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<br />6. PREPARATIONS FOR FIELD PROGRAM <br />6.1 Special Surface Stations <br />Texas A&M University will be responsible for providing or acquiring <br />on loan enough hygrothermographs, microbarographs, and instrument shelters <br />for use at the special surface stations. Meteorology Research, Inc. will <br />be responsible for providing 15 automatic weather stations for use at <br />the special surface stations. TAMU and MRI personnel will-jointly install <br />the equipment at each surface station. TAMU personnel will be responsible <br />for servicing all equipment during the field program; MRI will service the <br />automatic weather stations prior to installation in the field. Five addi- <br />tional instrument shelters will be built by TAMU personnel, and supplies <br />such as strip charts and ink will be ordered. Requests will be made to <br />Texas Tech University and NASA for the loan of microbarographs, while all <br />hygrothermographs will be provided at no cost to the project by Texas A&M <br />University. <br />6.2 Rawinsonde Soundings <br />TAMU will be responsible for contacting the National Weather Service <br />regarding the purchase of soundings from the Midland station, and for <br />contacting the Army at White Sands Missile Range regarding the loan of a <br />rawinsonde system. TAMU will provide a rawinsonde system at no cost to <br />the project, and CRMWD will operate the RD-65 provided by the Bureau of <br />Reclamation. TAMU will be responsible for transporting the TAMU and <br />Army units to the field, arranging for suitable facilities and supplies <br />for the operation of these units, and for their installation and check- <br />out. Radiosondes, balloons, parachutes, and batteries will be provided <br />by the Bureau of Reclamation. <br />6.3 Raingage Network <br />The raingage network consisting of both fencepost and recording <br />raingages will be installed by CRMWD in advance of the start of the field <br />period. The recording raingages will be serviced to insure that i~ey <br />are functioning properly before installation. CRMWD will make arrange- <br />ments for all supplies required for the operation of the raingages through- <br />out the experimental program. <br />6.4 Radar <br />It will be the responsibility of the Colorado River Municipal Water <br />District to provide the necessary modifications to the FPS-77 radar prior <br />to the start of the field program, and to maintain and service the radarl <br />17 <br />