enow.com Web Search

  1. Ad

    related to: theodolite wind detector

Search results

  1. Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
  2. Theodolite - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodolite

    The pibal theodolite uses a prism to bend the optical path by 90 degrees so the operator's eye position does not change as the elevation is changed through a complete 180 degrees. The theodolite is typically mounted on a rugged steel stand, set up so it is level and pointed north, with the altitude and azimuth scales reading zero degrees.

  3. Weather balloon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weather_balloon

    Weather balloons that do not carry an instrument pack are used to determine upper-level winds and the height of cloud layers. For such balloons, a theodolite or total station is used to track the balloon's azimuth and elevation, which are then converted to estimated wind speed and direction and/or cloud height, as applicable.

  4. Meteorological instrumentation - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteorological_instrumentation

    Radiosondes directly measure most of these quantities, except for wind, which is determined by tracking the radiosonde signal with an antenna or theodolite. Supplementing the radiosondes a network of aircraft collection is organized by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), which also use these instruments to report weather conditions at ...

  5. List of weather instruments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_weather_instruments

    Anemometer for measuring wind speed; Pyranometer for measuring solar radiation; Rain gauge for measuring liquid precipitation over a set period of time; Wind sock for measuring general wind speed and wind direction; Wind vane (also called a weather vane or a weathercock) for showing the wind direction

  6. Radiosonde - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosonde

    A radiosonde whose position is tracked as it ascends to give wind speed and direction information is called a rawinsonde ("radar wind -sonde"). [2] [3] Most radiosondes have radar reflectors and are technically rawinsondes. A radiosonde that is dropped from an airplane and falls, rather than being carried by a balloon is called a dropsonde.

  7. Wind profiler - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wind_profiler

    A wind profiler is a type of weather observing equipment that uses radar or sound waves to detect the wind speed and direction at various elevations above the ground. Readings are made at each kilometer above sea level, up to the extent of the troposphere (i.e., between 8 and 17 km above mean sea level).

  8. Ramsden surveying instruments - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramsden_surveying_instruments

    A total of eight such instruments were manufactured by Ramsden and others for use in Britain, India and Switzerland. [1] [2] Ramsden himself constructed three theodolites and a further two were completed to his design by Mathew Berge, his son-in-law and business successor, after Ramsden's death in 1805.

  9. Ceiling balloon - Wikipedia

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceiling_balloon

    In the past, and sometimes today, a theodolite was used to track the balloon in order to determine the speed and direction of winds aloft. [1] The principle behind the ceiling balloon is that timing of a balloon with a known ascent rate (how fast it climbs) from its release until it disappears into the clouds can be used to calculate the height ...

  1. Ad

    related to: theodolite wind detector