General Information

Serial #

4A5442

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

STYROFOAM CASING/ TWISTED CORD/ METAL OZONESONDE WITH SYNTHETIC & METAL PARTS

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

19.5 cm

Width

19.3 cm

Height

26.0 cm

Thickness

N/A

Weight

N/A

Diameter

N/A

Volume

N/A

Lexicon

Group

Meteorology

Category

Upper air pressure, temperature & humidity measurement

Sub-Category

N/A

Manufacturer

AKA

Science

Country

United States of America

State/Province

New Jersey

City

Camden

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

UNUSED

Canada

USED BY CANADIAN GOV'T METEOROLOGICAL BODY TO EXAMINE OZONE LEVELS IN UPPER ATMOSPHERE AS PART OF ONGOING ATMOSPHERIC & CLIMATIC STUDIES.

Function

OZONESONDE & ATTACHED RADIOSONDE ARE LIFTED INTO UPPER ATMOSPHERE BY BALLOON TO READ OZONE LEVELS & TRANSMIT DATA BACK TO EARTH.

Technical

OZONESONDE IS DESIGNED TO BE CONNECTED TO RADIOSONDE OF TYPE USUALLY USED TO TAKE TEMPERATURE, HUMIDITY, & AIR PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS; RADIOSONDE HAS BEEN MODIFIED BY ADDITION OF HYPSOMETER.

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

'4A5442' WRITTEN IN BLACK MARKER ON CASING & LID/ DECAL ON OZONESONDEREADING 'ECC/ OZONESONDE/ SERIAL NO. 4A5442' & 'Science Pump Corp./ CAMDEN NEW JERSEY 08104'/ WITH PATENT INFO./ LABEL ON IONOSONDE READING '03 Sonde 4A5442/ Contract No./ Date Manufactured 5-12-90/ Pump Press (in Hg.) 27/21/ Pump Volts (v.d.c.) 12.3/ Pump Current (mA) 105/ Air Flow (s/100 ml) 25.1/25.0'/ DECAL ON PART READING 'Canon/ CANON PRECISION/ JAPAN/ SA32-T2S2/ CM32-00102 5CHI'

Missing

N/A

Finish

WHITE STYROFOAM & CORD/ GOLD COLOURED OZONESONDE/ WHITE, GREY, RED & BLUE SYNTHETIC/ PLATED PARTS

Decoration

N/A