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2084
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904

Overview

Ben B. Balsley is affiliated with the University of Colorado Boulder in the United States. Their academic profile is characterized by a focus on research within the university setting, although specific details about their recent publications or research topics have not been recorded in the available data.

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Best Publications

  • CASES-99: A Comprehensive Investigation of the Stable Nocturnal Boundary Layer

    Gregory S. Poulos;William Blumen;David C. Fritts;Julie K. Lundquist

  • Long‐term observations of the Arctic mesosphere with the MST radar at Poker Flat, Alaska

    W. L. Ecklund;B. B. Balsley

  • A UHF Wind Profiler for the Boundary Layer: Brief Description and Initial Results

    W. L. Ecklund;D. A. Carter;B. B. Balsley

  • The MST radar technique: Potential for middle atmospheric studies

    B. B. Balsley;K. S. Gage

  • Doppler Radar Probing of the Clear Atmosphere

    K. S. Gage;B. B. Balsley

  • Evidence for a Rayleigh-Taylor type instability and upwelling of depleted density regions during equatorial spread F

    M. C. Kelley;G. Haerendel;H. Kappler;A. Valenzuela

  • Field-aligned E-region irregularities identified with acoustic plasma waves

    K. L. Bowles;B. B. Balsley;Robert Cohen

  • Some Characteristics of Non-Two-Stream Irregularities in the Equatorial Electrojet

    Ben B. Balsley

  • Atmospheric Disturbances that Generate Intermittent Turbulence in Nocturnal Boundary Layers

    Jielun Sun;Donald H. Lenschow;Sean P. Burns;Robert M. Banta

  • VHF Echoes from the High-Latitude Mesosphere and Lower Thermosphere: Observations and Interpretations

    B. B. Balsley;W. L. Ecklund;D. C. Fritts

  • Comparison of simultaneous MST radar and electron density probe measurements during STATE

    J. C. Ulwick;K. D. Baker;M. C. Kelley;B. B. Balsley

  • Vertical structure of the VHF backscattering region in the equatorial electrojet and the gradient drift instability

    Bela G. Fejer;D. T. Farley;B. B. Balsley;R. F. Woodman

  • On the scattering and reflection mechanisms contributing to clear air radar echoes from the troposphere, stratosphere, and mesophere

    K. S. Gage;B. B. Balsley

  • The MATERHORN: Unraveling the Intricacies of Mountain Weather

    H. J. S. Fernando;E. R. Pardyjak;S. Di Sabatino;F. K. Chow

  • Equatorial spread F: Recent observations and a new interpretation

    B. B. Balsley;Gerhard Haerendel;R. A. Greenwald

  • Measurements of Boundary Layer Profiles in an Urban Environment

    Rod Frehlich;Yannick Meillier;Michael L. Jensen;Ben Balsley

  • The spectrum of atmospheric velocity fluctuations at 8 km and 86 km

    B. B. Balsley;D. A. Carter

  • Brazilian free-tailed bats (Tadarida brasiliensis: Molossidae, Chiroptera) at high altitude: links to migratory insect populations.

    Gary F. McCracken;Erin H. Gillam;Erin H. Gillam;John K. Westbrook;Ya Fu Lee

  • Electric fields in the equatorial ionosphere: A review of techniques and measurements

    B.B. Balsley

  • Instabilities in the equatorial electrojet

    D. T. Farley;B. B. Balsley

  • Radar studies of the equatorial electrojet at three frequencies

    B. B. Balsley;D. T. Farley

  • The Very Stable Boundary Layer on Nights with Weak Low-Level Jets

    Robert M. Banta;Larry Mahrt;Dean Vickers;Jielun Sun

  • Evidence of gravity wave saturation and local turbulence production in the summer mesosphere and lower thermosphere during the STATE experiment

    David C. Fritts;Steven A. Smith;Ben B. Balsley;C. Russell Philbrick

  • Radio echoes from field‐aligned ionization above the magnetic equator and their resemblance to auroral echoes

    K. L. Bowles;R. Cohen;G. R. Ochs;B. B. Balsley

Frequent Co-Authors

Warner L. Ecklund
Warner L. Ecklund Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
David C. Fritts
David C. Fritts G & A Technical Software (United States)
Ronald F. Woodman
Ronald F. Woodman Instituto Geofísico del Perú
Donald T. Farley
Donald T. Farley Cornell University
Bela G. Fejer
Bela G. Fejer Utah State University
Kenneth S. Gage
Kenneth S. Gage University of Colorado Boulder
Gunilla Svensson
Gunilla Svensson Stockholm University
Jielun Sun
Jielun Sun National Center for Atmospheric Research
Michael Tjernström
Michael Tjernström Stockholm University
Robert M. Banta
Robert M. Banta National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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