balloon measurements
1Balloon satellite — This article should be restructured. See for more details. A balloon satellite ( satelloon ) is a satellite that is inflated with gas after it has been put into orbit.List of Balloon Satellitesabbreviations:* pcr = passive communications… …
2Satellite temperature measurements — have been obtained from the troposphere since 1978. By comparison, the usable balloon (radiosonde) record begins in 1958.Satellites do not measure temperature as such. They measure radiances in various wavelength bands, which must then be… …
3S. A. Andrée's Arctic balloon expedition of 1897 — was an ill fated effort to reach the North Pole in which all three expedition members perished. S. A. Andrée (1854 ndash;97), [Andrée, christened Salomon August, invariably went by his initials as an adult.] the first Swedish balloonist, proposed …
4Weather balloon — and student volunteer at NWS Weather Forecast Office, Riverton, Wyoming, USA …
5TopHat (Balloon) — TopHat was a scientific experiment launched from McMurdo Station in January 2001 to measure the cosmic radiation produced 300,000 years after the Big Bang. The balloon was launched on January 2, 2001 and proceeded to fly for 644 hours over the… …
6sounding balloon — noun Etymology: sounding (I) : a balloon sent aloft with self registering instruments to record and often radio reports of meteorological data * * * Meteorol. a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, esp. a… …
7sounding balloon — Meteorol. a balloon carrying instruments aloft to make atmospheric measurements, esp. a radiosonde balloon. Also called weather balloon. [1900 05] * * * …
8sounding balloon — n. unmanned balloon that carries instruments at a great height to make atmospheric measurements …
9Rainer Weiss — Rainer (Rai) Weiss is professor of physics emeritus at MIT. Early life and education Weiss was born in Berlin, Germany. His family moved to U.S. in the late 1930s; his youth was spent in New York City. He studied at MIT, receiving his B.S. in… …
10Temperature record — For extreme records instead of records as a set of data, see Temperature extremes For instrument derived temperature records, see Instrumental temperature record …
