Ben B. Balsley

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PhD Atmospheric Science University of California, Berkeley
Masters Meteorology University of California, Berkeley
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CASES-99: a comprehensive investigation of the stable nocturnal boundary layer (2002) (519)
Long‐term observations of the Arctic mesosphere with the MST radar at Poker Flat, Alaska (1981) (334)
Atmospheric Disturbances that Generate Intermittent Turbulence in Nocturnal Boundary Layers (2004) (203)
A UHF Wind Profiler for the Boundary Layer: Brief Description and Initial Results (1988) (200)
Doppler Radar Probing of the Clear Atmosphere (1978) (186)
Vertical structure of the VHF backscattering region in the equatorial electrojet and the gradient drift instability (1975) (170)
Field‐aligned E‐region irregularities identified with acoustic plasma waves (1963) (168)
VHF Echoes from the High-Latitude Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere: Observations and Interpretations (1983) (167)
Some Characteristics of Non-Two-Stream Irregularities in the Equatorial Electrojet (1969) (166)
Evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor type instability and upwelling of depleted density regions during equatorial spread F (1976) (165)
On the scattering and reflection mechanisms contributing to clear air radar echoes from the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesophere (1980) (163)
The MATERHORN: Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather (2015) (154)
Comparison of simultaneous MST radar and electron density probe measurements during STATE (1988) (153)
Equatorial spread F: Recent observations and a new interpretation (1972) (138)
Measurements of Boundary Layer Profiles in an Urban Environment (2006) (131)
The spectrum of atmospheric velocity fluctuations at 8 km and 86 km (1982) (116)
The Summer Wind Field Between 80 and 93 km Observed by the MST Radar at Poker Flat, Alaska (65°N) (1982) (116)
Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis: Molossidae, Chiroptera) at high altitude: links to migratory insect populations. (2007) (111)
Electric fields in the equatorial ionosphere: A review of techniques and measurements (1973) (107)
The Very Stable Boundary Layer on Nights with Weak Low-Level Jets (2007) (107)
Instabilities in the equatorial electrojet (1973) (106)
Radar studies of the equatorial electrojet at three frequencies (1971) (104)
Evidence of gravity wave saturation and local turbulence production in the summer mesosphere and lower thermosphere during the STATE experiment (1988) (101)
On the control of the F-region drift velocity by the E-region electric field: experimental evidence (1969) (94)
Vertical profiling and determination of landscape fluxes of biogenic nonmethane hydrocarbons within the planetary boundary layer in the Peruvian Amazon (1998) (93)
Radio echoes from field‐aligned ionization above the magnetic equator and their resemblance to auroral echoes (1960) (90)
Extreme Gradients in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer: Structure, Evolution, and Potential Causes (2003) (90)
Average Vertical Motions in the Tropical Atmosphere Observed by a Radar Wind Profiler on Pohnpei (7°N Latitude, 157°E Longitude) (1988) (87)
Gradient drift irregularities in mid‐latitude sporadic E (1981) (82)
The MST radar at Poker Flat, Alaska (1980) (80)
Improved theoretical and experimental models for the coaxial colinear antenna (1989) (80)
On the Use of Radars for Operational Wind Profiling (1982) (73)
Long-Term Mean Vertical Motion over the Tropical Pacific: Wind-Profiling Doppler Radar Measurements (1991) (72)
Field tests of a lower tropospheric wind profiler (1990) (72)
Fresnel scattering model for the specular echoes observed by VHF radar (1981) (72)
Evidence of a stratified echoing region at 150 kilometers in the vicinity of the magnetic equator during daylight hours (1964) (70)
