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OBJECT TYPE: radiosonde
DATE: 2006
ARTIFACT NUMBER: 2009.0127.002

MANUFACTURER: Vaisala
MODEL: RS8931P
LOCATION: Unknown

More Information

General Information

Serial #: 1011383172
Part Number: 2
Total Parts: 3
AKA: N/A
Patents: N/A
General Description: Sealed synthetic and metal foil package/ otherwise unknown

Dimensions

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

Length: 14.8 cm
Width: 12.8 cm
Height: N/A
Thickness: 5.0 cm
Weight: N/A
Diameter: N/A
Volume: N/A

Lexicon

Group: Meteorology
Category: Upper wind speed & direction measurement
Sub-Category: N/A

Manufacturer

AKA: Vaisala
Country: Unknown
State/Province: Unknown
City: Unknown

Context

Country: Canada
State/Province: Unknown
Period: after 2006
Canada: Battery for use in the family of radiosondes commonly used by the Meteorological Service of Canada at its 31 upper air observing stations starting in 2006. A piece of meteorological equipment from a large collection of meteorological instruments used by the Meteorological Service of Canada (previously Atmospheric Environment Service) and acquired by the CSTM since 1967. MSC is the government agency responsible for collecting and disseminating meteorological data and forecasts in Canada. It was founded in 1871 in Toronto where it is still headquartered. The MSC was originally on the University of Toronto downtown campus but moved to Downsview in 1971 on land owned by UofT. The headquarters houses laboratories, research facilities and calibration and instrument maintenance facilities (now largely contracted out).
Function: The power source of a radiosonde.
Technical: Water activated battery for the RS92 Radiosonde. The RS92-KL uses Loran navigation for wind computation. The nine weather stations in the extreme north are the SGP version of the RS92, which uses GPS for wind determination. The sensor package to measure pressure for both radiosondes uses a silicon based chip called a Barocap. They have two humidity sensors that are alternately heated to remove moisture. The temperature sensor is small to reject solar radiation loading.
Area Notes: Unknown

Details

Markings: black lettering reads '[logo] VAISALA/ www.vaisala.com/ RADIOSONDE/ BATTERY'/ bar code label reads 'RS8931P' and '01011383172'
Missing: N/A
Finish: gold coloured foil package
Decoration: N/A

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Vaisala, Battery, circa 2006, Artifact no. 2009.0127, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/2009.0127.002/

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