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Meeting Review: Workshop on Airborne Instrumentation 19-21 October 1988
Approximately 40-50 scientists met in October, 1988 to review needs for airborne instruments and to plan for development of some of the needed instrumentation. This report...- publication PDF
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Isentropic Trajectories for Derivation of Objectively Analyzed Meteorological...
This technical note presents a numerical technique for calculating isentropic trajectories, and the objective analysis of trajectoryderived meteorological parameters. A brief...- publication PDF
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A Study of Synoptic and Mesoscale Interaction Over the GATE Ship Network: 4-5...
During the period 4-5-6 September 1974, several small-scale systems developed within the A-B ship array. One of these, on 5 September, was investigated by research aircraft on a...- publication PDF
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Circulation Statistics for the Extratropical Northern Hemisphere Based on NMC...
Polar stereographic maps and meridional cross-sections of selected circulation statistics for the extratropical regions from 1000 to 100 mb (20-90��N) of the Northern...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume X: Balloon 79R
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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Daily High-latitude 150 Mb Pressure Maps From TWERLE and Rawinsondes / Part 1...
This report involves winds, temperatures, pressures, and altitudes measured by the TWERLE superpressure balloon platforms used to prepare daily 150 mb constant pressure charts...- 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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Characterization of Uncertainty in Measurements of Wind from the NSF/NCAR Gul...
This technical note presents an analysis of uncertainty for measurements of wind from the Gulfstream V research aircraft operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research...- publication PDF
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GHOST Balloon Data Volume V: Balloon 49R
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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The Relative Accuracy of ALPEX Aircraft Data / an Evaluation of the ALPEX Int...
During the ALPEX progran, three participating large research aircraft - the NCAR Electra, the NOAA P5, and the DFVLR Falcon - joined for an interccmparison flight. Using the...- 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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GHOST Balloon Data Volume I: Introduction
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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The Mean Circulation of the Tropical and Subtropical Atmosphere-July
The purpose of this atlas is to provide a long-term data set to describe the mean structure of the tropical atmosphere straddling the equator for the period of the northern...- publication PDF
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Measurement Uncertainties of the NCAR Air Motion Systems
An in-depth assessment of the measurement uncertainties of the NCAR air motion systems characterizes this capability and is presented as a useful tool for determining wind data...- 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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Climate of the Upper Air: Southern Hemisphere. Volume 3: Vector Mean Geostrop...
In this third volume of a four volume series depicting the upper air climatology of the Southern Hemisphere, isogons and isotachs of the vector mean geostrophic wind are...- publication PDF
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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...- publication PDF
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January and July Simulation Experiments With the 2.5 Latitude-longitude Versi...
This technical note documents the capability of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 2.5�� latitude-longitude, second-generation, 6-layer General Circulation...- publication PDF
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Comparison of Winds Derived From the LIMS Satellite Instrument With Rocket Ob...
This report contains statistical comparisons of horizontal winds derived from the LIMS satellite instrument with wind profiles from a large number of meteorological rocket...- publication PDF
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Comparison of NCAR Community Climate Model (CCM) Climates
The purpose of this project is to establish the climate record of four versions of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Community Climate Model (CCM). All four...- publication PDF