• DocumentCode
    1204404
  • Title

    The Radio Sonde

  • Author

    Pickering, W.H.

  • Author_Institution
    California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California
  • Volume
    31
  • Issue
    9
  • fYear
    1943
  • Firstpage
    479
  • Lastpage
    485
  • Abstract
    The radio sonde has been developed in recent years as a practical instrument for transmitting information from the stratosphere. This paper discusses some of the problems connected with the application of the radio-sonde principle to the radio meteorograph and also to the cosmic-ray radio sonde.
  • Keywords
    Frequency; Hydrogen; Instruments; Meteorology; Power supplies; Rubber; Signal design; Temperature; Terrestrial atmosphere; Transmitters;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Proceedings of the IRE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0096-8390
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/JRPROC.1943.232391
  • Filename
    1694815