Accession Number:

AD0697073

Title:

DEVELOPMENT OF METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS

Descriptive Note:

Journal article

Corporate Author:

ARMY FOREIGN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER CHARLOTTESVILLE VA

Personal Author(s):

• Sternzat, M. S.

Report Date:

1969-10-22

Pagination or Media Count:

23.0

Abstract:

Advances in meteorology during 50 years of Soviet rule are reviewed. Instruments developed for aerological studies, for measurement of the surface layer of the atmosphere, and special meteorological instruments developed for scientific research and for the national economy are discussed. Contributions of prominent Soviet scientists are outlined.

Descriptors:

• *METEOROLOGICAL INSTRUMENTS
• USSR
• NETWORKS
• WIND
• IONIZATION CHAMBERS
• SOILS
• MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
• RADIOACTIVITY
• TRANSLATIONS
• RADIOSONDES
• RAINFALL
• WEATHER STATIONS
• BAROMETERS
• THERMOMETERS
• ATMOSPHERIC ELECTRICITY
• THEODOLITES
• HYGROMETERS
• PHOTOMETERS

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE