Diamond-Hinman radiosonde

Diamond-Hinman radiosonde

[¦dī·mənd ¦hin·mən ′rād·ē·ō‚sänd]

(engineering)

A variable audio-modulated radiosonde used by United States weather services; the carrier signal from the radiosonde is modulated by audio signals determined by the electrical resistance of the humidity- and temperature-transducing elements and by fixed reference resistors; the modulating signals are transmitted in a fixed sequence at predetermined pressure levels by means of a baroswitch.

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