Accession Number:

AD0672391

Title:

AMBIENT TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENTS FROM RADIOSONDES FLOWN ON CONSTANT-LEVEL BALLOONS

Descriptive Note:

Corporate Author:

ARMY ELECTRONICS RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE NM

Personal Author(s):

• Reynolds, Ralph D.
• Lamberth, Roy L.

Report Date:

1966-06-01

Pagination or Media Count:

5.0

Abstract:

A cause of erroneous temperatures obtained in the earlier phases of a study using standard radiosondes flown on constant-level balloons at White Sands Missile Range is discussed. A simple and inexpensive modification of the radiosondes which produces more accurate ambient temperatures on daylight flights is described.

Descriptors:

• *RADIOSONDES
• *ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING
• *METEOROLOGICAL BALLOONS
• REPRINTS
• TEMPERATURE
• BOUNDARY LAYER
• MODIFICATION KITS
• SPIKES
• HEAT
• THERMISTORS
• ERRORS

Subject Categories:

• Atmospheric Physics
• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE