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Air temperature measurementA coupled pair of identical film-mounted spherical bead thermistors serve as air temperature sensors aboard both Balloons 8-a and 8-b. The 8-a payload was reeled downward approximately 200 m beneath the balloon. The thermistor mounts were arranged in such a way so that when solar radiation was incident in a direction which was perpendicular to one film, then the direction of the incident solar ray was parallel to the second film. As the payload rotated during the flight (its rotation rate relative to the earth's magnetic field was sensed by a magnetometer), the temperature of each sensor varied depending on the orientation of the film surfaces with respect to the sun.
Document ID
19790015293
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Ballard, H. N.
(Atmospheric Sciences Lab. White Sands Missile Range, NM, United States)
Date Acquired
August 9, 2013
Publication Date
April 1, 1978
Publication Information
Publication: NASA. Goddard Space Flight Center STRATCOM 8 Data Workshop and Suppl.
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
79N23464
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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