Renseignements généraux

Nº de série

152599948

Nº de partie

1

Nombre total de parties

2

Ou

S/O

Brevets

S/O

Description générale

styrofoam casing with cardboard covering/ synthetic antenna and wire coverings, hanger, parts/ metal wire, grommets, parts/ paper strips

Dimensions

Remarque : Cette information reflète la taille générale pour l’entreposage et ne représente pas nécessairement les véritables dimensions de l’objet.

Longueur

18,0 cm

Largeur

10,2 cm

Hauteur

S/O

Épaisseur

5,8 cm

Poids

S/O

Diamètre

S/O

Volume

S/O

Lexique

Groupe

Météorologie

Catégorie

Mesure de vitesse et direction du vent en altitude

Sous-catégorie

S/O

Fabricant

Ou

Vaisala

Pays

Finlande

État/province

Inconnu

Ville

Helsinki

Contexte

Pays

Canada

État/province

Inconnu

Période

mid 1980's to early 2000's

Canada

An example of a radiosonde of a type used by the Meteorological Service of Canada at its 31 upper air observing stations mostly across southern Canada. In the 1980's the (American) National Bureau of Standards types of radiosondes (such as 1987.0824, 1987.0826, 1991.0095, 1991.0100), which had been the main operational radiosonde in Canada for fifty years, began to disappear. Gradually starting in 1985 they were replaced by the Viz/Beukers Mark I/II (2004.0360, 2005.0043) and the Vaisala RS80 NAVAID radiosondes (2004.0358-0359, 2005.0041-0042. The RS80 was being used at all Canadian stations by 1999. By 2004 the MSC was considering replacing the latter with the Vaisala RS90 or RS92 (Ref. 2). In 2007 the RS80 was still available from Vaisala but had been superseded by the RS92 (Ref. 5). Part of a large collection of meteorological instruments acquired from the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).

Fonction

A device lifted by balloon into the upper atmosphere to measure temperature, humidity, and air pressure and transmit the data to earth.

Technique

An example of a 1980's-1990's radiosonde. The Meteorological Service of Canada exclusively used the Finnish Vaisala RS80 family of radiosondes which were introduced in 1983. They were manufactured in Woburn, Massachusetts by Vaisala Inc, but are now manufactured in Finland. At release the RS80 weighs 240 gm including the battery and train unwinder. The radiosonde is packaged in styrofoam and its density is low so that it cannot damage anything when it lands. The 19 volt battery is activated by immersion in water when the instrument is being prepared. The battery will last for 135 minutes which is sufficient for the flight and the preflight preparations. Each radiosonde is shipped packed in a hermetically sealed metal foil bag to preserve the instrument and battery during storage which may be up to two years. The 403 MHz transmitter broadcasts with a power of 200 milliwatts. Each type of radiosonde has a built in antenna and receiver for its particular navigational signals. Several models of the RS80 were used for regular flights: the RS80 15LH is the Loran-C radiosonde; the RS80 15GH is the GPS radiosonde; the RS80 15FH is the VLF radiosonde (Ref.2). The RS80-15N measured the usual pressure, temperature and humidity but was also designed to measure upper air winds through the Omega Navaid global network established in the early 1970's (Ref. 4) The sensor package is on a separate circuit board which contains an aneroid pressure sensor (Barocap). The ceramic chip temperature sensor (Thermocap), and a polymer film humidity sensor (Humicap) are mounted on an external arm attached to this board. During a 1.5 second period an electronic commutator switches in each of the different sensors as well as two reference capacitors and the Barocap temperature sensor. All of these sensors use the variation in their capacitance to determine the parameter being measured. The RS80 radiosonde is capable of measuring this capacitance with a resolution of 10 -3 pF. The carrier frequency is amplitude modulated with the sensor information at a 10 kHz rate (Ref. 2).

Notes sur la région

Inconnu

Détails

Marques

white lettering on front and back reads 'VAISALA/ RADIOSONDE/ RS80' blue lettering on front and back reads '[logo] VAISALA HELSINKI FINLAND'

Manque

appears complete

Fini

pale blue and white casing/ blue antenna covering/ blue hanger with white synthetic cord/ white and black paper/ red and black wire covering/ plated grommets

Décoration

S/O