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A Survey of Hawaii for Balloon Launch Sites
A group under Dr. Luis Alvarez at the Space Sciences Laboratory, University of California, is preparing a balloon-borne particle physics experiment, designed for recovery at...- publication PDF
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The Annual Cycle of Precipitation Over the Indian Subcontinent: Daily,...
This technical note documents the annual cycle of precipitation over the Indian subcontinent. Particular attention is focused upon India, the largest country within the region....- 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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Actinides in the Environment and Their Uptake by Man
The preparation of this report was carried out in the summer of 1973 as a contribution to a study entitled "Public Health Implications of a Plutonium Energy Economy," sponsored...- publication PDF
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A Description of Coupled General Circulation Models of the Atmosphere and...
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QSCAT-R: The QuikSCAT Tropical Cyclone Radial Structure Dataset
This document describes the QuikSCAT Tropical Cyclone Radial Structure Dataset (QSCAT-R), including its parameter and file structure as well as the underlying methodology for...- publication PDF
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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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A Glossary on the Environmental Impact of a Nuclear War
This glossary defines a number or words, expressions and acronyms used in the description of the impact of nuclear war on the environment, and associated issues. Selected...- publication PDF
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Observed World Ocean Seasonal Surface Currents on a 5 Degree Grid
A digitized ocean current data set for use in ocean model or diagnostic computer studies is described. Various sources of observed ocean currents are examined, and surface...- publication PDF
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Global Distribution of Total Cloud Cover and Cloud Type Amounts Over Land
This is the third of a series of atlases to result from a study of the global cloud climatology from ground-based observations. The first two atlases (NCAR/TN-201+STR and...- publication PDF
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Atlas of Computed Infrared Atmospheric Absorption Spectra: Atmospheric...
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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Digitized Global Monthly Mean Ocean Surface Temperatures
Monthly means of the global sea surface temperature have been produced in the form of composite charts for use with the NCAR general circulation model. These monthly charts are...- publication PDF
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Estimation of Spatial Covariances From the Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment
The Mid-Ocean Dynamics Experiment (MODE) was an attempt to observe mesoscale ocean eddies in the western North Atlantic, primarily during the spring of 1973. A variety of...- publication PDF
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A Delta-Eddington Mutiple Scattering Parameterization for Solar Radiation in...
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The Second Joint Solar Dynamics Project Data Summary: Solar Magneticfield,...
This Technical Note presents the observations made during this effort in the interval 3-17 June 1983. As far as possible, daily observations made with the Mark-Ill kcoronameter...- publication PDF
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Climatology of Stratospheric Ozone Based on SBUV and SBUV/2 Data: 1978 - 1994
The purpose of this study is to construct and analyze a long-term, continuous record of satellite ozone data to document such means and variabilities. This atlas presents...- publication PDF
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Emergency managers on-line survey on extratropical and tropical cyclone...
We report on a web-based survey of emergency managers (EMs) that is part of a larger body of work with the goal of better understanding how certain NOAA weather forecast...- 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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An Atlas of Variations in the Solar Constant Caused by Sunspot Blocking and...
The purpose of this atlas is to present such a reconstruction for a period of slightly more than a century, for the use of atmospheric and solar physicists for whom a...- publication PDF
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Statistical Closure to Derive a Subgrid-scale Modeling for Large Eddy...
A subgrid-scale modeling for the velocity field of threedimensional turbulence has been derived from a two-point closure by Chollet and Lesieur (1981); this model has been used...- publication PDF