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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.
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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