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Cloud Interpretation from Satellite Altitudes

Description: This report is an incomplete study of cloud interpretations from pictures taken by satellite cameras. This study commenced in the Spring of 1960 immediately after the launch of TIROS I.
Date: July 1962
Creator: Conover, John H.
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Transverse Antenna Feed Study: Final Report

Description: The program described in this final report had as its goal the investigation of the transverse focal region field distributions of a Cassegrain reflector antenna, evolving applicable microwave feed networks, and analysis of antenna system performance behavior as a function of the various feed electrical and physical parameters. (Author)
Date: May 1968
Creator: Martin, R. W.; Smilen, L. I. & Valentino, P.
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Playa Surface Morphology: Miscellaneous Investigations

Description: Abstract: Numerous environmental processes affect the development and stability of playa (lakebed) surfaces. Of special significance are hydrologic processes that control the amount and flow of both surface and ground water, and climatic variations which in turn influence the hydrology. This report, in six parts, examines some aspects of the playa surface environment. Chapter 1 is an introduction. Chapter 2 describes microrelief changes that developed at Harper Playa, California, following floo… more
Date: March 1968
Creator: Neal, James T.
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The Cumulus and Meteorological Events of the Florida Peninsula During a Particular Summertime Period: Cloud Refractive Index Studies IIIA

Description: The cumulus cloud events of the Florida peninsula that were observed during a 19-day period of photoreconnaissance in August and September 1957 are described and illustrated. The associated meteorological and rainfall events are also described and the intercorrelations among the various observations are pointed out. The study findings revealed that the principal factors governing the cloud and rainfall situations of the different days were (1) the low-level advection of water vapor into the pen… more
Date: October 1965
Creator: Plank, Vernon G.
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