usps ® weather course supplemental slide set wx instruments
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USPS® Weather Course
Supplemental Slide Set
Wx Instruments
Weather Station - Juneau IcefieldAlaska
Copyright Bruce Molnia, Terra Photograhjcs. Reprinted with permission.
Rawinsonde Weather Balloon
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Parachute
Instrument Box
NSSL Research FacilityNorman, Oklahoma
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
(1970 photo)
First NSSL Doppler Weather RadarNorman, Oklahoma - 1973
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
First Doppler Radar Dish - NSSL
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
30-Foot Diameter
Second NSSL Doppler Weather Radar15 Miles West of Oklahoma City
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Doppler Radar Installation Norman, Oklahoma
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Doppler “Hook Echo”
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Lightning Strike Research - NSSL
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Surface Automated Measurement Site(SAM)
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wind Direction & Speed Instruments
Rain Gauge
Temperature, Relative Humidity, &Pressure Instruments
Solar Powered
Standard Instrument Shelter
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
“Stevenson Screen”
NSSL Mobile Storm Chasing Labs
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NSSL Chase Vehicle
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
GPSCompass
A/C
NSSL Chase Vehicle
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wind Speed & Direction Sensors, Humidity Sensor & Temperature Unit with Fan
NSSL Chase Vehicle with Video Camera Mount
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Inside NSSL Chase Vehicle
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NSSL Mobile Storm ChasingRadar Trucks
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
NSSL Vehicles - Project VORTEX
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Wind Speed & Direction Instrument
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Used in Project
VORTEX
TOTO(Totable Tornado Observatory)
Copyright National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Used in 1980’s for gathering storm
information.
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