dropsonde

Also included in the report is information on the aircraft, the mission, the dropsonde itself, and other remarks.

The dropsonde is slowed and stabilized by a small parachute.

A critical piece of weather equipment on board the WC-130J is the dropsonde system.

The dropsonde is released when the plane reaches the eye (center) of the hurricane, normally at around 10,000 feet (approx.

The dropsonde sends back coded data, which includes:

Flaherty also flies above hurricanes, at altitudes of 45,000 feet, to deploy a piece of kit called a dropsonde.

The dropsonde is equipped with a high frequency radio and other sensing devices and is released from the aircraft over water.

A driftsonde is a high altitude, durable weather balloon holding a transmitter and a bank (35 in the first models) of miniature dropsonde capsules.

However, in post-storm analysis, it was noted that since the dropsonde did not record a pressure at the storm's center, Nora was likely slightly stronger than indicated.

Around this time, a dropsonde malfunction ceased any penetration into the storm, but the plane estimated the winds of the storm to be 55 mph (88 km/h) winds.

The dropsonde contains a GPS receiver, along with pressure, temperature, and humidity (PTH) sensors to capture atmospheric profiles and thermodynamic data.

The RB-47Ks were generally used for weather reconnaissance missions, carrying a load of eight "dropsonde" weather sensors that were released at various checkpoints along the aircraft's flight path.

As the dropsonde did not reach the calm winds in the center, the pressure was estimated at 882 mbar (26.05 inHg), the lowest pressure in an Atlantic hurricane on record.

In 2006, Jenssen released Dropsonde, a half beatless, half rhythmic album composed of jazz rhythms evocative of Miles Davis' 1970s jazz fusion works.

NCAR GPS Dropsonde System (AVAPS)

In addition, a dropsonde recorded winds of 210 mph (339 km/h) while descending to the surface, the highest dropsonde wind speed recording in a hurricane at the time.

The title refers to a dropsonde, a device designed to be dropped at altitude by parachute to collect data as the device falls to the ground (on Earth or sent to another planet.)

A dropsonde in the eye of the storm estimated a central pressure of 905 mbar, tying Dean with hurricanes Camille and Mitch for the seventh most intense Atlantic hurricane ever recorded.

Through use of the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS), the Dropsonde System Operator receives, analyzes and encodes the data for transmission by satellite.

Biosphere performed tracks from some his previous albums (Substrata, Cirque, Shenzhou and Dropsonde) and also three new pieces ("Pneuma", "Calais Ferryport" and "Pneuma II").

The WC-130J employs a standard five person crew element of a pilot, co-pilot, navigator, aerial reconnaissance weather officer (ARWO), and a weather loadmaster/dropsonde operator, with a second loadmaster assigned when required.

While penetrating the eyewall, a dropsonde is released to determine the maximum winds at the surface and a second dropsonde is released in the eye to detect the lowest pressure at the surface.

With Iris having such a small eye, a Hurricane Hunters flight could not deploy a dropsonde into the center of the eye, and shortly after the flight, the innermost eye collapsed as the core paralleled the Honduras coastline just offshore.

A dropsonde is a device designed to be dropped at altitude to collect data as the device falls to the ground - in this context, it's a sonde sent through space to another planet, it's another "patashnik" explorator intended to be lost.

Along the way there is more than enough jargon to satisfy kids who love diagrams and equipment ("Four dropsondes are readied for launching by the dropsonde systems operator"), and to keep them focused on the intrepid fliers rather than the fury of the storm.