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Design of the Stonehenge Launch System
This report provides the engineering data required for the construction and use of the Stonehenge Launch System. Because scientific ballooning payloads have become heavier, more...- publication PDF
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Temperature Control of Balloon Packages
The following report is a general guide of thermal packaging for ballooning. Since the electronics and battery power supply of the Interrogation Recording and Location Subsystem...- publication PDF
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Cloud Particle Measurement Symposium: Summaries and Abstracts
This report includes: Symposium Summaries: Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probes Summary /James E. Dye Optical Array Probes Summary /William A. Cooper General Topics...- publication PDF
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The NCAR Dropsonde Program
This document outlines the objectives and program design of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) dropsonde program. As part of the program, several sondes will be...- publication PDF
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Preprocessing of Airborne Pyranometer Data
Eppley pyranometers are employed to measure the up- and downwelling short wavelength radiation fluxes in the atmosphere. The quality of the data used to investigate the...- publication PDF
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Monthly Mean Global Satellite Data Sets Available in CCM History Tape Format
This report describes work completed on the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) project, "Intercomparison of Satellite-Based Global Data Sets with Global...- publication PDF
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The Ophir Air Temperature Radiometer
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Boundary Layer Profile Measurement System Engineering Report
The NCAR Field Observing Facility developed a new tethered-balloon wing system, known as the Meteorological Atmospheric Testing (MAT) Wing, which takes meteorological...- publication PDF
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The Feasibility of Long Duration Ballooning in Antarctica
This report outlines a plan for balloon operations in Antarctica as requested by Mr. Gordon Newkirk of the National Center for Atmospheric Research. It includes discussions of...- publication PDF
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Scientific Research With High-altitude Balloons: A Brief Review of Recent Inv...
The following report summarizes recent results of balloon-borne observations separately for the various disciplines: infrared astronomy, ultraviolet astronomy, X-ray astronomy,...- publication PDF
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Uncertainty Analysis of a Radome Flush Orifice Air Motion System for the Meas...
This analysis is intended to establish a detailed measurement uncertainty for the present radome air motion systems used at NCAR and to provide a working document that may be...- publication PDF
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Boundary Layer Profile Measurement System
The NCAR Field Observing Facility developed a new tethered-balloon wing system that accurately measures the vertical profile of temperature, wind speed, wind direction, and...- publication PDF
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Atlas of Computed Infrared Atmospheric Absorption Spectra: Atmospheric Transm...
An atlas of atmospheric absorption calculations is presented for a vertical path through the atmosphere above altitudes of 4, 14, 30, 40, 45, and 54 km. The calculations are...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume VIII: Balloon 60TA
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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Aerostatic Lift of Helium and Hydrogen in the Atmosphere
The purpose of this report is to provide a simple and accurate method of making buoyancy calculations of lift gases. A table is included which gives pertinent model atmospheric...- publication PDF
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A Carrier Balloon for Tropical Soundings
During July 1970 to January 1971, a series of tests was conducted to demonstrate the feasibility of obtaining wind data in the tropical troposphere and lower stratosphere by...- publication PDF
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Position Error Calibration of a Pressure Survey Aircraft Using a Trailing Cone
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A Thermopile Temperature Sensitivity Calibration Procedure for Eppley Broadba...
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A Spectral Vegetation Radiometer for Airborne Boundary-layer Research
This document presents a comprehensive description of the Spectral Vegetation Radiometer (SVR) used on NCAR aircraft to derive information about the vegetation cover....- publication PDF
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A Kalman Filter to Improve Measurements of Wind from NSF/NCAR Research Aircraft
To improve the measurements of wind made from NSF/NCAR aircraft, a Kalman filter is developed and applied to archived data files from research projects. The filter is an...- publication PDF