Box 1

A copy of the agreement between UCAR and the University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, to conduct Carrier Balloon test flights as well as correspondence covering logistical arrangements.

A preliminary flight evaluation report covering two flights from Kourow, French Guiana, and an analysis of reduction of heat loss for Carrier Balloon electronics.

Correspondence relating to system check-out and testing and notification of balloon launch schedules to the tracking stations.

The results of NCAR subcontract 6-73 are summarized in this report by Beukers Laboratories Inc. The study covered an analysis of the design of major electronic data systems, design of the dropsonde mechanical system and software for the Carrier Balloon Program.

A collection of trip and meeting reports between NASA Goddard and NCAR relating to the Carrier Balloon Program.

A collection of trip and meeting reports between NASA Goddard and NCAR relating to the Carrier Balloon Program.

A copy of the statement of work for a Mother GHOST Dropsonde program (later known as Carrier Balloon), the U.S. Report on Wind findings for GATE, the Memorandum of Understanding between NASA/GSFC and NSF/NCAR, as well as subsequent agreements.

Plans for several test flights of a balloon-borne radio altimeter designed at the University of Wisconsin are discussed and flight results are presented. Included in the correspondence are discussions of future use of the radio altimeter and purchasing arrangements.

Included are notes from two test flights of the new digital GHOST transmitter along with block diagrams of the digi-GHOST telemetry system, magnetometer electronics, sensor to frequency circuit, schematics, and a photograph of the flight package.