A Multiple--Scale Research Program in Tropical Meteorology.

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Abstract:

During the 1969 Barbados Field Program a constant level balloon was entrained into a cumulus congestus cloud. Radar observations, cloud photos and satellite pictures furnished patterns of local island cloud array and synoptic-scale cloud field. Balloons vertical velocity profile is compared to that derived from a steady state jet model of a cumulus cloud. Using Fourier considerations, wind data derived from constant density balloon flights over Barbados are used to examine small scale motions in the boundary layer. Diurnal shifts between small mechanical and larger thermal scales are tentatively indicated. Author

Author(s):
La Seur, N. E. ; Garstang, M. ; Levine, J. ; Lee, J.
Author Organization(s):
FLORIDA STATE UNIV TALLAHASSEE DEPT OF METEOROLOGY
Descriptive Note:
Quarterly progress rept. no. 9, 1 Jul-31 Oct 71,
Supplementary Note:
See also Quarterly progress rept. no. 10, AD-780 566.
Pagination:
0085

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
ECOM-0062-9-69
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DAAB07-69-C-0062
Task Number(s):
1T061102B81Z00
Project Number(s):
DA-1-T-061102-B-81-Z
Monitor Series:
0062-9-69
 Subject Terms
Modernization Areas:
Space
Communities of Interest:
Space
Descriptor(s):
*Meteorological data, *Barbados, *Tropical regions, Wind, Circulation, Troposphere, Clouds, Patterns, Meteorological balloons, Radar tracking, Spectrum analysis, Boundary layer, Fourier transformation
Field(s)/Group(s):
Meteorology
Report Date:
1971 Dec 01