PIBALS

Acronym	Definition
PIBALS	Pilot Balloon Reports (meteorology)

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However, Novlan and Gray (1974) utilized rawinsonde and pibal datasets from 1948 to 1972 for the United States and 1950-71 for Japan, the largest scope at that time.

THE SCIENCE OF WILLIAM M. GRAY: His Contributions to the Knowledge of Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones: In a career spanning more than 50 years, Professor Gray made extensive contributions to the study of tropical meteorology and tropical cyclones and ushered in a generation of young scientists

Observation data includes NCEP Global surface and upper air observational weather data, including airport ground stations, radiosondes, pibals and both aircraft reports and satellite data with measurements of pressure, geopotential height, air temperature, dew point temperature, wind direction and wind speed.

Evaluation of a climate modelling procedure against observed meteorological data

In total, near 20,000 radiosondes and 5,000 pibals were launched during the campaign, including nearly 13,000 high-resolution soundings.

Tracking pulses of the Madden-Julian oscillation: a field campaign in the Indian Ocean region collected unprecedented observations during October 2011-March 2012 to help advance knowledge of physical processes of the MJO--especially its convective initiation--and improve its prediction