JOINT INDO-UNITED STATES BALLOON FLIGHT PROGRAM 1961,

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Abstract:

The Joint Indo-U.S. Balloon Flight Program was conducted at Hyderabad, India, from February through April, 1961. A complete report of all phases of this international, cooperative effort is presented, including the details of the balloon flight operations, the preliminary scientific results achieved, and an evaluation of the over-all accomplishments of the program. In additiono the contribution of heretofore un available data on the equatorial stratosphere, the operational success of the program demon strated the feasibility of performing recoverable high-altitude balloon flights in the tropical latitudes. Author

Author(s):
Chagnon, Charles W.
Author Organization(s):
AIR FORCE CAMBRIDGE RESEARCH LABS L G HANSCOM FIELD MASS
Annotation:
Results of the joint Indo-United States Balloon Flight Program.
Pagination:
0201

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Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
AFCRL-62 1135
Project Number(s):
7690
Monitor Series:
62 1135
 Subject Terms
Communities of Interest:
No COI(s) Identified
Descriptor(s):
TROPICAL REGIONS, SCIENTISTS, RESEARCH MANAGEMENT, OPERATION, COMMUNICATION AND RADIO SYSTEMS, RADIOACTIVITY, CONDENSATION, OZONE, MEASUREMENT, WATER VAPOR, METEOROLOGY, DISTRIBUTION, ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING, THEODOLITES, JET FLOW, ATMOSPHERIC MOTION, METEOROLOGY
Report Date:
1962 Dec 01