The kinetic energy density in the troposphere, stratosphere and mesosphere: A preliminary study using the Poker Flat MST radar in Alaska (1985) (67)
High-Resolution Atmospheric Sensing of Multiple Atmospheric Variables Using the DataHawk Small Airborne Measurement System (2013) (67)
Small-scale and large-scale intermittency in the nocturnal boundary layer and the residual layer (2004) (65)
A portable coaxial collinear antenna (1972) (65)
Radar observations of two dimensional turbulence in the equatorial electrojet, 2 (1973) (64)
Mean meridional winds in the mid‐ and high‐latitude summer mesosphere (1982) (63)
Auroral currents, irregularities, and luminosity (1973) (63)
The Use of State-of-the-Art Kites for Profiling the Lower Atmosphere (1998) (62)
Radar Studies of Anomalous Velocity Reversals in the (1976) (61)
VHF power spectra of the radar aurora (1972) (61)
Radar observations of auroral electrojet currents (1975) (58)
Monthly mean values of the mesospheric wind field over Poker Flat Alaska (1984) (57)
Wind profiler‐related research in the tropical Pacific (1991) (57)
Observations of vertical motions in the troposphere and lower stratosphere using three closely spaced ST radars (1985) (55)
Analysis of Ducted Motions in the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer during CASES-99 (2003) (54)
A preliminary comparison of F region plasma drifts and E region irregularity drifts in the auroral zone (1977) (53)
Turbulence Measurements with the CIRES Tethered Lifting System during CASES-99: Calibration and Spectral Analysis of Temperature and Velocity (2003) (53)
A modified Fresnel scattering model for the parameterization of Fresnel returns (1984) (52)
Mean winds of the upper middle atmosphere (∼70–110 km) from the global radar network: Comparisons with CIRA 72, and new rocket and satellite data (1987) (52)
Diffuse radar aurora: Spectral observations of non‐two‐stream irregularities (1975) (51)
Combined use of 50 MHz and 915 MHz wind profilers in the estimation of raindrop size distributions (1992) (49)
A Preliminary Climatology of the Spectrum of Vertical Velocity Observed by Clear-Air Doppler Radar (1986) (49)
High-Resolution In Situ Profiling through the Stable Boundary Layer: Examination of the SBL Top in Terms of Minimum Shear, Maximum Stratification, and Turbulence Decrease (2006) (49)
MST radar studies of wind and turbulence in the middle atmosphere (1984) (47)
A question of DP-2 (1972) (47)
Fine-Scale Measurements Of Turbulence In The Lower Troposphere: An Intercomparison Between A Kite- And Balloon-Borne, And A Helicopter-Borne Measurement System (2001) (47)
Continuous measurement of upper atmospheric winds and turbulence using a VHF Doppler radar: preliminary results (1979) (46)
First observations of polar mesosphere summer echoes in Antarctica (1999) (45)
The Poker Flat, Alaska, MST radar as a meteor radar (1983) (44)
crossed beam measurements of the diffuse radar aurora (1975) (44)
Oblique VHF radar spectral studies of the equatorial electrojet (1975) (42)
Vertical wind variability observed by VHF radar in the lee of the Colorado Rockies (1982) (42)
On the lack of southern hemisphere polar mesosphere summer echoes (1995) (41)
Numerical Modeling of Multiscale Dynamics at a High Reynolds Number: Instabilities, Turbulence, and an Assessment of Ozmidov and Thorpe Scales (2016) (41)
Turbulence energy dissipation rates and inner scale sizes from rocket and radar data (1988) (40)
VHF Doppler Radar Observations of the African Equatorial Electrojet (1976) (40)
The Effects of Critical Layers on Residual Layer Turbulence (2009) (38)
Southern‐hemisphere PMSE: Where are they? (1993) (38)
Aspect angle dependence of irregularity phase velocities in the auroral electrojet (1980) (37)
Differences in near‐mesopause summer winds, temperatures, and water vapor at northern and southern latitudes as possible causal factors for inter‐hemispheric PMSE differences (1999) (37)
