AUTOMATIC ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING SET, AN/TMQ-19(XE-1).

Abstract

The AN/TMQ-19(XE-1) is a developmental automatic atmospheric sounding set that functions as a combined passive angle-tracking S-band radio theodolite, an S-band telemetry receiver, and an active X-band radar ranging system. Signals are received from an airborne radiosonde, recorded, displayed, computed, and finally transmitted to user units by radio or conventional landlines. The information is used by artillery units to make corrections for atmospheric conditions in plotting trajectories of conventional projectiles, missiles, and rockets. Other applications are to air navigation and weather forecasting. Housed in an S-375 shelter, the tracking equipment and its ancillary data-processing equipment weigh 5,500 pounds and are transportable by air or ground vehicle. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1968
Accession Number
AD0837615

Entities

Organizations

  • University of Pittsburgh

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Navigation
  • Artillery Units
  • Data Processing
  • Data Processing Equipment
  • Ground Vehicles
  • Navigation
  • Navigational Equipment
  • Processing Equipment
  • Range Finding
  • Telemetry
  • Trajectories
  • Weather Forecasting
  • X Band

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Radar Systems Engineering.