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<br />\)0257~ <br /> <br />CONTRACTOR: Geophysical Research and Development Corporation, <br />Denver, Colorado <br />CON1RACT NO. 6-07-DR-20120 <br />PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: John F. Henz <br />PERIOD: June 15, 1976, to July 31, 1978 <br />FUNDING: FY76 - $ 2,800 <br />T.Q. - $13 ,000 <br />FY77 - $23,805 <br />FY78 - $ 9,200 <br /> <br />The contract goal was to prepare a radar echo summary of the central <br />HIPLEX study area including eastern Colorado, western Kansas, and <br />southern Nebraska. The contractor also analyzed the radar echo <br />survey and associated synoptic scale features to determine important <br />weather controls on convective cloud populations and organization in <br />upwind, primary, and downwind areas. <br /> <br />Radar echo characteristics for the study region of interest were <br />tabulated and analyzed to determine the number and frequency of <br />various size echoes, their origin, and mesoscale controls. Results <br />indicate that 65 percent of the echoes observed were within 12 km of <br />an adjacent echo. As the size of the system increased, separation <br />distance decreased. Convective echo bands in Colorado were observed <br />to be much closer to adjacent echo systems than the echo bands <br />observed over the Kansas plains. Mesosynoptic controls have been <br />processed by statistical programs and their results are currently <br />being analyzed. <br /> <br />More detailed analysis and evaluation of radar echo samples will be <br />required. <br /> <br />CONTRACTOR: I/O Transformations, Laramie, Wyoming <br />CONTRACT NO. 6-07-DR-20150 <br />PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Paul H. Pownall <br />PERIOD: September 15, 1976, to March 5, 1977 <br />FUNDING: T.Q. - $ 6,000 <br />FY77 - $11,743 <br /> <br />The contract purpose was to convert raw HIPLEX 1975-76 cloud physics <br />data collected by the Convergence Systems, Inc. aircraft into <br />calibrated engineering units. Most of the data were converted <br />reliably and are now archived in the Skywater Environmental Data <br />Network and are avai lable to users. <br /> <br />I II - 27 <br />