The CIRES Tethered Lifting System: A survey of the system, past results and future capabilities

Acta Geophysica

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-57

  Balsley, Ben B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Balloons; Kites; Residual Layer; Stable Boundary Layer; TLS

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; EARTH ATMOSPHERE; METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS; RESEARCH;

ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH; STABLE BOUNDARY LAYER; TETHERED LIFTING SYSTEM (TLS);

GEOPHYSICS;

BALLOON OBSERVATION; BOUNDARY LAYER; RESEARCH; SURVEY;

ACCIPITRIDAE;

EID: 37849005388     PISSN: 18956572     EISSN: 18957455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11600-007-0045-z     Document Type: Article

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