Project ECCRO
Subtitle: a synoptic experiment in the tropics
By: Toby N. Carlson
Series: ESSA technical memorandum. IERTM-NHRL -- 80; ESSA technical memorandum -- 80
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Environmental Science Services Administration, Institutes for Environmental Research, National Hurricane Research Laboratory
Published: 1967
Place of publication: Miami, Florida
Language: eng
Number of pages: 31
Subjects: Meteorological instruments; Synoptic meteorology; Tropical meteorology
Other titles: Synoptic experiment in the tropics
Description: An intensive reconnaissance expedition, involving the use of multilevel aircraft flights and special radiosonde ascents, was carried out over the eastern Caribbean during a relatively quiescent period in October 1965. This paper contains, first, an outline of the type of instrumentation used and the methods applied in reducing, correcting, and analyzing the data. Next, sample analyses are presented for each of the five levels and for 1 of the 6 days of the project, showing the distribution of winds, geopolitical heights, temperatures, mixing ratios, vertical velocities, and cloud patterns. Finally, a summary of the spatial variability of the various quantities is given with a discussion concerning the amount of uncertainty in the analyses.
Notes: "August 1967."

"ESSA Technical Memorandum IERTM-NHRL 80."

Includes bibliographical references (page 32).

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Table of contents: title: Chapter 1. Introduction( pp. 1.); title: Chapter 2. The data network (pp. 4.); title: Chapter 3. Aircraft instrumentation and data (pp. 4.); title: Chapter 4. Data reduction and corrections (pp. 6.); title: Chapter 5. The analyzed fields (pp. 12.); title: Chapter 6. Summarizing remarks (pp. 28.); title: References. (pp. 31.)