almost all of the NCAR equipment for the RD-65 radiometersonde arrives via air freight at Kathmandu airport, May, 1979
Jerry Meehl
the missing dish pedestal finally arrives 6 weeks later after being found at Delhi, just after arriving at Kathmandu airport, July, 1979
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Nepal met techs load missing pedestal box into a van
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NCAR RD-65 radiometersonde set up at Kathmandu airport, July, 1979
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Nepal met techs trained to be part of NCAR team analyze sounding
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NCAR radiometersonde team, Jerry Meehl and Nepalese Met Service techs trained to make and analyze soundings
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Donna Blake and Pat Jones visit Kathmandu from MONEX operations HQ in Bombay
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calibrating a VIZ radiosonde modified with attached radiometer (covered with cardboard box for calibration) to form a radiometersonde
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Nepalese Met techs as part of NCAR team prepare a launch of a radiometersonde--note radiometer attached to side of conventional VIZ sonde
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balloon filled with hydrogen from local generator, ready to launch
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Nepalese Met techs as part of NCAR team analyze radiometersonde data transmitted in real time by sonde
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analyzing winds on wind plotting board
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NCAR RD-65 dish (left) at Nepal Met Service building at Kathmandu airport
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NCAR RD-65 dish (left) at Nepal Met Service building at Kathmandu airport
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NCAR radiometersonde team, Jerry Meehl and Nepalese Met Service techs trained to make and analyze soundings
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a radiometersonde shortly after launch
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Tibetan wool carpet, Kathmandu
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Nepalese met techs point to balloon to facilitate pointing dish to pick up signal to track it
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Sharad Adhikary (head of Nepalese Met Service), Jerry Meehl, and Bosnet, Kathmandu
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MONEX staff visiting from Bombay, Christine Guzy (left) and Gretchen Franzen (right) with Jerry Meehl in Kathmandu
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