JPL DESCANSO - Deep Space Communications and Navigation Center of Excellence

DESCANSO Publication List

Books by DESCANSO Staff
Listed Chronologically

Compiled by
    Joseph H. Yuen and Lincoln J. Wood
    Last Updated: June 2008

* To the readers: This list includes books we are aware of by current JPL employees in Deep Space Communications and Navigation. If you know of other books that should be included or have corrections to the current list, please send the information to Joseph.H.Yuen@jpl.nasa.gov

  1. Marcia Neugebauer, Donald K. Yeomans, John C. Brandt, and Robert W. Hobbs (eds.), Space Missions to Comets, NASA Conference Publication 2089, Washington D.C., 1979.
  2. Arvydas J. Kliore (ed.), The Mars Reference Atmosphere, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 2, No. 2, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 1982.
  3. Giorgio Franceschetti, Campi Elettromagnetici (Electromagnetic Fields), Bollati Boringhieri, Torino, Italy, 1983. (in Italian).
  4. Raj Mittra, William A. Imbriale and Eduard J. Maanders (editors), Satellite Communication Antenna Technology, Elsevier Science Publishers, B.V., North Holland, 1983.
  5. Joseph H. Yuen (ed.), Deep Space Telecommunications Systems Engineering, Plenum Press, New York, 1983.
  6. Raynor L. Duncombe, Jay H. Lieske, and P. Kenneth Seidelmann, Fundamental Astronomy and Solar System Dynamics, D. Reidel, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1985.
  7. Gerald M. Keating, Arvydas J. Kliore, and Vassily I. Moroz (eds.), The Atmosphere of Venus: Recent Findings, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 5, No. 9, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 1985.
  8. Arvydas J. Kliore, Vassily I. Moroz, and Gerald M. Keating (eds.), The Venus International Reference Atmosphere, Advances in Space Research, Vol. 5, No. 11, Pergamon Press, Oxford, England, 1985.
  9. Mark Littmann and Donald Yeomans, Comet Halley - Once in a Lifetime, American Chemical Society, Washington, D.C., 1985.
  10. Donald Yeomans, Comet Halley: Fact and Folly, Gold Stein Press, Santa Ana, California, 1985.
  11. Charles Elachi, Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1987.
  12. Charles Elachi (ed.), Spaceborne Remote Sensing: Applications and Techniques, IEEE Press, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1988.
  13. Giorgio Franceschetti, Ohm P. Gandhi, and Martino Grandolfo (eds.), Electromagnetic Biointeraction: Mechanisms, Safety Standards, Protection Guides, Plenum Press, New York, 1989.
  14. Donald Yeomans, The Distant Planets, Facts on File Publishers, New York, 1989.
  15. Charles Elachi and Fawaaz T. Ulaby (eds.), Radar Polarimetry for Geoscience Applications, Artech House, Norwood, Massachusetts, 1990.
  16. Jay H. Lieske and Victor K. Abalakin, Inertial Coordinate System on the Sky, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1990.
  17. Catherine L. Thornton, Ronald J. Proulx, John E. Prussing, and Felix R. Hoots (eds.), Advances in the Astronautical Sciences: Astrodynamics 1989, Vol. 71, Univelt, San Diego, California, 1990.
  18. Ezio Biglieri, Dariush Divsalar, Peter J. McLane, and Marvin K. Simon, Introduction to Trellis-Coded Modulation with Applications, Macmillan, New York, 1991.
  19. Giorgio Franceschetti and Rocco Pierri (eds.), Italian Recent Advances in Applied Electromagnetics, Liguori Publisher, Napoli, Italy, 1991.
  20. Donald K. Yeomans, Comets: A Chronological History of Observation, Science, Myth, and Folklore, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1991.
  21. Robert G. Melton, Lincoln J. Wood, Roger C. Thompson, and Stuart J. Kerridge (eds.), Advances in the Astronautical Sciences: Spacecraft Mechanics, Vol. 82, Univelt, San Diego, California, 1993.
  22. Richard S. Bucy, (with assistance of Bobby G. Williams), Lectures on Discrete Time Filtering, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1994.
