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Ground-based Velocity-measurement Performance of the NCAR Airborne Infrared L...
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Niwot Ridge Remote Meteorological Data Acquisition Station
NCAR maintains a self-powered, automatic, meteorological data acquisition station on the Niwot Ridge (12,300 ft elevation) of the Continental Divide, approximately 12 mi...- publication PDF
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Design of the Eldora Airborne Doppler Radar
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Wind Tunnel and Field Investigations of Shapes for Balloon Shelters
This report discusses the results of a series of wind tunnel and field tests performed in support of a program to develop a balloon inflation and launch shelter. The study...- publication PDF
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Radar data and climatological statistics associated with warm season precipit...
This Technical Note supplements the Carbone et al. (2001) study, for which meridionally averaged composites of national radar reflectivity were used to compile seasonal...- publication PDF
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Report on the MkIII Calibration and Quality Assurance Project
This report addresses the MkIII Calibration and Quality Assurance Project areas where effort needed to be applied were determined through an examination of current and...- publication PDF
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Error Sensitivity of Fixed- and Variable-path Lyman-alpha Hygrometers
This report provides a scientific study for the The Lyman-alpha absorption hygrometer, operating in a variable path mode, illustrating the potential of offering both high...- publication PDF
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The Mauna Loa Solar Observatory Automatic Dome Rotator System
In this report E. Yasukawa writes the description for the newest system integrated into the Coronal Dynamics Project's experiment system, located at the Mauna Loa Solar...- publication PDF
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Calibration of the HAO Standard Opal Filter Set
This document describes the motivation for recalibrating the opal filters to know the transmittance values in spectral regions above and below those used in 1970. The spectral...- publication PDF
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Particulate Models: Their Validity and Application; A Workshop Held at the Na...
A workshop on particulate models was held at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado on 21 August 1970 to create more realistic models of atmospheric particulates that are required for...- publication PDF
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Scientific Ballooning Handbook
This handbook summarizes the current technology of ballooning as completely as possible. Evolution and theory of ballooning, as well as contributions from experts in the...- publication PDF
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Internal Storm Motions From a Single Non-Doppler Weather Radar
A correlation analysis pattern recognition technique called TREC (for tracking radar echoes by correlation) is developed which is capable of determining motions within storms....- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume III: Balloon 34J
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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Low energy auroral electron and ion hemispheric power after NOAA and DMSP int...
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Material Strength Properties of Winzen StratoFilm
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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Winter MONEX: U.S. Research Flight Missions, December 1978
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Engineering Report on a Dropsonde for Measuring Vertical Wind Velocity in Thu...
This report describes a special dropsonde for measuring and mapping the vertical wind inside thunderstorms. One the possible ways of measuring vertical wind is to drop...- publication PDF
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Quality Analysis of Visqueen Balloon Film
A study was conducted to investigate the production history of Visqueen A balloon film and to develop information useful for future procurement, quality control, and design of...- publication PDF
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An Airplane-Mounted System for Sensing and Recording Radio Noise in Clouds
This document reports an instrumental development which solved certain problems in field research for NCAR staff scientists concerning the detection of electrification in...- publication PDF
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Forces in a Cable-Restrained Balloon System
This report presents a complete analysis of the forces acting on a cable-restrained balloon launch system and describes computer programs that may be used to determine optimum...- publication PDF