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Terrain and land use for the fifth-generation Penn State/NCAR Mesoscale Model...
This document discusses in detail the program TERRAIN and is intended to provide users of the PSU/NCAR MM5 with an overview of the data sources and methods used in TERRAIN. Some... -
The microphysics and dynamics of convective clouds--A colloquium
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A Polarization Calibration Technique for the Advanced Stokes Polarimeter
This document presents an efficient method for determination of the polarimeter response function of the Advanced Stokes Polarimeter (ASP). ASP has a linear polarizer which can... -
Thermohaline Circulation Variability in the NCAR Climate System Model (CSM)
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Climate of the Upper Air: Southern Hemisphere: Volume 1: Temperatures, Dew Po...
This is the first volume in a set of four volumes which depict the upper air climatology of the world, covering selected climatic conditions in the Southern Hemisphere. Volume I... -
GHOST Balloon Data Volume VI: Balloon 50D
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... -
Modeling global oceanic inter-annual variability (1958-1997): Simulation desi...
The goals of this paper are two fold. First, to present the data sets and simulation design used for hindcasting inter-annual oceanic variability for the period 1958-1997.... -
A Method for the Calculation of Invariant Manifolds in Hydrodynamics Stabilit...
The method developed by the authors referred to in the Preface has been improved in a number of minor respects, to make possible calculations at Taylor numbers up to about 106,... -
Case Studies on Convective Storms / Case Study 9, 13 June 1974: Mature Storm ...
An unusually isolated storm that had had a relatively constant intensity for at least an hour travelled into the NHRE observing network on June 13, 1974, and dissipated therein.... -
Studies in Climate
The Climate Project at the National Center for Atmospheric Research held a symposium on analysis and modeling of climate on large spatial scales from 29 November to 2 December... -
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... -
Quantifying the Spatial Structure of Tropical Cyclone Imagery
Tropical cyclones are highly organized, rotating storms which rank among the most costly natural disasters in the United States. The processes which drive intensification and... -
Numerical Prediction of the Performance of High Altitude Balloons
This report presents the equations governing the vertical motion of a balloon and reviews recent advances in heat transfer experimentation and theory pertinent to the processes... -
Meeting Review the Second NCAR Research Aircraft Fleet Workshop
This report provides details of a workshop held at NCAR during the period 15-16 April 1987, for the purposes of assessing the scientific needs for atmospheric research aircraft... -
Airflow and Hail Growth in Supercell Storms and Some Implications for Hail Su...
This paper presents evidence that the competing embryo concept is not valid for what we have termed the archetypal supercell. Multiple radar and aircraft observations of a... -
Empirical Corrections to Instrument Artifacts in the MOPITT Data Stream
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A Thermopile Temperature Sensitivity Calibration Procedure for Eppley Broadba...
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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...