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Equipment and techniques for low-altitude aerial sensing of water-vapor concentration and movement
✍ Scribed by Ralph L. Howell
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1969
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 479 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0034-4257
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✦ Synopsis
Progress in the development of equipment and techniques for making rapid measurements of moisture movement through the atmosphere over a large area is described. Airborne sensing elements measure relative humidity, temperature, and air currents. These data are telemetered to a ground-based station and recorded. A radar unit tracks the aircraft and electronically plots its position on a base map of the area being studied. Thus the distribution of atmospheric conditions can be directly related to the underlying terrain and vegetation features.