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Carrier Balloon Test Flights From Oakey, Australia, January 1973
This report summarizes the results of the Carrier Balloon Tests from Oakey, Australia, in January, 1973. The main objectives of these tests were to check out the launch hardware...- 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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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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Balloon Stress-Band Analysis
A test program to photograph tropopause-level balloon ascent failures unexpectedly revealed the presence of a circumferential stress band in certain balloons which failed...- 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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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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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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Strength Characteristics of DuPont "Surlyn A" Film
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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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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Balloon Film Performance After Prior Stress
This report describes a series of tests conducted on balloon film material to determine if uneven loading of the balloon film material might cause failure at a stress level...- publication PDF
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Balloon Strain Relief System
A balloon strain relief system for use during pre-launch activities was developed and its effect on balloon tensile strength was examined. Various clamp materials and balloons...- publication PDF
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NCAR S-Pol radar moments data, DORADE
S-Pol moments data for IHOP_2002. This dataset contain tar files of DORADE format sweepfiles for the IHOP_2002 project. Data size is about 1.5 GB per hour of data. Please keep...- dataset UNDEFINED FORMAT
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ORCAS Chat Logs
This dataset contains the scrubbed chat logs from the O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study from January 15, 2016 to February 28, 2016. These chat logs...- dataset ASCII
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ACCLIP NSF/NCAR GV Instrument Data Merges - GTCIMS-based
The GTCIMS-based merger of the data from the instrumentation that was onboard the NSF/NCAR GV aircraft for the ACCLIP campaign. The GTCIMS (Georgia Tech Chemical Ionization Mass...- dataset ASCII NetCDF
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University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA) Mid-Rate Flight Level Data for...
Mid Rate (10 Hz) flight level data from the University of Wyoming King Air aircraft during Phase 1 (July and August 2021) of the TRANS2AM campaign. The base of operations was...- dataset NetCDF
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NOAA G-IV 30 Second Flight Level Data
This data set contains the 30 second resolution flight level data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) G-IV aircraft flights into the tropical systems...- dataset Archive
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T-REX Chat Logs [NCAR/EOL]
This dataset contains Chat Room log files generated during the T-REX field project. The T-REX Chat Room logs are managed by the Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) at the National...- dataset ASCII
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University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA) High Rate Flight Level Data
This dataset consists of the High Rate 25Hz flight level data collected by the University of Wyoming King Air (UWKA) during the Chequamegon Heterogeneous Ecosystem Energy-...- dataset NetCDF
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NCAR S-PolKa radar moments data, Ka-band, Marshall field site
Selected time periods of radar moments data collected by the S-PolKa radar at the Marshall field site in Colorado. S-PolKa is usually run at the Marshall field site for testing...- dataset NetCDF
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NCAR HCR radar moments data
HIAPER Cloud Radar (HCR) moments data collected during the SOCRATES (Southern Ocean Clouds, Radiation, Aerosol Transport Experimental Study) project from 15 January 2018 to 24...- dataset NetCDF