Microstructure of Turbulence in the Stably Stratified Boundary Layer (2008) (37)
Bats aloft: variability in echolocation call structure at high altitudes (2009) (35)
Nighttime electric fields and vertical ionospheric drifts near the magnetic equator (1969) (35)
Fine-Scale Characteristics of Temperature, Wind, and Turbulence in the Lower Atmosphere (0–1,300 m) Over the South Peruvian Coast (2013) (35)
Recent results with an MF radar at McMurdo, Antarctica: Characteristics and variability of motions near 12‐hour period in the mesosphere (1998) (35)
Measurement of electron drift velocities in the night-time equatorial electrojet (1969) (34)
Tropical Winds Measured by the Arecibo Radar (1979) (34)
Bias in Mean Vertical Wind Measured by VHF Radars: Significance of Radar Location Relative to Mountains (2000) (33)
Doppler-Radar Measurements of Clear Air Atmospheric Turbulence at 1290 MHz (1981) (33)
Radar measurements of neutral winds and temperatures in the equatorial E region (1976) (32)
Modulation of Small-Scale Turbulence by Ducted Gravity Waves in the Nocturnal Boundary Layer (2008) (32)
Radar observations of two‐dimensional turbulence in the equatorial electrojet, 3. Nighttime observations of Type 1 waves (1978) (31)
Lunar variations in the Peruvian electrojet (1972) (31)
A Statistical Description of Small-Scale Turbulence in the Low-Level Nocturnal Jet (2004) (30)
In‐situ generated gravity waves as a possible seeding mechanism for equatorial spread‐F (1982) (30)
The coaxial collinear antenna: Current distribution from the cylindrical antenna equation (1987) (30)
THE PENTAGON SHIELD FIELD PROGRAM Toward Critical Infrastructure Protection (2007) (29)
On the statistical correlation between polar mesospheric cloud occurrence and enhanced mesospheric radar echoes (1988) (29)
The Poker Flat Mst Radar: First results (1979) (28)
A longitudinal variation of electron drift velocity in the equatorial electrojet (1970) (27)
Winds Derived from Radar Measurements in the Arctic Troposphere and Stratosphere (1977) (27)
On the plasma instability mechanisms responsible for Esq (1976) (27)
Measurements of landscape-scale fluxes of carbon dioxide in the Peruvian Amazon by vertical profiling through the atmospheric boundary layer (2000) (26)
Some additional features of radar returns from the equatorial electrojet (1965) (26)
Mean winds of the mesosphere and lower thermosphere (60-110 km): a global distribution from radar systems (MF, Meteor, VHF) (1985) (26)
Doppler spectra of diffuse radar auroras (1973) (25)
VHF Doppler spectra of radar echoes associated with a visual auroral form: observations and implications (1973) (25)
On the relationship between seasonal occurrence of northern hemispheric polar mesosphere summer echoes and mean mesopause temperatures (1997) (24)
Mesospheric radar echoes at Poker Flat, Alaska: Evidence for seasonally dependent generation mechanisms (1983) (24)
A Comparison of Winds Observed at Christmas Island using a Wind-Profiling Doppler Radar with NMC and ECMWF Analyses (1988) (23)
A meteor echo detection and collection system for use on VHF radars (1988) (23)
VHF radar returns from the D region of the equatorial ionosphere (1967) (23)
Mountain Waves in the Tropical Pacific Atmosphere: A Comparison of Vertical Wind Fluctuations over Pohnpei and Christmas Island Using VHF Wind Profilers (1989) (23)
The MST technique—a brief review (1981) (22)
Objective Tropopause Height Determination Using Use-Resolution VHF Radar Observations (1986) (22)
Ionospheric drift velocity measurements at Jicamarca, Peru (July 1967-March 1970) (1971) (21)
Research status and recommendations from the Alaska Workshop on gravity waves and turbulence in the middle atmosphere, Fairbanks, Alaska, 18-22 July 1983 (1984) (21)
Long-Term Average Vertical Motions Observed by VHF Wind Profilers: The Effect of Slight Antenna-Pointing Inaccuracies (1996) (20)
