Specially instrumented aircraft of the Environmental Science Services Administration (ESSA), Research Flight Facility (RFF) have supported environmental research efforts for more than a decade. In 1969 the RFF participated in the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment (BOMEX) providing, in addition to approximately 1000 flight hours during the field operating periods of the program (May through July), flights designed to develop operational patterns, test, calibrate and compare sensor derived data. While the three participating RFF research aircraft accomplished 146 missions, for a total of approximately 1138 hours of flying time, they collected about three million digitally recorded meteorological observations, numerous sea-surface temperature and water vapor flux measurements, two million cloud and radar photographs, and other special data. A brief description of the scientific objectives of the program, aircraft and instrumentation system employed, sample tracks, data collected and subsequent procedures are presented. (Author)
ESSA Research Flight Facility Aircraft Participation in the Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment
1970
14 pages
Report
No indication
English
Meteorological Data Collection, Analysis, & Weather , Marine meteorology , Meteorological data , West Indies , Weather reconnaissance aircraft , Electronic aircraft , Meteorological radar , Meteorological instruments , Flight paths , Data processing , Research planes , Observation aircraft , Research , Aerial photographs , Atlantic Ocean , Air water interactions , Reprints , BOMEX(Barbados Oceanographic and Meteorological Experiment) , Barbados oceanographic and meteorological experiment
Water Vapor Flux Measurements from ESSA Aircraft
NTIS | 1972
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