Abstract: An experiment has been performed to estimate the limiting accuracy of free atmosphere wind measurements over 100 m layers using 100 g pilot balloons. Errors in the wind measurement due to the tracking system used in this ...

Abstract: The results of a program to study the time and space variability of the wind field below 5 km are presented. Wind data were collected using pilot balloons tracked with the METRAC positioning system. Balloons were launched ...

Abstract: The results of an analysis of the variability of the atmospheric wind field below 5 km is presented for a limited sample of high-resolution wind profiles. The wind was measured by tracking balloons utilizing the Control ...

Abstract: The results of a high-altitude probing experiment are presented which demonstrate the capability of measuring atmospheric stability at tropopause altitudes using a 940-MHz forward-scatter CW radar system. Vertical profiles ...

Abstract: Wind and temperature data collected on commercial airliners are used to investigate the effects of underlying terrain on mesoscale variability. These results expand upon those of Nastrom et al., by including all available ...

Abstract: The ability of a forward-scatter CW radar to measure cross-path wind speed profiles is demonstrated from the results of a two-week observation period in June 1971. Radar-measured winds are compared with wind speeds measured ...