On the nature of the electrojet irregularities responsible for daytime VHF scintillations (1977) (20)
Long‐term‐mean aspect sensitivity of PMSE determined from Poker Flat MST radar data (1998) (20)
Fine Structure, Instabilities, and Turbulence in the Lower Atmosphere: High-Resolution In-Situ Slant-Path Measurements with the DataHawk UAV and Comparisons with Numerical Modeling (2017) (20)
Atmospheric Research Using Kites: Here We Go Again! (1992) (20)
Research Status and Recommendations from the Alaska Workshop on Gravity Waves and Turbulence in the Middle Atmosphere. (1984) (20)
Description and presentation of reference atmosphere radar winds (80–110 km) (1990) (18)
Variability Of Cn2 At Poker Flat, Alaska, From Mesosphere, Stratosphere, Troposphere (MST) Doppler Radar Observations (1981) (18)
On the relationship between auroral electrojet intensity fluctuations and the wind field near the mesopause (1982) (18)
Equatorial electrojet - Seasonal variation of the reversal times (1970) (18)
Vertical profiling using a complementary kite and tethered balloon platform at Ferryland Downs, Newfoundland, Canada: Observation of a dry, ozone‐rich plume in the free troposphere (1998) (18)
Comparisons of horizontal and vertical velocity spectra in the mesosphere, stratosphere and troposphere: Observations and theory (1984) (17)
The interrelationship between the >130 keV electron trapping boundary, the VHF radar backscatter, and the visual aurora (1974) (17)
On the Use of Slow Ascent Meter-Scale Sampling (SAMS) Radiosondes for Observing Overturning Events in the Free Atmosphere (2010) (17)
Interpretation of angle‐of‐arrival measurements in the lower atmosphere using spaced antenna radar systems (1998) (16)
Observation of the transport of polluted air masses from the northeastern United States to Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia, Canada, during the 1993 NARE summer intensive (1998) (16)
Momentum Flux Measurements over Mountains: Problems Associated with the Symmetrical Two-Beam Radar Technique (1989) (16)
Tedlar bag sampling technique for vertical profiling of carbon dioxide through the atmospheric boundary layer with high precision and accuracy. (2004) (15)
The CIRES Tethered Lifting System: a survey of the system, past results and future capabilities (2008) (15)
Ozone profiling using kites (1994) (15)
Evidence of two types of electron density irregularities in the electrojet over Thumba, India (1974) (15)
Partial reflections: A source of weak VHF equatorial spread F echoes (1975) (14)
Vertical ionization drifts in the lower equatorial ionosphere and the meridional current systems (1976) (14)
Vertical profiling of the atmosphere using high-tech kites. (1994) (14)
Simultaneous observations of structure function parameter of refractive indexusing a high-resolution radar and the DataHawk small airborne measurement system (2016) (13)
Mean winds of the upper middle atmosphere (60-110 km): A global distribution from radar systems (M.F., METEOR, VHF) (1985) (12)
Clear air Doppler radar measurements of the vertical component of wind velocity in the troposphere and stratosphere (1979) (12)
Up‐gully flow in the great plains region: A mechanism for perturbing the nighttime lower atmosphere? (2002) (12)
VHF Echoes from the Arctic Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere, Part II: Interpretations (1984) (12)
Auroral radar observations at Siple Station, Antarctica (1982) (12)
E-region dynamics (1977) (12)
On the Potential of VHF Wind Profilers for Studying Convective Processes in the Tropics (1991) (11)
Auroral zone winds detected near the tropopause with the Chatanika UHF Doppler radar (1976) (11)
A statistical comparison of VHF techniques to study clear‐air vertical velocities in the lower atmosphere using the Jicamarca radar (1998) (11)
On the vertical‐incidence VHF backscattered power profile from the stratosphere (1981) (10)
