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January 18, 2007

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David DeBoer

Theses

D. R. DeBoer, “Infrared-Quiet Molecular Clouds”, Honor’s thesis, Harvard University, 1989.

D. R. DeBoer, “The Microwave Opacity of H₂S with Applications to the Tropospheric Structure of the Jovian Planets”, Ph.D. thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1995.

Journal Publications

P. G. Steffes and D. R. DeBoer, “A SETI Search of Nearby Solar-Type Stars at the 203 GHz Positronium Hyperfine Resonance”, Icarus, Vol. 107, No. 1, pp. 215-218, January 1994.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Laboratory Measurements of the Microwave Properties of H₂S under Simulated Jovian Conditions with an Application to Neptune”, Icarus, Vol. 109, No. 2, pp. 352-366, June 1994.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “The Georgia Tech High Sensitivity Microwave Measurement System”, Astrophysics and Space Science, Vol. 236, pp. 111-124, February 1996.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Estimates of the Tropospheric Vertical Structure of Neptune Based on Microwave Radiative Transfer Studies”, Icarus, Vol. 123, No. 2, pp. 324-335, October 1996.

J. P. Hoffman, P. G. Steffes and D. R. DeBoer, “Laboratory Measurements of Phosphine’s Microwave Opacity: Implications for Planetary Radio Science”, Icarus, Vol. 140, No. 1, pp. 235-238, July 1999.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Performance and Uses of a Refurbished 30 Meter Former Satellite Communications Antenna: The Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility”, Radio Science, Vol. 34, No. 4, pp. 991-1003, July-August 1999.

W. Chalodhorn and D. R. DeBoer, “Use of Microwave Lenses in Phase Retrieval Microwave Holography of Reflector Antenna”, IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation, Vol. 50, No. 9, pp. 1274 – 1284, September 2002.

J. P. Hoffman, P. G. Steffes and D. R. DeBoer, “Laboratory measurements of the microwave opacity of phosphine: Opacity formalism and the application to the atmospheres of the outer planets”, Icarus, Vol. 152, No. , pp. 172-184, .2001.

W. Chalodhorn and D. R. DeBoer, “Use of a Circular Waveguide Lens for Phase Retrieval Microwave Holography and Empirical Error Analysis”, submitted to IEEE Transactions Antennas and Propagation, January 2002.

D. R. DeBoer and D. Bock, “The Allen Telescope Array: splitting the aperture”, IEEE Microwave Magazine, Vol. 5, No. 2, pp. 46-53, June 2004.

I. de Pater, D. R. DeBoer, M. Marley, R. Freedman, R. Young, “Retrieval of Water in Jupiter's Deep Atmosphere Using Microwave Spectra of Its Brightness Temperature”, To appear in Icarus, 2004.

D. R. DeBoer, “The Allen Telescope Array,” Submitted to Experimental Astronomy, July 2004

Conference Presentations with Published Proceedings or Abstracts

P.R. Backus, J.C. Tarter, M.M. Davis, J.C. Jordan, T.N. Kilsdonk, G.S. Shostak, R. Ackermann, D.R. DeBoer, J.W. Dreher, G.R. Harp, J.E. Ross, R. Stauduhar; "Galactic Plane SETI Observations with the Allen Telescope Array", Bulletin of the AAS, 37, 1160, 2005.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “The Georgia Tech Spaceborne Transmitter Database and Search System”, International Union of Radio Science, Programs and Abstracts: 1993 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 224, January 1993.

Presented at the 1993 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 8, 1993.

P. G. Steffes and D. R. DeBoer, “A SETI Search of Nearby Solar-Type Stars at the 203 GHz Positronium Hyperfine Resonance”, Proceedings of the 1993 Bioastronomy Symposium, p. 30, 1993.

Presented at the 1993 Bioastronomy Symposium, Santa Cruz, California, August 17, 1993.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Laboratory Measurements of the Centimeter-Wave Characteristics of H₂S under Simulated Conditions for the Outer Planets”, Program of Invited Papers and Contributed Papers of the Fifth International Conference on Laboratory Research for Planetary Atmospheres, SP-06, 1993.

Presented at the Fifth International Conference on Laboratory Research for Planetary Atmospheres, Boulder, Colorado, October 17, 1993.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Effects of the Centimeter Wavelength Opacity of H₂S on Propagation and Emission in the Atmospheres of the Outer Planets”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 25, P. 1080, October 1993.

