The RAF Bulletin series is intended to guide scientists in making effective use of NCAR aircraft. Some of the topics presented here deserve more space than is available. However, we have endeavored to make the material useful to those having little or no experience in the use of an aircraft as an observing system. We invite comments from our facility users on how we might improve this presentation.
1. Introduction to RAF (with links to procedures for requesting NSF/NCAR flight support)
3. The NSF/NCAR Hercules C-130Q: Overview and Summary of Capabilities
4. The NSF/NCAR Electra: Overview and Summary of Capabilities
6. Flight Planning: The NSF/NCAR Hercules C-130Q
7. Flight Planning: The NSF/NCAR Electra
8. ADS Input and Output Signal Interface Description
9. Standard Output Data Products from the NCAR Research Aviation Facility
RAF changed default netCDF extension
After nine years, RAF got on the bandwagon and is now using "nc" as its standard extension instead of "cdf".
12. Mounting User-Supplied Equipment on the NSF/NCAR L-188C Electra
13. Design, Fabrication, and Approval of User-Supplied Equipment for NSF/NCAR Aircraft
RAF Design Guide RAF-DG-00-001, Non-metallic materials usage aboard NSF/NCAR aircraft
21. Pressure Measurement from NCAR Aircraft (Oct. 1991 edition)
22. Airborne Humidity Measurements (Oct. 1987 edition)
23. Measurement Techniques: Air Motion Sensing (Nov. 1989 edition)
24. Airborne Measurements for Cloud Microphysics (Jan. 1989 edition)
25. Radiation Measurements from NCAR Aircraft
A few more instrument descriptions can be found at the URL: http://www.atd.ucar.edu/atd/instruments/raf/.
To obtain paper copies of the Technical Bulletins, please contact:
Mr. Ronald L. Ruth, RAF Data Manager
National Center for Atmospheric Research
Research Aviation Facility
P.O. Box 3000
Boulder, CO 80307-3000
email
Phone: (303) 497-1084
Fax: (303) 497-1092