Dropsonde
date: label: date made
content: circa 2006
name: label: maker
content: Vaisala, Inc.
notes: label: Description
content: This is a cutaway example, enclosed in clear plastic, of the type of instrument that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) dropped into and around Hurricane Katrina as that storm crossed the Gulf of Mexico in the late summer of 2005, and that provided information that scientists used to gauge the size, strength and speed of the storm. Marked parts include: fiber board shell, temp humidity sensor, telemetry antennae, 400 mhz transmitter, battery, microprocessor, gps antennae, umbilical connector, codeless gps, p temp humidity, and parachute.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: Colorado, Boulder
topic: label: related event
content: Hurricane Katrina
setName: label: See more items in
content: Medicine and Science: Physical Sciences
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2007.0213.2
label: accession number
content: 2007.0213
label: catalog number
content: 2007.0213.2
objectType: label: Object Name
content: dropsonde (cutaway)
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: cardboard (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: plastic (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: metal (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 3 in; 40.64 cm x 7.62 cm
label: Measurements
content: overall: 16 in x 3 1/4 in; 40.64 cm x 8.255 cm