Presented at the 25th Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Boulder, Colorado, October 20, 1993.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “The Georgia Tech High Sensitivity Microwave Measurement System”, Program of Invited Papers and Contributed Papers of the Sixth International Conference on Laboratory Research for Planetary Atmospheres, p. 28, 1993.

Presented at the Sixth International Conference on Laboratory Research for Planetary Atmospheres, Bethesda, Maryland, October 30, 1994.

P. G. Steffes, D. R. DeBoer and W. W. Smith, “Observations of the Jovian Microwave (5cm) Emission During and Subsequent to the Collision with Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p. 1586, December 1994.

Presented at the 26th Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Bethesda, Maryland, October 31, 1994.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Radiative Transfer Results for Neptune Microwave Emission”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 26, p. 1094, December 1994.

Presented at the 26th Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Bethesda, Maryland, October 31, 1994.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Potential Effects of Phosphine (PH₃) on the Microwave and Millimeter Wave Opacity and Emission from the Atmosphere of Neptune”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 27, p. 1087, October 1995.

Presented at the 27th Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Hawaii, October, 1995.

P. G. Steffes and D. R. DeBoer, “The Georgia Tech Spaceborne Transmitter Database and Its Use During the 1995 Project Phoenix L-Band and S-Band Campaign”, International Union of Radio Science Programs and Abstracts: 1996 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 115, January 1996.

Presented at the 1996 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 10, 1996.

DeBoer, D. R., P. G. Steffes and J. M. Glowacki, “Conversion of a 30 Meter Former Satellite Communications Antenna to a Radio Telescope,” Proceedings of SPIE, Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation, vol. 3351, pp 157-164.

Presented at the 1998 Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Symposium: Telescope Control Systems III, Kona, Hawaii, March 21, 1998.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Performance and Potential Applications of Refurbished 30 Meter Former Satellite Communications Facilities,” International Union of Radio Science 1998 National Radio Science Meeting Digest, p. 256.

Presented at the 1998 UNSC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, June 23, 1998.

D. R. DeBoer, “Tropospheric Ozone Derived from Satellite Data,” 1998 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium Proceedings,” p. 2630, vol 5.

Presented at the 1998 International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Seattle, Washington, July 10, 1998.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Opportunistic Astronomy: Uses of “Vintage” Communications Antennas for Radio Astronomy and SETI,” 49^th International Astronautical Congress Book of Abstracts, p 95.

Presented at the 49^th IAF International Astronautical Congress, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, September 29, 1998.

J. P. Hoffman, P. G. Steffes, and D. R. DeBoer, “Preliminary Results of Laboratory Measurements of the Centimeter Wavelength Properties of Phosphine under Simulated Conditions for the Outer Planets”, Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 30, No. 3, p. 1102, October 1998.

Presented at the 30th Meeting of the Division of Planetary Sciences of the American Astronomical Society, Madison, WI, October, 1998.

W. Chalodhorn and D. R. DeBoer, “Microwave Holographic Measurements of the Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility,” International Union of Radio Science Programs and Abstracts: 1999 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 119, January 1999.

Presented at the 1999 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 5, 1999.

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “The Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility for Radio Astronomy,” International Union of Radio Science Abstracts: 26^th General Assembly, p. 595, August 1999.

Presented at the URSI 26^th General Assembly, Toronto, Canada, August 17, 1999.

P. G. Steffes and D. R. DeBoer, “The Georgia Tech Spaceborne Transmitter Database and Its Use in Managing Spaceborne RFI in Radio Astronomical and SETI Observations,” International Union of Radio Science Abstracts: 26^th General Assembly, p. 829, August 1999.

Presented at the URSI 26^th General Assembly, Toronto, Canada, August 18, 1999.

D. R. DeBoer, “The SCanning Ozone Radiometer (SCOR): A Ground-Based Wideband Trace Constituent Sensor,” International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Programs and Abstracts: 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 32, January 2000.

Presented at the 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 4, 2000.

W. Chalodhorn and D. R. DeBoer, “Novel Methods for Practical Microwave Holography of Antennas,” International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Programs and Abstracts: 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 24, January 2000.

Presented at the 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 4, 2000.

D. R. DeBoer, J. W. Dreher and W. J. Welch, “The Rapid Prototype Array for the One Hectare Telescope,” International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Programs and Abstracts: 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 240, January 2000.

