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Joan Howard
Publications - 5
Citations - 7972
Joan Howard is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Zodiacal light & Observatory. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 5 publications receiving 6358 citations.
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The wide-field infrared survey explorer (wise): mission description and initial on-orbit performance
Edward L. Wright,Peter Eisenhardt,Amy Mainzer,Michael E. Ressler,Roc M. Cutri,Thomas H. Jarrett,J. Davy Kirkpatrick,Deborah L. Padgett,Robert S. McMillan,Michael F. Skrutskie,Spencer A. Stanford,Spencer A. Stanford,Martin Cohen,Russell G. Walker,John C. Mather,David Leisawitz,Thomas N. Gautier,Ian S. McLean,Dominic J. Benford,Carol J. Lonsdale,Andrew Blain,B. Mendez,William R. Irace,Valerie G. Duval,Fengchuan Liu,Don Royer,I. Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,Mark A. Shannon,Martha Kendall,Amy L. Walsh,Mark F. Larsen,Joel Cardon,Scott Schick,Mark Schwalm,Mohamed Abid,Beth Fabinsky,Larry Naes,Chao-Wei Tsai +38 more
TL;DR: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is mapping the whole sky following its launch on 14 December 2009 and completed its first full coverage of the sky on July 17 as discussed by the authors.
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The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE): Mission Description and Initial On-orbit Performance
Edward L. Wright,Peter Eisenhardt,Amy Mainzer,Michael E. Ressler,Roc M. Cutri,Thomas H. Jarrett,J. Davy Kirkpatrick,Deborah L. Padgett,Robert S. McMillan,Michael F. Skrutskie,Spencer A. Stanford,Spencer A. Stanford,Martin Cohen,Russell G. Walker,John C. Mather,David Leisawitz,Thomas N. Gautier,Ian S. McLean,Dominic J. Benford,Carol J. Lonsdale,Andrew Blain,B. Mendez,William R. Irace,Valerie G. Duval,Fengchuan Liu,Don Royer,I. Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,Mark A. Shannon,Martha Kendall,Amy L. Walsh,Mark F. Larsen,Joel Cardon,Scott Schick,Mark Schwalm,Mohamed Abid,Beth Fabinsky,Larry Naes,Chao-Wei Tsai +38 more
TL;DR: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) as discussed by the authors is mapping the whole sky following its launch on 14 December 2009 and completed its first full coverage of the sky on July 17.
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Development of the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) mission
Fengchuan Liu,Roc M. Cutri,George Greanias,Valerie G. Duval,Peter Eisenhardt,John Elwell,Ingolf Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,William R. Irace,Amanda Mainzer,Andrea I. Razzaghi,Donald Royer,Edward L. Wright +12 more
TL;DR: WISE is a NASA MIDEX mission to survey the entire sky in four bands from 3 to 25 microns with sensitivity about 500 times greater than the IRAS survey as discussed by the authors.
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Managing the Development of the Wide-Field Infrared Survey Explorer Mission
William R. Irace,Roc M. Cutri,Valerie G. Duval,Peter Eisenhardt,John Elwell,George Greanias,Ingolf Heinrichsen,Joan Howard,Fengchuan Liu,Donald Royer,Edward L. Wright +10 more
TL;DR: The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) is a NASA Medium-Class Explorer (MIDEX) mission, which was placed into a Sun-synchronous polar orbit on a Delta II 7320 launch vehicle on December 14, 2009 as discussed by the authors.
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The WISE satellite development: managing the risks and the opportunities
TL;DR: The management approach and risk posture, technical issues, and critical decisions made of the WISE management team are described.