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Dispersion of Smoke Plumes From the Oil Fires of Kuwait
Measurements collected during the multiple passes of a research aircraft through the smoke plumes from the oil fires of Kuwait are used to determine the sizes and growth rates...- publication PDF
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The NCAR In Situ Turbulence Detection Algorithm
Historically, there has been one main source for routine turbulence observations for the aviation community, namely pilot reports. Although useful for tactical turbulence...- publication PDF
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The Marine Boundary Layer, From Air-sea Interface to Inversion
An overview is given of the structure of the marine boundary layer including the molecular interactions at the interface, the transfer processes in the surface layer, and the...- publication PDF
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International Workshop on the Airborne Measurement of Wind, Turbulence, and...
This report summarizes the sessions of the International Workshop on the Airboune Measurement of Wind, Turbulence and Position. It includes oral presentations as well as working...- publication PDF
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How long is long enough when measuring fluxes and other turbulence statistics?
We determine how long a time series must be to estimate covariances and moments up to fourth order with a specified statistical significance. For a given averaging time T there...- publication PDF
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Lecture Notes on The Planetary Boundary Layer
This set of lecture notes introduces the dynamics, statistics, clouds, and models of the planetary boundary layer (PBL). The author prepared the notes for graduate classes while...- publication PDF
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On Atmospheric Simulation: A Colloquium
To assess a national need for facilities to simulate atmospheric processes, a Colloquium on Atmospheric Simulation was set up to survey current laboratory experimentation on...- publication PDF
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Flux and Sounding Data From the NCAR King Air Aircraft During HAPEX
This technical note describes the operation of the NCAR King Air aircraft during HAPEX, the methods of processing the data, and presents a large portion of the data from the...- publication PDF
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Eddyless Channel Flows and Their Stability
Numerical solutions are presented for steady flow in a zonal channel subjected to a meridionally varying zonal wind stress at the upper surface. The model used is adiabatic,...- publication PDF
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A Method for the Calculation of Invariant Manifolds in Hydrodynamics...
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,...- publication PDF
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Summary Report--Fellowship in Scientific Computing Summer 1972
The 1972 Summer Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing was held at the NCAR Laboratory from June 19 through the end of August. The collection of papers included in this...- publication PDF
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Data Catalog for the 1970 Colorado Lee Wave Observational Program
The 1970 Colorado Lee Wave Observational Program provided the second period of intensive measurements of mountain-induced airflow over the central Rocky Mountains. The first...- publication PDF
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Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing: Internship Program for Minority...
The papers contained in the 1976 Technical Note NCAR/TN-119+PROC represent the research and programming carried out / 12 students in the Computing Facility summer programs...- publication PDF
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Workshop on Numerical Modeling and Physical Reality
This report contains speakers' abstracts as presented at the workshop on Numerical Modeling and Physical Reality held at the Mesa Laboratory of NCAR on September 3-5, 1997 and...- publication PDF
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Thermal Convection: A Colloquium, Sponsored by the NCAR Advanced Study...
This document is part one of three which report the results of a six-week colloquium on problems of thermal convection held during the summer of 1966. The colloquium covered a...- publication PDF
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Metrics for Evaluation of Solar Energy Forecasts
This technical note summarizes metrics that have been defined to assess the quality of forecasts of solar irradiance and solar power production forecasting. A set of six base...- publication PDF
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Summary Reports--Fellowship in Scientific Computing Summer 1974
This represents a collection of papers written by graduate students participating in the 1974 Summer Fellowship Program in Scientific Computing. The main emphasis of the program...- publication PDF
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Applications of Statistics to Modeling the Earth's Climate System
Content: Application Of Statistics To Modeling The Earth's Climate System NCAR Colloquium - 6 to 19 July 1994 Statistical Science and Global Change Research /Jean Thiebaux...- publication PDF
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Uncorrelated Noise in Turbulence Measurements
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
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Proceedings of the Atmospheric Research Aircraft Instrumentation Workshop...
This is part one of a two part report that details the proceedings of the Atmospheric Research Aircraft Instrumentation Workshop and Symposium, held in Oklahoma City, 17 and 18...- publication PDF
