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Plan for U.S. Participation in the GARP Atlantic Tropical Experiment (1971) / Chapter Skim
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MANAGEMENT CONSIDERATIONS
Pages 23-29

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... Because of the obvious impact of these decisions on the scientific integrity of the experiment, it is important that this body be headed by an individual of unquestioned scientific competence and stature. In Chapter 3 it was shown that the total observational system can be 23
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... For example, one group might be charged with the task of designing the radiosonde network. Presumably, their duties would include specification of the spacing of ships, the time schedule, the accuracy requirements, instrumentation, dataprocessing procedures, and archiving.
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... 6.4 Field Operations 6.4.1 There is need for a real-time capability in directing the aircraft operations. This means that the lead time for flight plans must be short compared to the time scale of the mesoscale convective systems they will be sampling.
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  • ship network
  • various components
  • central focus
  • previous section
  • time scale

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