Presented at the 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January 7, 2000.

D. R. DeBoer, “SKA Frontends”

Presented at the Square Kilometer Array US Consortium Open Meeting, February 2000, Arecibo, Puerto Rico.

D. R. DeBoer, "The Allen Telescope Array Signal Path"

Presented at the International Square Kilometer Array Meeting, Berkeley, CA July 8, 2002

Welch, Engargiola, Fleming, DeBoer, Lugten, "The Antenna System for the Allen Telescope Array"

Presented at the International SKA Meeting, Berkeley, CA, July 8, 2002

Chalodhorn and DeBoer, “Use of a Circular Waveguide Lens for Phase Retrieval Microwave Holography and Empirical Error Analysis,” International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Programs and Abstracts: 2002 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 71, January 2002.

Presented at the 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January X, 2000.

DeBoer, Dreher, Engariola, Fleming, Lugten, Welch, Weinreb, “The ATA Element” International Union of Radio Science (URSI) Programs and Abstracts: 2002 National Radio Science Meeting, p. 394, January 2002.

Presented at the 2000 National Radio Science Meeting, Boulder, Colorado, January, 2002.

Ackerman, Cox, Dreher, Davis, DeBoer, “Fiber-Optic Antenna Remoting for Radioastronomy Applications”, International Union of Radio Science Abstracts: 27^th General Assembly, p. 595, August 2002.

Presented at the URSI 27^th General Assembly, Maastricht, August 20, 2002.

DeBoer, “The Allen Telescope Array as Prototype for the SKA”

Presented at the 2003 IEEE AP-S/URSI Symposium, Columbus, OH, June 2003.

DeBoer, Welch, Dreher, Tarter, Blitz, Davis, Fleming, Bock, Bower, Lugten, Girmay-Keleta, D'Addario, Harp, Ackermann, Weinreb, Engargiola, Thornton, Wadefalk, “The Allen Telescope Array”, Proc. SPIE vol 5489

Presented at the 2004 Astronomical Telescopes and Instrumentation Symposium, Glasgow, Scotland, June 2004.

DeBoer, “The Allen Telescope Array”

Presented at the 2004 International SKA Meeting, Penticton, BC, Canada, July 2004

DeBoer, “An Update on the Allen Telescope Array”

To be presented at European Microwave Week, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, October 2004

DeBoer, “The Allen Telescope Array: Commensal and Efficient SETI”

To be Presented at the 2004 International Astronautics Congress, Vancouver, BC, Canada, October 2004

Steffes, Hanley and DeBoer, “Preliminary Results for the Centimeter Wavelength Opacity of Water Vapor Under Jovian Conditions Based on New Laboratory Measurements”

To be Presented at the 2004 American Astronomical Society 36^th Annual Division for Planetary Science Meeting, Louisville, KY, November 2004

DeBoer, Fleming, “Photogrammetry…”

URSI

Ridgeway, DeBoer, Bower, “RFI…”

URSI

Welch, “ATA…”

URSI

Research Technical Reports and Proposals

D. R. DeBoer, “H2S Data Reduction”, NASA STI/Recon Technical Report, July 1993, Lanham, MD

D. R. DeBoer, “On the Derivation of Tropospheric Ozone from Satellite Measurements: A Hybrid Approach Using MLS and SBUV/2”, Contractor Report, Hughes STX, Lanham, MD, February 1996, HSTX-3036-517-DD-96-002.

D. R. DeBoer, “A Program to Measure and Characterize the Slope of Neptune’s Microwave Brightness Temperature Spectrum Between 1 and 6 GHz”, A proposal to the National Science Foundation, September 1996 (Not Funded).

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Use of the Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility as a Follow-UP Detection Site for the Project Phoenix North American Deployment”, A proposal to the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, December 1996 (Funded).

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Use of the Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility as a Follow-UP Detection Site for the Project Phoenix North American Deployment”, Annual report and proposal to the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, December 1997 (Funded).

D. R. DeBoer, “A Program to Measure, Characterize and Monitor the Microwave Flux of the Jovian Planets”, A proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Space Science, May 1998 (Not Funded).

D. R. DeBoer, “A Program to Measure and Study Ozone Throughout the Atmosphere Using Passive Microwave Radiometry”, A proposal to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Office of Earth Science, September 1998 (Not Funded).

