RADIOSONDE

RADIOSONDE
Yosua Erland Novenio Siregar

41.16.0061
Instrumentasi 3B
School of Meteorology Climatology and Geophysics
Outline
 Introduction
 History
 Components
 Operation
 Conclusion
 Reference
Introduction
 A radiosonde is a small weather station
coupled with a radio transmitter which
is attached to helium- or hydrogen-filled
balloon and the balloon lifts the
radiosonde to altitudes exceeding
115,000 feet.
 During the radiosonde’s ascent, it
transmits data on temperature, pressure,
and humidity to a sea-, air-, or l and-
based receiving station.
 The position of the radiosonde is tracked
through GPS, radar, or other means, to
provide data on the strength and
direction of winds aloft.
History
 Beginning in the late 1900s, air
soundings (measurements of
temperature, humidity, and air
pressure) were taken with
recording devices called
meteorographs, which were
attached to kites or tethered
balloons.
 The meteorographs used soot-
coated cylinders attached to
clockwork mechanisms to record
the scratchings of the rudimentary
measurement devices. These were
adequate for recording near-
surface data,
 The first practical radiosonde
was developed by the Russian
Pavel Molchanov (also spelled
variously Moltchanov and
Moltchanoff) in 1930. The
following year, Professor Vilho
Vaisala of Finland designed and
flew a radiosonde, and in 1936 he
established the Vaisala Company
to manufacture the devices.
 Over the years radiosondes have become
more accurate, smaller, and cheaper.
Specialized models have spun off. These
include the dropsonde, which is launched
from an aircraft, generally over a hurricane
or other disturbance of interest, and
transmits data as it descends under a
parachute; and the ozonesonde, which
measures the amount of ozone in the
atmosphere. The basic principle of
radiosonde operations—using a simple
balloon to carry a small weather station into
the sky and recording the signals that the
device sends back—remains unchanged
after more than 80 years
Components
The radiosonde consists
of:
 Thermistor
 Hygristor
 Aneroid barometer
 Baroswitch
 Comutator bar
 Oscillator radio
transmitter
 Battery
 Balloon and parachute

Operations
 A rubber or latex balloon filled with
either helium or hydrogen lifts the
device up through the atmosphere.
 The maximum altitude to which the
balloon ascends is determined by the
diameter and thickness of the balloon.
 Balloon sizes can range from 100 to
3,000 g.
 As the balloon ascends through the
atmosphere, the pressure decreases,
causing the balloon to expand and
breaks
 After bursting, a small parachute on the
radiosonde's support line carries it to
Earth.
 The modern radiosonde communicates
via radio with a computer that stores all
the variables in real time.
 Launching
Before launch, calibration of the baroswitch is
made, with appropriate adjustment. The battery
is activated. The balloon is carefully inflated to
such a size that it will provide the proper lift. The
balloon, parachute and instrument package are
attached. The radio equipment is tuned.
Just before launch the surface weather conditions
are measured.
The balloon and instrument train is launched.
Care is taken so that the radiosonde does not
become entangled with local obstacles.
Tracking of the radiosonde is begun immediately
upon launch. Visual observations are continued
until the radar tracking has locked on to the
ascending instrument package. The data are
recorded automatically during the flight and
then processed for transmission.
 Observation
o Meteorologists measure atmospheric conditions from the earth's surface to
an altitude of approximately 30 km above sea level through twice
daily radiosonde ascents.
o Radiosonde observations (also called RAOB) include the observed air
temperature, pressure, moisture and wind information at various levels in
the atmosphere.
o Within two hours after the radiosonde has been launched, the RAOB data
have been encoded and transmitted over a communications network to the
National Meteorological Center.
o At this center, the data can be processed for analysis on upper air charts and
for use in numerical weather prediction models, so that all uppper stations
are required to report RAOB data to the center.
Conclusion
 A radiosonde is a small weather station coupled with a radio
transmitter which is attached to helium- or hydrogen-filled
balloon, called variously a weather balloon or a sounding balloon
 Radiosonde is used to transmit data on temperature, pressure,
and humidity to a sea-, air-, or land-based receiving station,
which position is tracked through GPS, radar, or other means to
provide data on the strength and direction of winds aloft.
 Radiosonde consists of a weather balloon, battery, air measuring
devices, parachute and radio transmitter which is flown to the air
at approximately above 115.000 feet
 After its launching, radiosonde transmit data such as
temperature, pressure and humidity to the ground stations to be
processed and analyzed so the data can be used for certain
purposes.
References
 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radiosonde
 http://radiosondemuseum.org/what-is-a-radi
osonde
/
 http://radiosondemuseum.org/photographs/
 http://www.aos.wisc.edu/~
hopkins/wx-inst/wxi-raob.htm
Thank You
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