Box 2

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A draft of the carrier balloon final report including photographs, charts, and diagrams.

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Omega signal-to-noise measurements were conducted on Majuro Island as part of the Carrier Balloon planning for FGGE. Planning documents and copies of cables between Majuro and NCAR are included.

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Correspondence concerning preparation for and test flights of TWERLE and Carrier Balloon electronics and balloons from Christchurch and Ascension Island, test flights of newly designed digital GHOST transmitter as well as program updates from Boulder.

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Correspondence between Vincent Lally et al and Peter Scoular, City Engineer, Christchurch, New Zealand, to design and provide a balloon test chamber.

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Early correspondence covering joint USWB-NCAR funding for a Southern Hemisphere GHOST network, and outline of a test plan, letters seeking WMO and New Zealand support, copies of correspondence from various nations offering balloon tracking assistance and internal NCAR memos regarding U.S. State Department negotiations with southern hemisphere nations on the subject of balloon overflight.

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An inventory of superpressure balloons at the GHOST Flight Station, Christchurch, New Zealand.

Scope and Contents A signed copy of the U.S.-N.Z. agreement to conduct superpressure balloon flights from New Zealand is this file along with a copy of a telegram from the U.S. Department of State to the U.S. Embassy in Wellington, New Zealand, prohibiting GHOST balloon flights during the French atomic bomb tests in the Pacific. Internal correspondence concerning the flight prohibition is also included. A summary of initial balloon flights is presented as well as plans for a second year of operations from...

Scope and Contents Correspondence in this file includes a recap of Phase II accomplishments and plans for Phase III (overcoming the balloon icing problem at lower levels, testing an improved balloon location system, and tests of non-satellite balloon location system for GARP). The file also houses correspondence between NCAR and NFS regarding Phase III and a copy of the agreement extending the GHOST program for a period of two years from June 1968 signed by the director of the New Zealand Meteorological...

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A resume of superpressure balloon flights made during Phase III is presented as well as the results of balloon hazard tests (static ground tests and dynamic airborne impact tests). The capabilities of superpressure balloons is reviewed and Phase IV objectives are presented. A signed copy of the MOU extending the GHOST program for a period of two years from 1 July 1970 is included.

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A review of Phase IV activities, plans for Phase V, and a request for a five-year extension are included in the correspondence in this file.