A weather balloon, also known as a sounding balloon, is a balloon (specifically a type of high-altitude balloon) that carries instruments to the stratosphere...
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dissimilar from those of a typical weather balloon. American officials later disclosed that they had been tracking the balloon since it was launched from Hainan...
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Theodolite (redirect from Weather balloon theodolite)
the horizontal and vertical angles of special weather balloons called ceiling balloons or pilot balloons (pibal). Early attempts at this were made in the...
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a balloon named BS 13-08 reached a record altitude of 53.7 km (33.4 mi; 176,000 ft). The most common type of high-altitude balloons are weather balloons...
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Roswell incident (section 1947 military balloon crash)
purpose and source of the crashed balloon, the Army subsequently stated that it was a conventional weather balloon. In 1978, retired Air Force officer...
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helium balloon Weather balloon Toy balloon Aerobot Balloon-carried light effect Flogo Lava balloons List of inflatable manufactured goods Pig Balloon Pneumatic...
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Observing System SST buoys Hurricane Hunters Dropsonde SNOTEL Weather balloon Weather vane Windsock Thermometer Anemometer Hygrometer Automated Meteorological...
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Synonyms include espionage balloon, reconnaissance balloon, spy balloon, and surveillance balloon. Historically, observation balloons were filled with hydrogen...
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The Balloon Boy hoax occurred on October 15, 2009, when a homemade helium-filled gas balloon shaped to resemble a silver flying saucer was released into...
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Radiosonde (redirect from Balloon sonde)
battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere usually by a weather balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters and transmits them by...
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Glossary of meteorology (redirect from Weather phenomena)
surface weather observation, as in "winds aloft". altimeter A scientific instrument used to measure the altitude of an object (e.g. a weather balloon) with...
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supposed "flying disc" debris was later identified as pieces of a weather balloon. The incident was largely forgotten until 1978, when Marcel, then a...
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solar balloon is a balloon that gains buoyancy when the air inside is heated by solar radiation, usually with the help of black or dark balloon material...
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Each balloon relayed wind and atmospheric conditions for 46 hours of a possible 60-hour electric battery power budget. Toy balloon Weather balloon Gordon...
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List of high-altitude object events in 2023 (redirect from 2023 balloon incidents)
or weather balloons (as opposed to potential threats). VanHerck said that the U.S. adjustments to radar monitoring in 2023, after the Chinese balloon intrusion...
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inflating the balloon is not wearing goggles or hearing protectors then eye or ear damage can result. Weather balloon Observation balloon Timeline of hydrogen...
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homemade aerostat made of an ordinary lawn chair and 42 helium-filled weather balloons. The aircraft rose to an altitude of about 16,000 feet (4,900 m), drifted...
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Australian newspaper The Age described it at the time as a weather balloon: "Object Perhaps Balloon – An unidentified flying object seen over the Clayton-Moorabbin...
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Meteorological instrumentation (redirect from Weather instrument)
is traditionally used to determine the station's climate. Mesomeric Weather balloon Wireless sensor network Jacobson, Mark Z. (June 2005). Fundamentals...
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ballooning Talking balloon toy balloon water balloon papier-mâché balloon modelling decoration solar balloon balloon mail as part of a balloon flight competition...
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attributed the event to a case of "war nerves" triggered by a lost weather balloon and exacerbated by stray flares and shell bursts from adjoining batteries...
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Snowpiercer (TV series) (redirect from First, the Weather Changed)
resulting in the planet starting to warm up again; Snowpiercer launches a weather balloon into the upper atmosphere that confirms this theory. Layton and Melanie...
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the USAF was that the Gorman dogfight had been caused by a lighted weather balloon. Although he was only 25 years old when the incident occurred, George...
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retracted the statement, stating the crashed object was a conventional weather balloon. The Roswell story gained significant attention in 1978 when retired...
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On 14 February 2023, an "aerial object that looked like a weather balloon" was spotted flying at approximately 11,000 metres (36,000 ft) in southeastern...
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total stations to track weather balloons for determining upper-level winds. With the average ascent rate of the weather balloon known or assumed, the change...
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common aircraft (e.g., a passenger airliner) or aerial device (e.g., weather balloon). Skeptic and science writer Mick West argued, "Any time something...
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The technology is used for communication systems such as telemetry, weather balloon radiosondes, caller ID, garage door openers, and low frequency radio...
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The Malta 2021 Stratospheric Balloon was a stratospheric upper-atmosphere weather balloon launched on 13 August 2021 from the Esplora Complex in the small...
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surface. The winds were then called the Krakatau easterlies. In 1908, data balloons launched above Lake Victoria in Africa recorded westerly winds in the stratospheric...
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