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Plan for U.S. Participation in the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (1971) / Chapter Skim
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DATA ACQUISITION
Pages 19-21

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From page 19...
... It would be desirable to have some backup capability in the form of a second geostationary satellite that could be moved into the area of the experiment, should the first one fail. Polar-orbiting satellites with infrared sounding capability for deducing temperature will be helpful in analyzing subtropical regions.
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From page 20...
... This task will require highly instrumented aircraft capable of flying at levels from 500 ft to 55,000 ft. Measurements will include Doppler winds, aerial photography, convective-scale vertical motions, temperature, relative humidity, liquid-water content, drop size, certain radiative fluxes, vertical fluxes of moisture, and sensible heat.
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From page 21...
... This would reduce vast accumulations of radar film to a manageable amount of digital data which can be integrated with the other results of the experiment. It would also facilitate displays of the distribution of radar echoes over the entire ship-based network, in real time, which would be useful for planning aircraft routing.
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Key Terms

  • radar echoes
  • radar data
  • data processing
  • digital data
  • serious consideration

  • intensive sampling
  • instrumented aircraft
  • nighttime capability
  • drop size
  • information deserves

  • aircraft routing
  • immediate attention
  • planning aircraft
  • deserves immediate
  • cloud base

  • vertical motions
  • reduce vast
  • vertical fluxes
  • indispensable element
  • doppler winds

  • infrared sounding
  • sensible heat
  • radiosonde observations
  • aerial photography
  • radiative fluxes

  • cloud tops
  • past experiments
  • wind requirements
  • relative humidity
  • including nighttime


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