The Center for Networked Information Discovery and Retrieval at MCNC is a leader in the design and implementation of distributed information management systems. Cloudy is a large-scale Fortran code designed to simulate physical conditions in a broad range of astronomical plasmas, and predict its resulting spectrum. The Cloudy homepage provides pointers to the code and its documentation, along with related publications and activities. Most briefs offer a Technical Support Package , which explains the technology in greater detail and provides contact points for questions or licensing discussions. NASA Tech Briefs also contains feature articles on successful NASA spinoffs, profiles of NASA tech transfer resources, news briefs, and application stories.
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A Systematic Approach To User Interface Design For A Hypertext Framework. Image Processing Resources for Astronomy Teachers Links to and summaries of astronomical image processing resources for high school or introductory college astronomy courses. The LCA develops and disseminates theoretical modeling software for astrophysics research. The LCA is a joint venture between the NSF, the National Center for Supercomputing Applications, and the Department of Astronomy at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Its purpose is to develop and disseminate numerical algorithms and community codes for CFD, primarily for astrophysics.