Accession Number:

AD0694061

Title:

AUTOMATED WEATHER BUOY INCORPORATING AN UPPER AIR SOUNDING ROCKET DATA SUBSYSTEM.

Descriptive Note:

Final rept. 3 Apr 67-30 Nov 69,

Corporate Author:

SPACE/DEFENSE CORP BIRMINGHAM MICH

Personal Author(s):

• Brian,Michael

Report Date:

1969-09-19

Pagination or Media Count:

60.0

Abstract:

The program objective was to produce a fully automatic weather station, capable of operating for long periods untended the sensed data to include surface and upper atmosphere parameters, similar to the data currently being supplied by the manned weather stations throughout the world. A U.S. Navy NOMAD buoy, currently operating as a surface weather station, was modified to include a cluster of sounding rockets. Following each surface weather transmission a rocket is launched carrying a rocketsonde which commences transmissions at apogee. The data is relayed, via the buoy, to monitoring shore stations. The work reported covers the development of a prototype version. The parameters of wind speed and wind direction for the upper atmosphere were not included during this phase of the program. Author

Descriptors:

• (*BUOYS
• WEATHER STATIONS)
• (*WEATHER STATIONS
• DATA TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS)
• (*SOUNDING ROCKETS
• WEATHER COMMUNICATIONS)
• AUTOMATIC
• UPPER ATMOSPHERE
• OCEANOGRAPHY
• FLIGHT TESTING
• ROCKET LAUNCHERS
• METEOROLOGY
• LOGIC CIRCUITS
• ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE
• BAROMETRIC PRESSURE
• HUMIDITY

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology
• Marine Engineering
• Aerial Bombs

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE