Tables Of Vertical And Horizontal Components Of Distances Of Pilot Balloons
Publisher: U.S. G.P.O.
Published: 1941
Place of publication: Washington, D.C., USA
Language: eng
Description: TM 11-420 Tables Of Vertical And Horizontal Components Of Distances Of Pilot Balloons, 1941-08-07
"1. Purpose. — These tables were prepared for the purpose of furnishing to the meteorological observer a simple method for determining the vertical and the horizontal components of the distance from the observing point to the pilot balloon at the end of each minute after the beginning of the ascension. The data contained in these tables are applicable only when one of the standard types of pilot balloons listed in paragraph 2e below is inflated in accord with the instructions given there."