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Fill Prn_IDIogf. BUll it Ethomol Call Don Braeln at 446-4269 Prices and availability on all products subject to change without notice ....,"'.,.··.·.H.i'.....'"II ~ I' ....... .... o· ~.... t ................... ~ ........... '" ..... I................................._ ..- .. _ - ••-- ...---- ..................................... .-...-... _.-... ___________ ... ~.___, THE ROCKETEER THUflSOAY, JANUARY 28, 1993 NAVAl AIR WEN'ONS STAllON, CHINA lAKE SNOW GEESE pose a more serious threat to oircroh than most cJ the 87 bird species in the IINV Peaceful coexistence: Environmental OffICe monitors migratory birds to minimize BASH M igratory snow geese are a common sight at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and in parts of Ridge· crest from September to February. Attracted to the area by various water sources-primarily the city of Ridgecrest domestic wastewater ponds located on NAWS just north of the golf course and irrigated pas- tureland near the fairgrounds-as many as 1.000 of the birds winter in the high desert. Some come from as far away as British Columbia and possibly Siberia. NAWS has an interest in the geese beyond that of wildlife management. The birds can pose a potential problem. known as bird air strike hazard, or BASH. According to Bev Kohfield of the NAWS Environmental Project Office. areas in which ponds are created or dry up must be monitored to ensure that NAWS doesn't inadvertently cre- ate a situation that brings the birds closer to the NAWS airfield or flight paths. Especially severe at coastal military installations like Point Mugu. BASH involves careful planning to avoid potential danger to pilots and aircraft. 1be China Lake area has seen an increase in many bird species over the past few decades. One reason, says Kohfield, is that areas farther north. such as Owens Lake, ·have less water than in the past. Another. according to fonner China Lake chemist Don Moore, is that we have created better habitats for the birds through irrigation and ornamental planting in residential areas. as well as the wastewater ponds. Moore, along with Carl Heller, brought the Audubon Society "Christmas Bird Count" to the China Lake area 39 years ago. This activity takes place simultaneously in 1.600 different locations throughout North and Central Ameri- ca each year; volunteers look for bird species in a 15·mile-diameter area from sunup to sun- down on a single day. In 1953, about 30 species were counted at China Lake, and the number has gradually increased; this year 87 species were spotted. S-ual hw ,w.d a""',,,,,,,' 1Iack'....y Month Halloo.... Prayw Lunch an RAdm. Wil~am E . Newman p<858I'Its NAWCWPNS' poky 2 lVlS broodcosls 'Eyes on !he Prize' serie. ""'" fOTS 10 • Anrual prayer ~I set feb. 4 al AI Faith Chapel 15 VOl. 49, No.2 Cooperative pact with private firm focuses on optical surface scattering By CUlT Lawson T echnicOl Informolion Oeporlmenl S ome 20 years after venturing into an arcane subfield of optical Iheory. Merle Elson. a physicist in the Research Department• has found his early efforts coming back to haunt him- with very satisfactory results. Elson's early 1970s research into a theory that would take into account scattering of light from multilayered optical surfaces is now the subject of a licensing agreement with Optical Coating Laboratory. Incorporated. OCLI. the world's largest independent manufacturer of thin-film coated optical components for government and commercial use. is using Elson's approach to include the potential effects of scattered light in the design of optiCal compo- nenlS, systems and devices. The phenomenon of scattering caused by surface roughness is familiar to anyone who has looked through a pair of scratched sun- glasses or a pitted windshield. These are everyday analogs to the ptoblems encountered with eye protection used against lasers and with missile domes used in electro-optically guided missiles. Surface imperfections at the interfaces of optical components will nearly always degrade total system performance. This phenomenon is important in today's high-tech optical devices that employ thin-film coatings on optical components. These coat- ings. containing one to many hundreds of layers, serve to decrease absorption or act as fillers that will pass only certain wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. Since surface scattering at each layer Please see AGREEMENT. Page 8 RAdm. Boecker here Feb. 9 rur Admiral Donald V. Boecker. Vice Commander. Naval Air Systems Command, will be aboard the Naval Air Weapons tation China Lake on Tuesday. Feb. 9 to heighten awareness and enhance motivation about safety and health. All China Lakers are invited to altend a briefing by RAdm. Boecker at the Station Theater from I to 2:30 p.m. that day. He will be discussing safety and heallh in three major areas: occupational safety and health; aviation safety; and systems safety. Specific topics that will be addressed include: process improvement. mishap repo[ling. causes of failure and an overview of NAVAIR mishaps. RAdm. Boecker will also share NAVAIR's expectations in regards to safety and health aboard NAWS China Lake. Supervisors are highly encouraged to attend this safety and health briefing. Attendance at this briefing will serve to meet annual safety training refresher requirements for supervisors. Departments will be given direction for administrating the circulation of attendance ros· ters to appropriate supervisors for training documentation. Depart- ments must forward completed tosters to the Safety Office. 