Main Title |
Development of an Adjustable Buoyancy Balloon Tracer of Atmospheric Motion. Phase 3. Refinement of the Operational Prototype System. |
Author |
Zak, B. D. ;
Lichfield, E. W. ;
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CORP Author |
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM. ;Spectra Research Inst., Albuquerque, NM. ;Technadyne Engineering Consultants, Inc., Albuquerque, NM.;Environmental Protection Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC. Atmospheric Sciences Research Lab. |
Year Published |
1988 |
Report Number |
EPA/600/3-88/015; |
Stock Number |
PB88-190764 |
Additional Subjects |
Atmospheric motion ;
Meteorological balloons ;
Air pollution ;
Trajectories ;
Buoyancy ;
Cloud cover ;
Prototypes ;
Tracking(Position) ;
Mathematical models ;
Design criteria ;
Evaluation ;
Tests ;
Diagrams ;
Photographs ;
Tracer studies
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
NTIS |
PB88-190764 |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
149p |
Abstract |
The adjustable buoyancy balloon tracer of atmospheric motion is a research tool designed to follow atmospheric flows in both the horizontal and the vertical. The design goals for the tracer balloon specify a lifetime less than 3 days, tracking range less than 1000 km, ceiling altitude less than 5.5 km (500 mb), and capability to respond to mean vertical flows as low as 1 cm/s. The purpose of the study is to evaluate the accuracies of air pollution transport (trajectory) models used to establish source-receptor relationships to distances of order 1000 km, and to assess the limits on the predictability of source impacts at long distances. Two test flights were made, and while the results from these flights were inadequate. |