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ALPEX Update

ALPEX Update An occasional series reporting on U.S. and international GAR P scientific, technical, and planning activities, developments, and programs, presented as a public service to the meteorological com- munity by the American Meteorological Society through arrangements with the U.S. Committee on the Global Atmospheric Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Opinions expressed in "GAR P Topics" do not necessarily reflect the point of view of the U.S. Committee. Ronald B. Smith1 Department of Geology and Geophysics Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 06520 1. The Alpine Experiment The Alpine Experiment (ALPEX) has been described in some detail in a recent BULLETIN article by Kuettner and O'Neill (1981). In that article there was a discussion of ALPEX scientific objectives, the area and time of the exper- iment, the composite observing system, and the plans fo r the management of ALPE X data during and after the experiment. The ALPEX Observing period (AOP) is now underway, and the final planning for the two-month intensive Special Observing Period (SOP) has been proceeding at an acceler- ated pace. The purpose of this note is to review the current status of the experiment. serving system for the AOP does not greatly exceed http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society American Meteorological Society

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Publisher
American Meteorological Society
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Copyright © American Meteorological Society
ISSN
1520-0477
DOI
10.1175/1520-0477-63.2.186
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Abstract

An occasional series reporting on U.S. and international GAR P scientific, technical, and planning activities, developments, and programs, presented as a public service to the meteorological com- munity by the American Meteorological Society through arrangements with the U.S. Committee on the Global Atmospheric Research Program of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council. Opinions expressed in "GAR P Topics" do not necessarily reflect the point of view of the U.S. Committee. Ronald B. Smith1 Department of Geology and Geophysics Yale University, New Haven, Conn. 06520 1. The Alpine Experiment The Alpine Experiment (ALPEX) has been described in some detail in a recent BULLETIN article by Kuettner and O'Neill (1981). In that article there was a discussion of ALPEX scientific objectives, the area and time of the exper- iment, the composite observing system, and the plans fo r the management of ALPE X data during and after the experiment. The ALPEX Observing period (AOP) is now underway, and the final planning for the two-month intensive Special Observing Period (SOP) has been proceeding at an acceler- ated pace. The purpose of this note is to review the current status of the experiment. serving system for the AOP does not greatly exceed

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Bulletin of the American Meteorological SocietyAmerican Meteorological Society

Published: Feb 1, 1982

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