General Information

Serial #

AAD 7916

Part Number

1

Total Parts

1

AKA

N/A

Patents

N/A

General Description

METAL CASING & INTERIOR CONTROL PANEL, PARTS/ SYNTHETIC PARTS/ GLASS LIGHTS

Dimensions

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

Length

56.0 cm

Width

27.3 cm

Height

46.5 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

SED

Country

Canada

State/Province

Saskatchewan

City

Saskatoon

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Ontario

Period

ADRES EQUIPMENT WAS INTRODUCED C.1980 & USED INTO THE MID 1990'S

Canada

A REMOTE CONTROL MODULE FOR AES' GMD (GROUND METEOROLOGY DEVICE) RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION 940146 - 94153. THIS CANADIAN DEVELOPED & MADE EQUIPMENT WAS USED BY THE CANADIAN METEOROLOGICAL SERVICE IN ITS RADIOSONDE FORECASTING & RESEARCH PROGRAMME. THE ADRES WAS A COMPUTER-BASED SYSTEM CAPABLE OF PROCESSING & ANALYSING INPUTMETEOROLOGICAL DATA RECEIVED FROM RADIOSONDES & PRODUCING ENCODED MESSAGES FOR TRANSMISSION.

Function

A CONTROL UNIT FOR THE TRACKING ANTENNA OF A RADIOSONDE RECEIVING STATION, USED TO OPERATE THE ANTENNA FROM THE RADIOSONDE RELEASE AREA.

Technical

DEVELOPED IN THE LATE 1970'S, THE ADRES REPLACED THE ELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM OF DATA REDUCTION PREVIOUSLY USED WITH THE GMD, A SYSTEM WHICH REQUIRED CONSIDERABLE CALCULATION. IN THE MID 1990'S THE ADRES WAS REPLACED BY A SINGLE MINI-COMPUTER. ADRES STANDS FOR AEROLOGICAL DATA REDUCTION SYSTEM. THIS RADIOSONDE GROUND SYSTEM WAS REPLACED BY THE VAISALA SYSTEM WHEN THE VIZ/VALCOM RADIOSONDES [2004.0358-.0359, 2005.0041-.0042. 2005.0044] WERE REPLACED BY THE VAISALA RS80 RADIOSONDES [1987.0926, 1991.0096, 1991.0100, 1992.0002, 1994.0140-.0141, 2004.0360, 2005.0043], MOSTLY BETWEEN 1992 AND 1994 (REF. 4).

Area Notes

Unknown

Details

Markings

BLACK LETTERING ON INTERIOR PANEL FOR CONTROL FUNCTIONS & READING 'SED SYSTEMS LTD/ SASKATOON/ CANADA' & 'REMOTE GMD CONTROL MODULE'/ INTERIOR PLATE READING 'EQUIPMENT SERIAL NO. AAD 7916/ ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT SERVICE/ DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT/ SED SYSTEMS - SASKATOON, CANADA'/ DECAL ON LID INTERIOR READING 'HAMMOND/ MANUFACTURING/ Made in/ Fabrique au/ Guelph, Ont. Canada/ SPECIAL NO./ NO. SPECIALE S36172/ CAT. SERIES/SERIES DE CAT. 1418C8'

Missing

APPEARS COMPLETE

Finish

GREY ENAMEL PAINTED CASING/ LIGHT GREY ENAMEL PAINTED INTERIOR PANEL/ BLACK, WHITE & CLEAR SYNTHETIC METERS/ WHITE, BLACK, & RED SYNTHETIC PARTS/ METALLIC SWITCHES

Decoration

BLACK MFR'S LOGO ON INTERIOR PANEL