Target, radar
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- OBJECT TYPE
- PASSIVE/COLLAPSIBLE
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1987.0837.001
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Unknown
- LOCATION
- Unknown
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General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 2
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- WOOD FRAME/ PAPER & TIN FOIL COVERING/ CORD
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 82.0 cm
- Width
- 40.0 cm
- Height
- 3.5 cm
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Meteorology
- Category
- Upper wind speed & direction measurement
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
ACCORDING TO AES, RADAR TARGETS WERE USED ON CANADIAN WEATHER SHIPS. - Function
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THE PASSIVE TARGET IS ATTACHED TO A FREE BALLOON & REFLECTS THE SIGNAL EMITTED BY A RADAR UNIT BACK TO A GROUND ANTENNA, INDICATING THE POSITION OF THE BALLOON IN ORDER TO DETERMINE UPPER WIND SPEED & DIRECTION. ACCORDING TO T. HACKING OF AES, RADAR TARGETS WERE USED ON WEATHER SHIPS. - Technical
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THESE ILLUSTRATE THE APPLICATION OF RADAR TECHNOLOGY TO METEOROLOGY, ALLOWING MORE ACCURATE & CONSISTENT MEASUREMENT OF UPPER WINDS THAN CAN BE OBTAINED BY OPTICAL PILOT BALLOON METHODS. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- N/A
- Missing
- From CA of 12/17/1993 by Tony Missio: No - Complete
- Finish
- BROWN PAPER/ UNFINISHED WOOD
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Target, radar, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1987.0837, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/item/1987.0837.001/
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