-
The Ophir Air Temperature Radiometer
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Scientific Research With High-altitude Balloons: A Brief Review of Recent Inv...
The following report summarizes recent results of balloon-borne observations separately for the various disciplines: infrared astronomy, ultraviolet astronomy, X-ray astronomy,...- publication PDF
-
Sky Brightness Photometer
This report explains the design development of, and includes the operation manual for, a Sky Brightness Photometer developed by NCAR. This photometer was developed to make...- publication PDF
-
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
-
Thermodynamic Profiling Technologies Workshop report to the National Science ...
The Thermodynamic Profiling Technologies Workshop was convened on 12-14 April 2011 to assess the merits of ground-based remote sensing technologies applicable to highly resolved...- publication PDF
-
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
-
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
-
Low energy auroral electron and ion hemispheric power after NOAA and DMSP int...
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
-
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
-
The NCAR Airborne Infrared Lidar System (NAILS) Design and Operation
This article does not have an abstract or article summary.- publication PDF
-
The Measurement of Height and Slope of Isobaric Surfaces With an Airborne Rad...
The aeronautical use of electronic altimeters is to measure the absolute clearance of an aircraft above the earth's surface. In the support of atmospheric research, accurate...- publication PDF
-
Numerical Prediction of the Performance of High Altitude Balloons
This report presents the equations governing the vertical motion of a balloon and reviews recent advances in heat transfer experimentation and theory pertinent to the processes...- publication PDF
-
GHOST Balloon Data Volume IX: Balloon 70K
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
-
A Prototype Optical Flowmeter for the Measurement of Liquid Water Content
This report depicts the design and preliminary evaluation of an optical flowmeter for measurement of the liquid water content in warm clouds and rain showers. The sensing...- publication PDF
-
DOppler RAdar Data Exchange Format DORADE
The purpose of this article is to document the DORADE format version 1, which will be used to exchange data collected by the ELDORA/ASTRAIA airborne Doppler radar and the NCAR...- publication PDF
-
The Hailpad: Construction and Materials, Data Reduction, and Calibration
This paper examines in detail the materials from which hailpads are constructed, the procedures for reducing hailpad data, and the methods used to calibrate these instruments. A...- publication PDF
-
Non-Standard Tests for Balloon Materials
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
