National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine. Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses

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Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses: Second Edition
Panel on Frequency Allocations and
Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses
Committee on Radio Frequencies
Board on Physics and Astronomy
Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences
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PANEL ON FREQUENCY ALLOCATIONS AND SPECTRUM PROTECTION
FOR SCIENTIFIC USES: SECOND EDITION
JASMEET JUDGE, University of Florida, Chair
LIESE VAN ZEE, Indiana University, Vice Chair
WILLIAM J. BLACKWELL, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
MICHAEL DAVIS, SETI Institute (retired)
DARREL EMERSON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (retired)
TODD GAIER, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KENNETH JEZEK, The Ohio State University
KENNETH I. KELLERMANN, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
DAVID LE VINE, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
AMY LOVELL, Agnes Scott College
TIMOTHY J. PEARSON, California Institute of Technology
PAUL SIQUEIRA, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
GREGORY B. TAYLOR, University of New Mexico
THOMAS L. WILSON, Naval Research Laboratory
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director
DAVID B. LANG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Research Associate
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate
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COMMITTEE ON RADIO FREQUENCIES
JASMEET JUDGE, University of Florida, Chair
LIESE VAN ZEE, Indiana University, Vice Chair
WILLIAM J. BLACKWELL, MIT Lincoln Laboratory
TODD GAIER, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
KENNETH JEZEK, The Ohio State University
KENNETH I. KELLERMANN, National Radio Astronomy Observatory
DAVID LE VINE, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
AMY LOVELL, Agnes Scott College
TIMOTHY J. PEARSON, California Institute of Technology
PAUL SIQUEIRA, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
GREGORY B. TAYLOR, University of New Mexico
THOMAS L. WILSON, Naval Research Laboratory
Consultants
PAUL FELDMAN, Esq., Fletcher, Heald and Hildreth
MICHAEL DAVIS, SETI Institute (retired)
DARREL EMERSON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory (retired)
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director
DON SHAPERO, Senior Scholar
DAVID B. LANG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Research Associate
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate
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BOARD ON PHYSICS AND ASTRONOMY
MICHAEL S. WITHERELL, University of California, Santa Barbara, Chair
CHARLES L. BENNETT, Johns Hopkins University, Vice Chair
RICCARDO BETTI, University of Rochester
TODD DITMIRE, University of Texas, Austin
NATHANIEL J. FISCH, Princeton University
PAUL FLEURY, Yale University
GERALD GABRIELSE, Harvard University
JACQUELINE N. HEWITT, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
BARBARA V. JACAK, Stony Brook University
BARBARA JONES, IBM Almaden Research Center
HERBERT LEVINE, Rice University
ABRAHAM (AVI) LOEB, Harvard University
MONICA OLVERA DE LA CRUZ, Northwestern University
PAUL SCHECHTER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Staff
JAMES C. LANCASTER, Director
DAVID B. LANG, Senior Program Officer
NEERAJ P. GORKHALY, Research Associate
LINDA WALKER, Program Coordinator
BETH DOLAN, Financial Associate
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Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses: Second Edition
Preface
This handbook was developed by the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s
Panel on Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific Uses, a panel whose member-
ship was drawn predominantly from the Committee on Radio Frequencies (CORF). The committee was
given the following task:
An ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Research Council will prepare the second edition
of the 2007 NRC report, “Handbook of Frequency Allocations and Spectrum Protection for Scientific
Uses.” The report will describe the radio frequency bands used by the scientific services, primarily the
passive radio astronomy and Earth remote-sensing services. The report will include relevant regulatory
information and a discussion of the scientific use of frequency bands. It will serve as a reference or
handbook, guiding spectrum managers and spectrum regulatory bodies on science issues, serving as a
resource to scientists on spectrum regulation for research, and providing information to other spectrum
users on the concerns of the scientific users of the spectrum. It will not contain any recommendations.
The volume sets forth the principles for the allocation and protection of spectral bands for services
using the radio spectrum for scientific research. The purposes of the handbook are as follows:
• To document the panel’s positions on spectrum issues,
• To guide spectrum managers and spectrum regulatory bodies on science issues,
• To serve as a resource for scientists on spectrum regulation for research, and
• To provide information to other spectrum users on the concerns of the scientific users of the
spectrum.
Among the resources used to prepare this handbook were the following: the Handbook on Radio
Astronomy by the International Telecommunication Union (ITU);1 the “Redbook” of the National
1 International Telecommunication Union, Handbook on Radio Astronomy, 3rd edition, Geneva, Switzerland, 2013.
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