IRLS System

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IRLS System
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Balloon Launch 1969
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Arctic Buoys
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Buoy Recovery
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Bear Den
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BIP
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Ascension IslandIRLS BalloonLaunch
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30 mb Winds
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National Elk RefugeMontana
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Sheila ScottPiper Aztec
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Sheila Scott Round -the -World Flight Piper
Aztec with IRLS Antenna
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Pole Crossing
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TWERLE Concept
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Tracking Data
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Buoy Electronics
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Free Drifting Buoy
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Free Drifting Buoy
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Rescue
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Eagle Success
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Across Greenland
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Polar BearAlaska
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Air Drop
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TWERLE Experimenters

• Dr. Paul Julian Dr. D. L. Stoneburner
  James L. Baker
• Dr. Norbert Untersteiner Dr. Douglas De Master
  Dr. Donald V. Hansen
• Vincent E. Lally Douglas C. Echert Jack
  Nordo
• Dr. Carl Kolderup Jensen Dr. Phillip L.
  Richardson R Kalinowski
• Dr. Robert E. Cheney Wayne Crocker
  Dr. W. E. Russell
• Michel Metge Kelvin N. Wood L. G. Spedding
• Jack W. Lentfer Dr. Allen M. Peterson
  Beaumont M. Buck Ronald J. Lynn Nicholas
  Craddock Thomas Norton Gail Shawe Dr. George
  Cresswell Dr. A. J. Dyer Dr. I. G. Priede
  Prof. Henri Lacombe Stephen F. Ackley Torgny
  Vinje Thor Haegh Dr. Thomas L.
  Kozo Scott Searcy Dr. Henry Stommel William
  S. Dehn Patrick J. Kennedy Dr. Julian Pike
  Robert Timko Dr. Ted A. Maxwell Jorgen
  Taagholt Dr. A. D. Kirwan, Jr H. N. Brann
  Dr. D. E. Handcock Jan Dietrich Dr.
  R. Zorn Dr. John Garrett
• Prof. P. Tchernia Robert R. Dickson H. W.
  Hill
• Dr. Lee Houchins Ronald A. Franklin E. G.
  Woods
• Dr. A. Kemmerer Dr. P. Roger Williamson J.
  C. O'Rourke
• Dr. MichaeI J. Sites Prof. Robert J. Renard
  Kenneth Crutchlow
• Dr. Verner E. Suomi Dr. J. R. Marko Capt.E
  A.Delaney Capt. K. M. Palfrey Dr. R. H.
  Goodman Robert C. Atkins
• Larry Brooks Dr. Ronald W. Trites Jacqueline
  Jennings
• Dr. John D. Cochrane Gerard J. McNally Dr.
  Fred M. Vukovich
• Gerald Carp John Sugrue Dr. David Halpern
• M. Marcel Petit Dr. Michael Hall E. G. Kerut
  
• Dr. John J. Kelly

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ARGOS SYSTEM
ARGOS SYSTEM
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ARGOS

• ? 400 US Programs
• 12,000 active platforms/ once/month contact
• 10.00 per day
• Drifting buoys 40
• ? Animals 20, 15 gms
• Fishing vessels,
• ?ARGOS/GPS
• US Commerical
• Iridium and Orbcom

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Caribou
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Turtle
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Polar Bear
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Puffin
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COSPAS-SARSAT
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COSPAS-SARSAT

• SARSAT difficult to sell
• Bill Redisch, Bernie Trudell
• ? Hale Boggs lost in Alaska
• NASA New start in1975
• NASA/NOAA/Canada/France/Russia
• 38 countries
• 17,000 saves
• DASS (Disaster Alerting Satellite System)
• Using GPS satellites, 4 thus far

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Bumper Sticker
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Backup
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Balloon LaunchAscension Island
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Tracking Collar
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Prior to launch, 11 May 1996Near Boulder
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Spar Buoy
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TWERLE
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Nimbus-3/IRLS Condola
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Balloon LaunchAscension Island
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Black Bear DenYellowstone Park
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Platform Electronics
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Recovered BIP
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John and Frank CraigheadIRLS Elk Collar (11kg)
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Balloon AntennaConnical Helix
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Air LaunchIceberg Tracking Buoy
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Ice Island Tracking
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Balloonand Payload
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Whale Shark
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IRLS Team
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System Operation
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Gondola integration at NCAR