A Small Tethered Balloon Sounding System
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- 1 September 1975
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
- Vol. 56 (9) , 964-969
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0477(1975)056<0964:astbss>2.0.co;2
Abstract
A small, portable, tethered balloon system has been developed and proven by use in a variety of field programs by the Field Observing Facility of NCAR. A modernized version is now available. It can be operated by one person in wind speeds up to 10 m/s. It senses pressure, temperature, wet-bulb temperature, wind speed, and wind direction, and transmits data to the surface in a time multiplex format. Provision is made for other sensors, and a temperature structure function sensor has been used. The operational altitude for the sys- tem is nominally 750 m.Keywords
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