASA Center
for Aerospace Information (CASI)?</strong></em> Yes No<em><strong><br />
(For more information on TRS/CASI, see http://techreports.jpl.nasa.gov
and http://www.sti.nasa.gov.)<br />
If your document will be published, the published version will be posted
on the TRS and sent to CASI.</strong></em></td>
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<td colspan="15"><ol start="2" type="I">
<li><p>SECURITY CLASSIFICATION</p></li>
</ol></td>
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<tr class="odd">
<td colspan="15"><p>CHECK ONE <em>(One of the five boxes denoting
Security Classification must be checked.)</em></p>
<blockquote>
<p> SECRET SECRET RD CONFIDENTIAL CONFIDENTIAL RD UNCLASSIFIED</p>
</blockquote></td>
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<tr class="even">
<td colspan="15"><ol start="3" type="I">
<li><p>AVAILABILITY CATEGORY – To be completed by Document
Review</p></li>
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<td colspan="2"><blockquote>
<p> TRADE SECRET</p>
<p> SBIR</p>
<p> COPYRIGHTED</p>
<p> COPYRIGHT TRANSFERRED TO:<br />
     </p>
</blockquote></td>
<td colspan="13"><p>Confidential Commercial Document <em>(check
appropriate box at left and indicate below the appropriate limitation
and expiration)</em>:</p>
<p> U.S. Government agencies and U.S. Government agency contractors
only</p>
<p> NASA contractors and U.S. Government only Limited until
<em>(date)</em>      </p>
<p> NASA personnel and NASA contractors only U.S. Government agencies
only</p>
<p> Available only with the approval of issuing office NASA personnel
only</p>
<p>     </p></td>
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<td>PUBLICLY<br />
AVAILABLE</td>
<td colspan="13">Publicly available documents must be unclassified, may
not be export controlled, may not contain trade secrets or confidential
commercial data, and should have cleared any applicable patents
application process.</td>
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<li><p>DOCUMENT DISCLOSING AN INVENTION (For TRAC or OPANT Use
Only)</p></li>
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<td colspan="3"><p>THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE RELEASED ON <em>(date)</em></p>
<p>     </p></td>
<td colspan="12">PATENT OR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY REPRESENTATIVE
SIGNATURE DATE</td>
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| Instructions for Completing the JPL Authorization for the External    |
| Release of Information                                                |
|                                                                       |
| **[Purpose]{.underline}** This form is used to document the review    |
| and approval process that applies to JPL scientific and technical     |
| information intended for external release via print or electronic     |
| media. It is designed to ensure that dissemination of this            |
| information occurs in compliance with the Caltech-NASA prime contract |
| and other pertinent regulations.                                      |
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| [**When to Use This** **Form**]{.underline} Documents containing      |
| scientific and technical information that are intended for            |
| presentation, publication, or unrestricted online distribution must   |
| be approved for release in accordance with the JPL policy for         |
| Releasing Information Outside of JPL, which is available at           |
| http://dmie. (At the web site, type \"releasing information\" in the  |
| Search in Title box, select "All of these words in title" in the      |
| Search Criteria box, and click on Search!) Document Review does not   |
| process classified or confidential documents or material that         |
| contains trade secrets.                                               |
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| **[How to Use This Form]{.underline}** Guidance for completing key    |
| portions of the form is provided below. Further assistance and        |
| answers to specific questions can be obtained by contacting Document  |
| Review, ext. 4-3118.                                                  |
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| **[Submission Requirements]{.underline}** Authors/originators must    |
| complete Part I to fully identify the document or web site and        |
| intended mode of release. They can sign Part I and obtain management  |
| approval, then provide this form to Document Review Services, MS      |
| 111-120, along with two copies of the document or the web-site URL.   |
| Alternatively, authors can email this form and material to\           |
| docrev@techreports.jpl.nasa.gov; management approval will be obtained |
| by Document Review after receipt.                                     |
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| **[Special Rules Govern Oral Presentations]{.underline}** Clearances  |
| can be issued for oral presentations---including full papers read in  |
| front of an audience---on the basis of an abstract if the             |
| presentation will not be published in any form (including handouts).  |
| Once cleared, the abstract itself can be published. Authors should    |
| submit the abstract, along with signed copies of this form and JPL    |
| Form 2785, Author Certification for Oral Presentation/Poster Session  |
| Paper, to Document Review, MS 111-120. (Both forms can be downloaded  |
| from http://forms.) The same rules apply to poster session            |
| papers---displayed material can be cleared on the basis of an         |
| abstract, unless handouts are used.                                   |
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| In addition, a two-step process can be used to give authors more time |
| to prepare presentations intended for publication---for example, in   |
| the case of foreign travel, when a clearance has to be issued four    |
| weeks in advance of the travel, or in the case when submission for    |
| publication will not occur until after the meeting:                   |
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| Step 1) The abstract is cleared (for the foreign travel package       |
| submitted to Legislative/International Affairs; or for oral           |
| dissemination, without handouts, of the presentation at the meeting). |
| Step 2) The full-text presentation is cleared (before the author      |
| travels to the foreign meeting; or before the presentation is         |
| submitted for postmeeting publication).                               |
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| **[Section or Project Level Approval]{.underline}** Approval at the   |
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| document or web site.                                                 |
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| be approved by Document Review prior to release. There is one         |
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| **[Brochures]{.underline}** Material in this category is frequently   |
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| ongoing activity.                                                     |
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| **[Publications]{.underline}** JPL Publications are issued to         |
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