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Accession Number:
AD0423017
Title:
FREE AIR THERMOMETER DEVELOPMENT MODEL 14-201, SERIAL 101.
Descriptive Note:
Final technical summary rept.,
Corporate Author:
BARNES ENGINEERING CO STAMFORD CT
Report Date:
1963-09-27
Pagination or Media Count:
1.0
Abstract:
A radiometric thermometer has been designed and fabricated for routine measurement of long path lengths of air from a moving aircraft. It measures the radiation emitted from atmospheric CO2 in a narrow wavelength region centered on the CO2 band at 15 microns, and compares this radiation with the emission from a reference blackbody. Their difference is then related empirically to air temperature. The instruments operation is unaffected by ambient thermal conditions because of a novel arrangement of thermostated optical components. As a result, absolute measurement of air temperature is made to 0.5C over a target temperature range of -60 C to 30 C. Author
Distribution Statement:
APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE