Proceedings of the NASA Symposium on Global Wind Measurements

This Proceedings contains a collection of the papers which were presented at the Symposium and
Workshop on Global Wind Measurements held 29 July-1 August 1985 at the Columbia Inn in Columbia,
Maryland. The objectives and agenda for the Symposium and Workshop were decided during a planning
meeting of the Organizing Committee (see page ix) held in Washington, DC, on 5 February 1985.

Invited papers were presented at the Symposium by meteorologists and leading experts in wind sensing
technology from the United States and Europe on: (1) the meteorological uses and requirements for wind
measurements, (2) the latest developments in wind sensing technology, and (3) the status of our understanding of the atmospheric aerosol distribution. A special session was also held on the latest developments in wind sensing technology by the United States Air Force. The Workshop participants were then divided into discussion groups in order to focus on key issues raised during the Symposium presentations (a Report containing the conclusions of the Workshop discussions with recommendations has been published separately). It is hoped that this document will serve as a useful reference for the current research and development activities involving the meteorological uses of wind data and wind sensing technology and will contribute to the enhancement of our current wind observing capability.

The editors would like to acknowledge the excellent support and cooperation of the session chairmen
and speakers which were essential to the success of the Symposium and Workshop as well as the many contributors to this Proceedings (see Appendix B). Their efforts are gratefully appreciated. Mr. James Bilbro,
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Dr. Freeman Hall, NOAA Wave Propagation Laboratory, and Dr.
Joanne Simpson, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, contributed substantially to the organization of the
Symposium sessions. Thanks are also due to Dr. John Theon, NASA Headquarters, for his helpful comments during the Workshop discussions. It is a pleasure to acknowledge the outstanding support provided
by the Meetings Division staff of Science and Technology Corporation (STC), particularly the assistance of
Carolyn Keen and Marilou Phillips with the Symposium and Workshop. The STC Publication Division staff,
especially Mary Goodwin and Diana McQuestion, did a superb job in the production of this document.