▁be ▁dis sem in ated ▁directly ▁or ▁would ▁be ▁submitted ▁to ▁the ▁Data ▁Inter pret ation ▁Group ▁for ▁study , ▁interpretation , ▁correlation , ▁and ▁comparison ▁with ▁theory . ▁The ▁data ▁interpretation ▁group ▁was ▁concerned ▁with ▁annot ating ▁basic ▁data ▁with ▁interpret ative ▁comments ▁to ▁aid ▁the ▁ult imate ▁data ▁user . ▁Object ives ▁were ▁to ▁investigate ▁every ▁a venue ▁for ▁en hanced ▁data ▁output ▁and ▁maximum ▁data ▁accuracy ▁and ▁useful ness . ▁The oret ical ▁studies ▁and ▁experiments ▁were ▁made ▁to ▁augment ▁the ▁data ▁compar isons ▁and ▁evalu ations ; ▁such ▁studies ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁computational ▁areas ▁of ▁numerical , ▁mathematical , ▁and ▁statistical ▁analysis , ▁analog ▁and ▁digital ▁simulation , ▁and ▁computer ▁programming ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁the ▁many ▁physical ▁sciences ▁associated ▁with ▁miss ile ▁flight ▁and ▁atmos pher ic ▁re - entry . ▁ ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁important ▁fac ets ▁of ▁re - entry ▁physics ▁is ▁the ▁interaction ▁of ▁pl as mas ▁and ▁ion ized ▁w akes ▁with ▁elect romagnet ic ▁waves . ▁Work ▁was ▁being ▁conducted ▁in ▁both ▁the ▁theoretical ▁and ▁practical ▁nature ▁of ▁pl asma ▁physics ▁as ▁related ▁to ▁rad ar ▁and ▁associated ▁phen omena ; ▁the ▁following ▁sub cont ract ▁organization ▁and ▁consult ants ▁were ▁active ▁in ▁support ▁of ▁phases ▁of ▁this ▁research : ▁▁ ▁R CA ▁Victor , ▁Ltd . ▁Research ▁Labor ator ies , ▁Montreal , ▁Canada . ▁ ▁K eller ▁and ▁Lewis , ▁New ▁York ▁University ▁under ▁the ▁technical ▁cogn iz ance ▁of ▁Pl asma ▁and ▁Space ▁App lied ▁Physics , ▁R CA