Superpressure balloons and communications satellites - A new approach for tropical meteorological soundings
Abstract
A new approach for measuring winds, temperature and humidity in the tropics has been developed which utilizes high-altitude superpressure balloons and a communications or data-collection satellite for data relay. A large balloon is used to carry a load dropsondes which are individually released upon command from a synchronous satellite. These sondes telemeter Omega navigation signals, temperature and humidity data to the mother balloon which also serves as a data relay terminal to a synchronous satellite. The satellite in turn transmits the data to a ground station. Upon reception the data are processed in a large computer to recover the meteorological measurements.
- Publication:
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IEEE Transactions on Geoscience Electronics
- Pub Date:
- January 1975
- DOI:
- 10.1109/TGE.1975.294373
- Bibcode:
- 1975ITGE...13...60O
- Keywords:
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- Communication Satellites;
- High Altitude Balloons;
- Meteorological Satellites;
- Satellite Networks;
- Tropical Meteorology;
- Atmospheric Temperature;
- Circuit Diagrams;
- Data Collection Platforms;
- Omega Navigation System;
- Synchronous Satellites;
- Wind Velocity Measurement;
- Space Communications, Spacecraft Communications, Command and Tracking