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contributor authorWetzel, Melanie
contributor authorBorys, Randolph
contributor authorLowenthal, Douglas
contributor authorBrown, Stephen
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:41:29Z
date available2017-06-09T14:41:29Z
date copyright1995/04/01
date issued1995
identifier issn0003-0007
identifier otherams-24570.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4161257
description abstractThe collocation of the Weather Forecast Office and the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada, has fostered a National Weather Service (NWS)?University collaborative effort that provided meteorological forecasting and research support to an experimental aeronautics endeavor. The Earthwinds transglobal ballooning project is an attempt to complete the first nonstop global circumnavigation flight by a lighter-than-air craft, with launch from Stead airfield in Reno. This article describes the cooperative efforts of the Earthwinds operations staff, the NWS office, the Desert Research Institute, and the atmospheric technology industry. Activities included the use of global and regional forecasts, evaluation of local wind and temperature diurnal cycles, numerical simulation of balloon launch trajectories, and onboard atmospheric instrumentation.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleMeteorological Support to the Earthwinds Transglobal Balloon Project
typeJournal Paper
journal volume76
journal issue4
journal titleBulletin of the American Meteorological Society
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0477(1995)076<0477:MSTTET>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage477
journal lastpage487
treeBulletin of the American Meteorological Society:;1995:;volume( 076 ):;issue: 004
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