An analysis of winds derived from upwind rawinsonde releases / Gary J. Thompson, Peter A. Giorgio, Samuel Penn.

Rawinsonde balloons were tracked simultaneously by GMD-1 equipment from the release site and from a site 58 miles downwind. The derived winds are analyzed for three sequential soundings. The results show that the upwind release method (downwind tracking) provides mesoscale winds aloft under conditio...

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Main Author:	Thompson, Gary J.
Corporate Author:	Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Giorgio, Peter A., Penn, Samuel, 1916-2013
Format:	Government Document Book
Language:	English
Published:	L.G. Hanscom Field, Mass. : Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Air Force Systems Command, United States Air Force, 1972.
Series:	Environmental research papers (Hanscom AFB, Mass.) ; no. 396. AFCRL ; 72-189.
Subjects:	Upper atmosphere > Massachusetts. Rawinsondes. Winds > Measurement. Radiosondes. Atmosphere, Upper. Massachusetts.