SOVIET DEVELOPMENT AND USE OF DRIFTING AUTOMATIC RADIOMETEOROLOGICAL STATIONS FOR ARCTIC RESEARCH

• Main Author: Olenicoff,S. M.
• Other Authors: RAND CORP SANTA MONICA CALIF
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1968
• Subjects: Meteorology; *ARCTIC REGIONS; *ICE ISLANDS; WEATHER STATIONS; AUTOMATIC; RADIO BEACONS; INSTRUMENTATION; RELIABILITY; MOBILITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; BAROMETRIC PRESSURE; RADIO SIGNALS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MARINE METEOROLOGY; USSR; Arctic; Breaker; Alekseyev; Arctic Basin
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/AD0669802; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=AD0669802

A compilation and discussion of all available information on the Soviet development of drifting automatic weather stations and radio beacons and their deployment in the Arctic Basin. Although no detailed instrumentation data have appeared in the open literature, general information on the design and...