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This 1972 film provides an introduction to the NCAR/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sailplane, "Two-Niner Juliet," and its role in cloud physics research. The Schweizer 2-32 Explorer sailplane was equipped with an array of electronic sensors and a unique camera system to photograph cloud particles in their natural state of suspension. Credits: Cloud Physics Program: J. Doyne Sartor, Ph.D., Willem Toutenhoofd, Ph.D., Theodore Cannon, Ph.D., Louis Breyfogle, Eng. Cinematography: Charles Semmer, Marshall Lovrien, Robert Bumpas. Script: Ronald Cox. Artwork: Robert Maurer. Sound: G. J. Collenberger. Narrator: Don Roberts. Producer: Marshall Lovrien. Film by Elmer Armstrong. Special thanks to NOAA. (Color, sound.)
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This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. | This project was also supported by the UCAR President's Strategic Initiative Fund. |
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This 1972 film provides an introduction to the NCAR/National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) sailplane, "Two-Niner Juliet," and its role in cloud physics research. The Schweizer 2-32 Explorer sailplane was equipped with an array of electronic sensors and a unique camera system to photograph cloud particles in their natural state of suspension. Credits: Cloud Physics Program: J. Doyne Sartor, Ph.D., Willem Toutenhoofd, Ph.D., Theodore Cannon, Ph.D., Louis Breyfogle, Eng. Cinematography: Charles Semmer, Marshall Lovrien, Robert Bumpas. Script: Ronald Cox. Artwork: Robert Maurer. Sound: G. J. Collenberger. Narrator: Don Roberts. Producer: Marshall Lovrien. Film by Elmer Armstrong. Special thanks to NOAA. (Color, sound.)
Copyright UCAR
This project was supported by a Recordings at Risk grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). The grant program is made possible by funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. | This project was also supported by the UCAR President's Strategic Initiative Fund. |
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