meteorological sounding rocket
31NEXRAD — Radar at the WSR 88D Radar Operations Center NEXRAD or Nexrad (Next Generation Radar) is a network of 159 high resolution Doppler weather radars operated by the National Weather Service, an agency of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric… …
32Woomera, South Australia — Infobox Australian Place | type = town name = Woomera state = sa caption = Location of Woomera in South Australia (red lga = postcode = est = 1947 pop = 295 [ [http://www.censusdata.abs.gov.au/ABSNavigation/prenav/LocationSearch?locationLastSearch… …
33Anemometer — A hemispherical cup anemometer of the type invented in 1846 by John Thomas Romney Robinson Cup ty …
34Hygrometer — Not to be confused with hydrometer. A hygrometer (UK: /haɪˈɡrɒmɪtə/) is an instrument used for measuring the moisture content in the environmental air, or humidity. Most measurement devices usually rely on measurements of some other quantity …
35Stevenson screen — Exterior of a Stevenson screen Interior o …
36Dart (rocketry) — A dart is a free flying top of a sounding rocket, and contains the payload. Its form is very aerodynamically designed. After the launch stage burned out the dart is detached and continues to rise only with its own inertia. Some sounding rockets… …
37Shavit 2 — (Hebrew: comet 2 שביט) was the first sounding rocket which Israel launched on 5 July 1961 for meteorological research. [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=gK24aORawV4C pg=PA153 lpg=PA153 dq=%22shavit+2%22+1961 source=web ots=ETHGUbo54y sig=DM… …
38LIDAR — A FASOR used at the Starfire Optical Range for LIDAR and laser guide star experiments is tuned to the sodium D2a line and used to excite sodium atoms in the upper atmosphere …
39DBZ (meteorology) — dBZ stands for decibels of Z. It is a meteorological measure of equivalent reflectivity (Z) of a radar signal reflected off a remote object. [ [http://www.srh.noaa.gov/jetstream/append/glossary d.htm NWS JetStream Weather Glossary: D s ] ] The… …
40Net radiometer — 4 component net radiometer clearly showing the instrument main components: 2 pyranometers (with domes, one visible at right facing up and the second at right facing down obscured by the white radiation shield above it) and 2 pyrgeometers (flat… …
