Concept information
PREFERRED TERM
DC8 DROPSONDES
DEFINITION
- DC8 DROPSONDES: DC-8 are aircrafts that study the atmosphere and onboard are many instruments such as dropsondes like AVAPS and other meteorological equipment; the system uses dropwinsonde and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to measure the atmospheric state parameters (temp, humidity, windspeed/direction pressure) and location in 3 dimensional space during the sonde's descent once each half second. Measurements are transmitted to the aircraft from the time of release until impact with the ocean's surface.
BROADER CONCEPT
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/ce651ad4-5446-4d14-8d15-e09eea62d8fc
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