• DocumentCode
    1366580
  • Title

    Luis Alvarez: Pioneer Award winner, 1963

  • Author

    Colin, R.I.

  • Author_Institution
    ITT Federal Lab., Nutley, NJ, USA
  • Volume
    5
  • Issue
    10
  • fYear
    1990
  • Firstpage
    42
  • Lastpage
    44
  • Abstract
    The career of Luis Walter Alvarez is sketched, focusing on one of three important radar developments for which he was responsible, namely, the ground-controlled approach. The process of implementing the concept is described.<>
  • Keywords
    biographies; radar; Luis Walter Alvarez; ground-controlled approach; radar; Airborne radar; Awards committees; Engineering profession; Laboratories; Neutrons; Nuclear weapons; Optical scattering; Physics; Standards development;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0885-8985
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/62.60676
  • Filename
    60676
    • Link To Document
    https://search.isc.ac/dl/search/defaultta.aspx?DTC=49&DC=1366580