  23. John E. Cochran, Jr., Charles D. Edwards, Jr., Stephen J. Hoffman, and Richard Holdaway (eds.), Advances in the Astronautical Sciences: Spaceflight Mechanics 1994, Vol. 87, Univelt, San Diego, California, 1994.
  24. Daniel J. Hoppe and Yahya Rahmat-Samii, Impedance Boundary Conditions in Electromagnetics, Taylor and Francis, Washington D. C., 1995.
  25. Wodek Gawronski, Balanced Control of Flexible Structures, Springer-Verlag, London, England, 1996.
  26. Giorgio Franceschetti, Electromagnetics: Theory, Techniques and Engineering Paradigms, Plenum Press, New York, 1997.
  27. Richard L. Sydnor and Dave W. Allan (eds.), Selection and Use of Precise Frequency and Time Systems, International Telecommunication Union Handbook, ITU, Geneva, Switzerland, 1997.
  28. Iwona M. Wytrzyszczak, Jay H. Lieske, and Renata A. Feldman, Dynamics and Astrometry of Natural and Artificial Celestial Bodies, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1997.
  29. Wodek Gawronski, Dynamics and Control of Structures, Springer-Verlag, New York, 1998.
  30. Tatsou Itoh and Bijan Houshmand (eds.), Time-Domain Methods For Microwave Structures: Analysis and Design, IEEE Press, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1998.
  31. Jay W. Middour, Lester L. Sackett, Louis A. D'Amario, and Dennis V. Byrnes (eds.), Advances in the Astronautical Sciences: Spaceflight Mechanics, Vol. 99, Univelt, San Diego, California, 1998.
  32. Julian Schwinger, Lester L. DeRaad, Jr., Kimball A. Milton, and Wu-yang Tsai, Classical Electrodynamics, Perseus Books, Reading, Massachusetts, 1998.
  33. Costas Tsatsoulis and Ronald Kwok (eds.), Analysis of Synthetic Aperture Radar Data of the Polar Oceans: Recent Advances, Springer-Verlag, London, England, 1998.
  34. Giorgio Franceschetti and Italo Ghidini, La Televisione via Satellite, (Satellite TV), CUEN, Napoli, Italy, 1999. (in Italian).
  35. Giorgio Franceschetti and Riccardo Lanari, Synthetic Aperture Radar Processing Techniques, CRC Publisher, Boca Raton, Florida, 1999.
  36. Yahya Rahmat-Samii and Eric Michielssen (eds.), Electromagnetic Optimization by Genetic Algorithms, John Wiley & Sons, New York, 1999.
  37. Giorgio Franceschetti, Daniele Riccio, Maria RosariaScafi, Bartolomeo Sciannimanica, L'esposizione ai campi elettromagnetici, Guida alle Norme (Exposure to Electromagnetic Fields and Comments to Safety Standards), Bollati-Boringhieri, Torino, Italy, 2000. (in Italian).
  38. Hans G. Walther and Ojars J. Sovers, Astrometry of Fundamental Catalogues, Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2000.
  39. Catherine L Thornton and James S. Border, Radiometric Tracking Techniques for Deep Space Navigation, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003. ISBN 0-471-44534-7.
  40. Theodore D. Moyer, Formulation for Observed and Computed Values of Deep Space Network Data Types for Navigation, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003. ISBN 0-471-44535-5.
  41. William A. Imbriale, Large Antennas of the Deep Space Network, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003. ISBN 0-471-44537-1.
  42. David H. Rogstad, Alexander Mileant, and Timothy T. Pham, Antenna Arraying Techniques in the Deep Space Network, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2003. ISBN 0-471-46799-5.
  43. William G. Melbourne, Radio Occultations Using Earth Satellites: A Wave Theory Treatment, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2005. ISBN 0-471-71222-1
  44. Hamid Hemmati, Editor, Deep Space Optical Communications, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2006. ISBN 0-470-04002-5.
  45. William Imbriale, Editor, Spaceborne Antennas, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2006. ISBN 0-470-05150-7.
  46. Jon Hamkins and Marvin K. Simon, Editors, Autonomous Software-Defined Radio Receivers for Deep Space Applications, John Wiley and Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey, 2006. ISBN 0-470-08212-7.