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Use of the Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility in Support of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)”, Annual report and proposal to the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, December 1998 (Funded).

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Use of the Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility for the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI): A Targeted Search at OOH(I)”, A proposal to the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, February 1999 (Funded).

D. R. DeBoer, “Funds for Research Equipment” A proposal to the Georgia Tech College of Engineering, March 1999 (Funded).

D. R. DeBoer, “A Program to Measure and Study Ozone Throughout the Atmosphere Using Passive Microwave Radiometry”, A proposal to the National Science Foundation CAREER Program, July 1999 (Not Funded).

D. R. DeBoer, “Support of Remote Sensing at Georgia Tech”, A proposal to the DuPont Young Professor Grant, September 1999 (Not Funded).

D. R. DeBoer and P. G. Steffes, “Use of the Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility in Support of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI)”, A Proposal to the SETI Institute, Mountain View, California, November 1999.

D. R. DeBoer, “The Rapid Prototype Array (RPA) Feed”, Memo #3, ATA Memo Series, November 1999.

D. R. DeBoer, “The Winds of Hat Creek”, Memo #5, ATA Memo Series, July 2000.

D. R. DeBoer, “The ATA Offset Gregorian Antenna”, Memo #16, ATA Memo Series, February 2001.

D. R. DeBoer and G. Bower, “The Effects of the Sun and RFI on the ATA Offset Gregorian Antenna”, Memo #17, ATA Memo Series. February 2001.

D. R. DeBoer, “The ATA RF-IF Converter”, ATA Memo #18, March 2001

D. R. DeBoer and J. W. Dreher, “A System Level Description of the ATA”, ATA Memo #23, April 2003

D. R. DeBoer, “Pointing/Trajectory Considerations for the ATA”, ATA Memo #33, October 2001

D. R. DeBoer, “Evaluating the ATA and TRW Feeds”, ATA Memo #49, June 2002

D. R. DeBoer and R. A. Ackermann, “Measurements of the Allen Telescope Array Performance as an Interferometer”, ATA Memo #60, November 2003

G. R. Harp, D. R. DeBoer and G. C. Bower, “Pointing the ATA Dishes”, ATA Memo #61, December 2003

D. R. DeBoer et al, “The Frequency Coverage of the ATA Front-end”, ATA Memo #64, March 2004

W. J. Welch and D. R. DeBoer, “Expected Properties of the ATA Antennas”, ATA Memo #66, July 2004

Seminar/Public Presentations

“Radio Astronomy at Georgia Tech: The Woodbury Research Facility,” Presented to the Georgia State University Physics and Astronomy Colloquium, January 27, 1998.

“Practical Quests for Imaginative Goals,” Presented to the North Scott Senior High School Annual Honors Assembly, Eldridge, IA, May 13, 1998.

“Scanning Ozone Radiometer (SCOR): Measuring the Total Atmospheric Ozone Profile from a Ground-Based Passive Microwave Radiometer,” Presented to the School of Earth and Atmospheric Science Fall Colloquium Series, November 6, 1998.

“Topics in Microwave Remote Sensing and Radio Astronomy,” Presented to the Georgia Tech ECE Student Seminar, February 8, 1999.

“The Georgia Tech Woodbury Research Facility,” Presented to the Atlanta Chapter of the IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Society and Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society February Meeting, February 22, 1999.

“Topics in Remote Sensing at Georgia Tech,” Presented to the Georgia Tech ECE Graduate Student Seminar, October 6, 1999.

“Topics in Remote Sensing at Georgia Tech,” Presented to the Georgia Tech ECE Undergraduate Student Seminar, November 8, 1999.

“The One Hectare Telescope”, Presented to the Jodrell Bank Observatory Journal Club Colloquium, November 24, 1999.

“The Allen Telescope Array”, Presented to the Jodrell Bank Observatory Colloquium, October 20, 2000.

“The Instruments of SETI”, Presented to the Stockton Astronomical Society, July 2001

The Allen Telescope Array: Splitting the Aperture”, Presented at the UC Berkeley Space Sciences Laboratory Colloquium Series, August 2004

Popular Articles

DeBoer, Dave, "Allen Telescope Array Update," SPACE.com, October 27, 2005.

DeBoer, Dave, "Expanding the Search: The Allen Telescope Array," SPACE.com, June 20, 2002.