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First CEDAR Database Report
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Balloon Film Performance After Prior Stress
This report describes a series of tests conducted on balloon film material to determine if uneven loading of the balloon film material might cause failure at a stress level...- publication PDF
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Measurement Uncertainties of the NCAR Air Motion Systems
An in-depth assessment of the measurement uncertainties of the NCAR air motion systems characterizes this capability and is presented as a useful tool for determining wind data...- publication PDF
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Low Modulus Strain Gages for Stress Analysis of Balloon Structures
An exploratory study has shown that instrumentation can be developed to permit experimental stress analysis of scientific balloons. Special strain gages have been made and...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume XI: Balloon 86C
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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The NCAR Vertical Wind Tunnel: a Vertical Wind Tunnel for Controlling the Mot...
This report describes a Vertical Wind Tunnel installed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for cloud physics research. The main purpose of this installation...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume I: Introduction
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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Summer MONEX U.S. Research Flight Missions, May-July 1979
The contents of this document will provide scientific users and participants in the Summer Monsoon Experiment (SMONEX) with quick and concise information on the flight missions...- publication PDF
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Material Strength Properties of Startex SL 1883 Film
This report is part of a series prepared for the Materials Research Project of the NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility in order to extend the reliability and capabilities of...- publication PDF
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The Hailpad: Construction and Materials, Data Reduction, and Calibration
This paper examines in detail the materials from which hailpads are constructed, the procedures for reducing hailpad data, and the methods used to calibrate these instruments. A...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume IV: Balloon 40B
Early Global Horizontal Sounding Technique (GHOST) balloon tests have resulted in valuable upper air wind data, particularly in the data-poor mid-latitudes over southern...- publication PDF
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An Evaluation of the Rosemount Ice Detector for Aircraft Hazard Warning and f...
This report presents an evaluation of the Rosemount 871 ice detector for use as an aircraft hazard instrument and for determining liquid undercooled water content. Ice detector...- publication PDF
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The First Moments of the Variance- and Cross-spectra of Standard and Interfer...
This Technical Note was prepared during the author's year-long research stay at NCAR's Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD). It is a translated, revised and slightly extended...- publication PDF
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Taiwan Area Mesoscale Experiment: Doppler Radar Operations Summary
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Round-Robin Cold Brittleness Tests of Balloon Films
This report is part of a series prepared for the Materials Research Project of the NCAR Scientific Balloon Facility in order to extend the reliability and capabilities of...- publication PDF
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Evaluation of Collins WXR-700C-G Radar Performance During the MIST Project, J...
This report summarizes comparisons of the Collins WXR-700C-G and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratories FL2 Doppler radars. The intent of these...- publication PDF
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Astronaut Operations Requirements Document for the White Light Coronagraph Ex...
This manual presents information for performing the observers' function in the White Light Coronagraph (WLCE) portion of the Apollo Telescope Mount (ATM) experiments. The...- publication PDF
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Thermal Analysis of Balloon-Borne Instrument Packages
Peter Fowler, of the University of Bristol, designed a modification to balloon flight equipment in an attempt to maintain temperature at an acceptable level. This report...- publication PDF
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Omega Wind-error Estimation
This is a report on Omega wind error estimation. To make this a single source document on Omega windfinding and its errors, the authors have included derivation of basic...- publication PDF
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The NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System (NAILS) Design and Operation
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