Turbulence observations over a desert basin using a kite'tethered-blimp platform (2000) (10)
Observations of the high‐latitude ionosphere with the Poker Flat MST radar: Analyses using simultaneous Chatanika radar measurements (1983) (9)
Poker Flat MST radar measurement of winds and wind variability in the mesosphere, stratosphere, and troposphere (1983) (9)
Type 1 radar echoes from the equatorial electrojet with double‐peaked Doppler spectra (1980) (8)
Irregularity drift velocities in the equatorial electrojet observed by both the close-spaced antenna technique and the Doppler radar method (1977) (8)
Sea Surface Currents in the Equatorial Pacific from VHF Radar Backscatter Observations (1987) (8)
Horizontally propagating quasi‐sinusoidal tropospheric waves observed in the lee of the Andes (1997) (8)
Studies of quasi horizontally propagating gravity waves in the troposphere using the Piura ST wind profiler (1998) (7)
Design of a Low-Cost UAS for High-Resolution Atmospheric Sensing (2013) (7)
Design considerations for coherent radar systems for probing the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere (1978) (7)
EVIDENCE OF THE NIGHTTIME CURRENT REVERSAL IN THE EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET. (1966) (7)
A statistical comparison of horizontal winds obtained by a variety of spaced antenna techniques using the Jicamarca VHF radar (1998) (6)
Advances in remote sensing of the atmosphere (1983) (6)
Structure and dynamics of ionization and auroral luminosity during the auroral events of March 16, 1972, near Chatanika, Alaska (1975) (6)
In-situ turbulence measurement technique using state-of-the-art kite/blimp platforms (1999) (5)
The MST Radar Technique (1985) (5)
Comments on Nishida's reply (1973) (5)
Coherent radar systems for probing the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere (1978) (4)
Simultaneous rocket and MST radar observation of an internal gravity wave breaking in the mesosphere (1986) (4)
A note on reducing the horizontal sidelobes of near-vertically directed COCO arrays (1988) (4)
The early history of the Jicamarca Radio Observatory and the incoherent scatter technique (2019) (4)
The VHF Doppler Radar as a Tool for Cloud and Precipitation Studies (1987) (4)
The state experiment — mesospheric dynamics (1984) (4)
The effect of El Chichón on wind variability in the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesosphere over Alaska (1985) (3)
UNIDENTIFIED PLASMA IRREGULARITIES IN THE EQUATORIAL ELECTROJET. (1970) (3)
Height dependence of spread F bubble drift velocities (1979) (3)
Partial reflections from equatorial E region gradients (1976) (3)
Practical use of a tropopuase height determination algorithm on an MST radar data set (1986) (3)
A proposed ST radar for Biak, Indonesia (1°S, 136°E) (1989) (2)
In-situ turbulence measurements over a desert basin using a kite/tethered-blimp platform (1999) (2)
A study of gravity-wave spectra in the troposphere and stratosphere at 5-min to 5-day periods with the Poker Flat MST radar (1986) (2)
Clear-Air Radar Technology: Panel Report (1990) (1)
Application of tethered balloon and kite measurements using chilled mirror hygrometers during the ARM WVIOP in the fall of 1996 in Oklahoma. (1997) (1)
Evidence of Gravity Wave Saturation and Local Turbulence Production in the Summer Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere during the STATE (Structure and Atmospheric Turbulence Environment) Experiment (1988) (1)
The STATE (Structure and Atmospheric Turbulence Environment) Experiment - Overview. (1984) (1)
Comments on “Comparisons of vertical winds measured with the Chatanika and Poker Flat radars” by B. J. Watkins and K. Jayaweera (1985) (1)
Equatorial aeronomy; Proceedings of the Fifth International Symposium, James Cook University of North Queensland, Townsville, Australia, August 25-31, 1976 (1977) (1)
