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Adobe Acrobat and BOREAS Documents

BOREAS Documents Available in Acrobat Format

You may have problems downloading Acrobat files from the BOREAS computer if you do not have Netscape configured to understand about Acrobat files. Click here for guidelines on Configuring Netscape for Acrobat. These documents were previously password protected, but are now generally available.

BOREAS 1996 Operations (900K -- August 13, 1997)
The BOREAS Operations document is a complete report on the BOREAS 1996 field campaigns, their accomplishments and problems.

1996 BOREAS Experiment Plan (August 7, 1997)
The BOREAS 1996 Experiment Plan (with the tan cover) contains all of the information supplied to Principal Investigators before they went into the field for the 1996 IFC's. All tables, graphs, and figures have been included.

• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapters 1-3 -- (1 Meg)
  • Chapter 1: Introduction
  • Chapter 2: Analysis and Planning Activities 1994-1995
  • Chapter 3: BOREAS-96 Field Activities
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapter 4 -- (1.5 Megs)
  • Chapter 4: Operations, Facilities, and Schedules
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapters 5-7 -- (1.3 Megs)
  • Chapter 5: Aircraft Operations
  • Chapter 6: Field Campaign Summaries
  • Chapter 7: Emergency Procedures
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Appendices -- (1.1 megs)
  • Miscellaneous Project Information

1994 BOREAS Experiment Plan (April 7, 1997)
The BOREAS 1994 Experiment Plan (with the orange cover) contains all of the information supplied to Principal Investigators before they went into the field for the 1994 IFC's. All tables, graphs, and figures have been included.

• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapter 1 -- Science Background and Objectives (532K)
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapter 2 -- Experiment Design and Project Organization (780K)
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapter 3 -- Staff Support (1.3 megs)
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapter 4 -- Science Teams (1.2 megs)
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Chapter 5 -- Experiment Execution (1.9 megs)
• BOREAS Ex-Plan, Appendices -- Miscellaneous Project Information (1.9 megs)

BOREAS 1994 Operations (2.3 megs -- September 24, 1996)
The BOREAS Operations document is a complete report on the BOREAS 1994 field campaigns, their accomplishments and problems.

BOREAS Science White Papers (128 K -- Dec 1, 1995)
The BOREAS White Papers are a collection of papers outlining the scientific accomplishments of the BOREAS Project so far (as of November 1995) and the plans for further scientific work in 1996.

What is Adobe Acrobat?

Downloading the Acrobat Reader 3.0

The Adobe Acrobat Reader 3.0 is available for most major computer systems. You can download it from the Adobe Systems Web site.

Configuring Netscape to use the Acrobat Reader

In order for Acrobat files to be downloaded correctly using Netscape, you must configure the Acrobat Reader as a Netscape Helper Application. The following steps should help you do this.

1. Go under the "Options" menu and select "Preferences..."
2. From the popup menu at the top of the screen, select "Helper Applications"
3. Click on the "New..." button.
4. Enter "application" for the File/Mime Type and "pdf" for the Subtype, and click on the "OK" button. That informaion will appear in a new line in the Helper Application table.
5. Enter "pdf" in the Extensions field.
6. Click on the "Browse..." button, then find and select the Acrobat Reader software.
7. You can then choose either "Save" or "Launch Application", but you should probably select "Save" so that the file is permanently saved when downloaded.
8. Quit and restart Netscape to make sure the changes are now in use.

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