French EOLE Southern Hemisphere Balloon Observations, 1971Aug-1972

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Originator: France, Through NASA

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Title: French EOLE Southern Hemisphere Balloon Observations, 1971Aug-1972

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Online_Linkage: http://rda.ucar.edu/datasets/ds800.0/

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Horizontal wind data from the EOLE balloon experiment is archived at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The one-year EOLE experiment featured 480 constant level balloons released in the Southern Hemisphere from 3 launching sites in Argentina; Mendoza (33 S, 69 W), Neuquen (39 S, 68 W), and Lago Fagnano (55.5 S, 67 W). Each balloon floated freely at approximately the 200 mb level, acting as a tracer of the horizontal motion of air masses. The balloons were found after 2 months to have distributed themselves at random over the whole Southern Hemisphere outside the tropics, irrespective of their original launching site. The data collected includes in situ measurements of one meteorological parameter, the horizontal wind, at one nominal density level (approximately 200 mb) on a planetary scale. This experiment focused on 3 classes of phenomena: 1) the mean circulation including the zonal flow and standing planetary waves; 2) the transient features associated with large baroclinic disturbances and energy transforming processes; and 3) the random (essentially) isotropic eddies of what may be considered the inertial sub-range of quasi two-dimensional geostrophic turbulence. The EOLE navigation and collection satellite was launched from NASA's Wallops Island facility on August 16, 1971. The deployment of free floating constant volume balloons started shortly thereafter from three sites in Argentina, and culminated in November 1971 with a maximum network of 280 balloons operating simultaneously. At that time, the 480-balloon supply allocated for the experiment was nearly exhausted and the population started to decrease as expected from estimates of the electronic package failure rate and balloon icing. There were 155 days (September 1971 to March 1972) where more than 100 balloons were continuously in operation. Approximately 40 balloons were still operating as of July 1972.

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Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Jenne, Roy L., June 1989. 'Data Availability at NCAR', NCAR, Boulder, CO.

Supplemental_Information:

REFERENCE: Morel, P., and W. Bandeen, 1973: 'The EOLE Experiment: Early Results and Objectives', Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 54, 298-306.

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Beginning_Date: 19710801

Ending_Date: 19720930

Currentness_Reference:Unknown

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Progress: Complete

Maintenance_and_Update_Frequency: As needed

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West_Bounding_Coordinate: -180.0

East_Bounding_Coordinate: 180.0

North_Bounding_Coordinate: 0.0

South_Bounding_Coordinate: -90.0

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Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > TURBULENCE

Theme_Keyword: EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > HORIZONTAL WIND

Theme_Keyword: BALLOONS

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Theme_Keyword: ESIP > EARTH SCIENCE INFORMATION PARTNERS PROGRAM

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Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > MID-LATITUDE

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > POLAR

Place_Keyword: GEOGRAPHIC REGION > SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > STRATOSPHERE

Place_Keyword: VERTICAL LOCATION > TROPOSPHERE

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Temporal_Keyword: Daily

Temporal_Keyword: Daily - < Weekly

Access_Constraints: The complete dataset is not free. It is only available from the NCAR MSS. Only users with NCAR computing accounts may download it without charge from DSS. For all others, DSS standard pricing applies. See this ordering information. "http://rda.ucar.edu/services/order/index.html"

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Public domain. Normal access. User may redistribute, but we do not support redistributed files or software.

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Contact_Position: TECHNICAL CONTACT

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Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: CISL/DSS

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1231

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dssweb@ucar.edu

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Contact_Organization: UCAR/NCAR/CISL/RDA > Research Data Archive, Computational and Information Systems Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Contact_Person: RDA HELP DESK

Contact_Position: DATA CENTER CONTACT

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Address: National Center for Atmospheric Research

Address: CISL/DSS

Address: P.O. Box 3000

City: Boulder

State_or_Province: CO

Postal_Code: 80307

Country: U.S.A.

Contact_Voice_Telephone: (303)-497-1231

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: (303)-497-1291

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: dssweb@ucar.edu

Resource_Description: EOLE

Resource_Description: ds800.0

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Access the French EOLE Southern Hemisphere Balloon Observations from NCAR/DSS

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Information about ordering data from NCAR DSS.

Fees: Contact Dss

Metadata_Reference_Information:

Metadata_Date:

Metadata_Review_Date: 20130523

Metadata_Contact:

Contact_Information:

Contact_Person_Primary:

Contact_Person: SCOTT A. RITZ

Contact_Position: DIF AUTHOR

Contact_Address:

Address_Type: Mailing and Physical Address

Address: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Address: Global Change Master Directory

City: Greenbelt

State_or_Province: Maryland

Postal_Code: 20771

Country: USA

Contact_Voice_Telephone: 301-614-5126

Contact_Facsimile_Telephone: 301-614-5268

Contact_Electronic_Mail_Address: Scott.A.Ritz@nasa.gov

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Metadata_Standard_Version: FGDC-STD-001-1998

Metadata_Time_Convention: local time