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I................................._ ..- .. _ - ••-- ...---- ..................................... .-...-... _.-... ___________ ... ~.___, THE ROCKETEER THUflSOAY, JANUARY 28, 1993 NAVAl AIR WEN'ONS STAllON, CHINA lAKE SNOW GEESE pose a more serious threat to oircroh than most cJ the 87 bird species in the IINV Peaceful coexistence: Environmental OffICe monitors migratory birds to minimize BASH M igratory snow geese are a common sight at Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake and in parts of Ridge· crest from September to February. Attracted to the area by various water sources-primarily the city of Ridgecrest domestic wastewater ponds located on NAWS just north of the golf course and irrigated pas- tureland near the fairgrounds-as many as 1.000 of the birds winter in the high desert. Some come from as far away as British Columbia and possibly Siberia. NAWS has an interest in the geese beyond that of wildlife management. The birds can pose a potential problem. known as bird air strike hazard, or BASH. According to Bev Kohfield of the NAWS Environmental Project Office. areas in which ponds are created or dry up must be monitored to ensure that NAWS doesn't inadvertently cre- ate a situation that brings the birds closer to the NAWS airfield or flight paths. Especially severe at coastal military installations like Point Mugu. BASH involves careful planning to avoid potential danger to pilots and aircraft. 1be China Lake area has seen an increase in many bird species over the past few decades. One reason, says Kohfield, is that areas farther north. such as Owens Lake, ·have less water than in the past. Another. according to fonner China Lake chemist Don Moore, is that we have created better habitats for the birds through irrigation and ornamental planting in residential areas. as well as the wastewater ponds. Moore, along with Carl Heller, brought the Audubon Society "Christmas Bird Count" to the China Lake area 39 years ago. This activity takes place simultaneously in 1.600 different locations throughout North and Central Ameri- ca each year; volunteers look for bird species in a 15·mile-diameter area from sunup to sun- down on a single day. In 1953, about 30 species were counted at China Lake, and the number has gradually increased; this year 87 species were spotted. S-ual hw ,w.d a""',,,,,,,' 1Iack'....y Month Halloo.... Prayw Lunch an RAdm. Wil~am E . Newman p<858I'Its NAWCWPNS' poky 2 lVlS broodcosls 'Eyes on !he Prize' serie. ""'" fOTS 10 • Anrual prayer ~I set feb. 4 al AI Faith Chapel 15 VOl. 49, No.2 Cooperative pact with private firm focuses on optical surface scattering By CUlT Lawson T echnicOl Informolion Oeporlmenl S ome 20 years after venturing into an arcane subfield of optical Iheory. Merle Elson. a physicist in the Research Department• has found his early efforts coming back to haunt him- with very satisfactory results. Elson's early 1970s research into a theory that would take into account scattering of light from multilayered optical surfaces is now the subject of a licensing agreement with Optical Coating Laboratory. Incorporated. OCLI. the world's largest independent manufacturer of thin-film coated optical components for government and commercial use. is using Elson's approach to include the potential effects of scattered light in the design of optiCal compo- nenlS, systems and devices. The phenomenon of scattering caused by surface roughness is familiar to anyone who has looked through a pair of scratched sun- glasses or a pitted windshield. These are everyday analogs to the ptoblems encountered with eye protection used against lasers and with missile domes used in electro-optically guided missiles. Surface imperfections at the interfaces of optical components will nearly always degrade total system performance. This phenomenon is important in today's high-tech optical devices that employ thin-film coatings on optical components. These coat- ings. containing one to many hundreds of layers, serve to decrease absorption or act as fillers that will pass only certain wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. Since surface scattering at each layer Please see AGREEMENT. Page 8 RAdm. Boecker here Feb. 9 rur Admiral Donald V. Boecker. Vice Commander. Naval Air Systems Command, will be aboard the Naval Air Weapons tation China Lake on Tuesday. Feb. 9 to heighten awareness and enhance motivation about safety and health. All China Lakers are invited to altend a briefing by RAdm. Boecker at the Station Theater from I to 2:30 p.m. that day. He will be discussing safety and heallh in three major areas: occupational safety and health; aviation safety; and systems safety. Specific topics that will be addressed include: process improvement. mishap repo[ling. causes of failure and an overview of NAVAIR mishaps. RAdm. Boecker will also share NAVAIR's expectations in regards to safety and health aboard NAWS China Lake. Supervisors are highly encouraged to attend this safety and health briefing. Attendance at this briefing will serve to meet annual safety training refresher requirements for supervisors. Departments will be given direction for administrating the circulation of attendance ros· ters to appropriate supervisors for training documentation. Depart- ments must forward completed tosters to the Safety Office. For more information. contact the Safety Office at 939-2315 or 939-2314. .......... III' ... ,..••111 ""-TD/cilptty COIi.no,. ... abcuhis.-r and...wNCWI'NS· ~ 6 , China Lake Museum,Rocketeer Newspaper,Rocketeer 1990s,Rocketeer 1993,Rktr1.28.1993.pdf,Rktr1.28.1993.pdf Page 1, Rktr1.28.1993.pdf Page 1