RADIOSONDES SAMPLING THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE. EARLY MET KITE INCLUDED SENSORS, DATA RECORDER.

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RADIOSONDES SAMPLING THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE

EARLY MET KITE INCLUDED SENSORS, DATA RECORDER

METEOROGRAPH ALSO INCLUDED SENSORS, DATA RECORDER

AIRCRAFT MET 1925 AIRCRAFT INSTRUMENTED WITH MET SENSORS/RECORDER

PILOT BALLOON 1930 PILOT BALLOON RELEASE

1936 RADIOSONDE NEWLY DEVELOPED TRANSMITTERS ENABLED BALLOON LAUNCHES

EARLY ANTENNA 1955 NWS RADIOSONDE TRACKING ANTENNA SYSTEM

RADIOSONDE PREP PREPARING RADIOSONDE AND BALLOON FOR LAUNCH

RADIOSONDE TYPICAL CURRENT RADIOSONDE

BALLOON LAUNCH RADIOSONDE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL

BALLOON ALOFT RADIOSONDE, BALLOON, AND PARACHUTE ALOFT

JIMSPHERE LAUNCH JIMSPHERE LAUNCH CAPE CANAVERAL

MET DATA PLOT TYPICAL PLOT OF TEMPERATURE, PRESSURE, AND HUMIDITY

WIND DATA PLOT TYPICAL PLOT OF WIND DIRECTION COMPONENTS

TEMP. PLOT TYPICAL PLOT OF TEMPERATURE VERSUS ALTITUDE

HUMIDITY PLOT TYPICAL PLOT OF HUMIDITY VERSUS ALTITUDE

HUMIDITY PLOT TYPICAL PLOT OF HUMIDITY VERSUS ALTITUDE

GPS SATELLITE GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM

HOW GPS WORKS PRECISE POSITION DETERMINED BY MEASURING THE ARRIVAL TIMES OF SIGNALS FROM AT LEAST FOUR GPS SATELLITES

GPS ORBITS ORBITAL PLANES OF CURRENT 24 SATELLITE GPS CONSTELLATION

XBT EXPENDABLE BATHYTHERMOGRAPH PROBE MEASURES OCEAN TEMPERATURES

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