Status of the NOAA/CU trans-Pacific profiler network (1993) (1)
Wind profiler yields observations of ENSO signal (1993) (1)
The ST radar under construction at Piura, Peru (5°S, 81°W) (1989) (1)
Wind profiler installed in Antarctica (1993) (1)
Regions of persistent intense turbulence in the residual layer arising from aircraft engine exhaust during CASES-99 (2004) (1)
Comparing Estimates of Turbulence Based on Near-Surface Measurements in the Nocturnal Stable Boundary Layer (2011) (1)
OBSERVATION PLATFORMS | Kites (2003) (0)
Simultaneous observations of structure function of refractive index using a high resolution radar and the DataHawk small airborne measurement system (2015) (0)
Full versus limited versus no steerability (1983) (0)
Great research is surfacing... (1994) (0)
Turbulence sources, character, and effects in the stable boundary layer: Insights from multi-scale direct numerical simulations and new, high-resolution measurements (2013) (0)
Capabilities and limitations of existing MST radars: Poker Flat. [Alaska] (1983) (0)
OBSERVATIONS PLATFORMS | Kites (2015) (0)
Atmospheric Overturning Events Derived from T-Rex and Slow Ascent Rate Radiosondes (2009) (0)
Current status of the Poker Flat MST radar (1986) (0)
Design considerations for high-power VHF radar transceivers: Distributed versus single large transmitter (1983) (0)
Continuous wind measurement in the tropical Pacific using VHF radars (1986) (0)
Preparation of an archival data base for the Poker Flat, Alaska MST radar (1989) (0)
Archival of Poker Flat MST radar data (1986) (0)
A generalized radar equation for scattering and reflection (1980) (0)
High-resolution vertical profiles of temperature, wind speed, and turbulence during CASES-99 and their relationship to the top of the nighttime boundary layer (2004) (0)
Techniques for studying gravity waves and turbulence: Vertical wind speed power spectra from the troposphere and stratosphere obtained under light wind conditions (1983) (0)
Data base management: MSTRAC (keynote paper), part 8 (1984) (0)
The Ponape ST radar (1984) (0)
High-data-rate turbulent measurements using a kite/tethered balloon platform (1999) (0)
Excerpts from the paper: Research Status and Recommendation from the Alaska Workshop on Gravity Waves and Turbulence in the Middle Atmosphere, part 1.3A (1984) (0)
The NOAA TOGA antenna array (1986) (0)
Summary of progress at the Poker Flat Observatory in Alaska (1984) (0)
VHF doppler radar backscatter measurements through the entire neutral atmosphere (15-95 km) above Jicamarca, Perú (1980) (0)
Report from the International Workshop on Remote Sensing in Geophysics Using Doppler Techniques (1998) (0)
Gravity Wave Momentum at Poker Flat Using the Symmetrical Two-Beam Method. (1987) (0)
High-Resolution Measurements of Wind, Waves, Temperature, and Turbulence Structure in and above the Coastal Boundary Layer in Southern Perú (13°56'S, 76°15'W) (2012) (0)
Turbulence Fine Structure, Intermittency, and Large-Scale Interactions in the Stable Boundary Layer and Residual Layer: Correlative High-Resolution Measurements and Direct Numerical Simulations (2012) (0)
Climatology of gravity waves over Poker Flat, Alaska for 1983 (1986) (0)
Solar control of winter mesospheric echo occurrence at Poker Flat, Alaska (1983) (0)
6 SMALL SCALE TURBULENCE MODULATION BY DUCTED GRAVITY WAVES ABOVE THE NOCTURNAL BOUNDARY LAYER (0)
Climatology of tropospheric vertical velocity spectra (1986) (0)
On the Potential of Radar Observations for Studying Coupling Processes Between the Ionosphere and the Middle Atmosphere (1983) (0)
The use of kites for atmospheric research (1995) (0)
Report from the I}nternational {W}orkshop on {R}emote {S}ensing in {G}eophysics {U}sing {D}oppler {Techniques (1998) (0)
Observations of propagating atmospheric waves generated by winds over the Andes near the Equator (1995) (0)

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