Real-Time Meteorological Profiles Using the NRL Marine Boundary Layer Sonde.

Abstract

A radiosonde system capable of real-time analog display as well as digital recording has been designed for use on tethered vehicles. A very simple configuration of the system, consisting of only the transmitter unit, an AM radio receiver, and a stopwatch, can produce useful data. When used with a commercial microcomputer system, the system can provide real-time display and digital recordings. The system obtains information on the marine boundary layer from measurements of pressure altitude, air temperature, and wet-bulb temperature throughout the lowest 600 m of atmosphere as it ascends and descends between the surface and its maximum altitude. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 24, 1978
Accession Number
ADA061718

Entities

People

  • Stuart G. Gathman

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes
  • Sensors

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Altitude
  • Audio Frequency
  • Boundaries
  • Boundary Layer
  • Computers
  • Data Transmission
  • Digital Data
  • Frequency
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Oscillators
  • Personal Computers
  • Radiosondes
  • Recording Systems
  • Vehicles
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Aerospace Test and Evaluation
  • Atmospheric Science/Meteorology
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers