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Accession Number:
AD0601944
Title:
LOW-LEVEL, FINE-SCALE WIND DETERMINATION BY CAPTIVE BALLOONS,
Descriptive Note:
Corporate Author:
AIR PROVING GROUND CENTER EGLIN AFB FLA
Report Date:
1964-05-01
Pagination or Media Count:
26.0
Abstract:
A flexible, inexpensive micrometeorological network using captive balloons is described. Captive balloon anemometry is compared to pibal and tower methods of measuring winds aloft. Correlation coefficients are computed between measurements made using four captive balloons and a 50-ft tower. Author
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE