Analysis of tethered balloon, ceilometer and class sounding data taken on San Nicolas Island during the FIRE project

Author:: Ciesielski, Paul E.
Published:: Jul 1, 1990.
Physical Description:: 1 electronic document
Additional Creators:: Cox, Stephen K., Mckee, Thomas B., Guinn, Thomas A., and Schubert, Wayne H.

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During the FIRE Marine Stratocumulus Program on San Nicolas Island, Colorado State University (CSU) and the British Meteorological Office (BMO) operated separate instrument packages on the NASA tethered balloon. The CSU package contained instrumentation for the measurement of temperature, pressure, humidity, cloud droplet concentration, and long and short wave radiation. Eight research flights, performed between July 7 and July 14, are summarized. An analysis priority to the July 7, 8 and 11 flights was assigned for the purposes of comparing the CSU and BMO data. Results are presented. In addition, CSU operated a laser ceilometer for the determination of cloud base, and a CLASS radiosonde site which launched 69 sondes. Data from all of the above systems are being analyzed.

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METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY

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NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) Collection.

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Document ID: 19910001179.
Accession ID: 91N10492.
NASA, Langley Research Center, FIRE Science Results 1988; p 221-223.

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