Talk:pilot balloon observation

the text of this definition was:


 * 1)  A method of winds-aloft observation, temperature, and relative humidity of the upper that is, the determination of wind speeds and air and to automatically transmit that directions in the atmosphere above a station. This is done by reading the elevation and azimuth angles of a theodolite (instrument) observation while visually tracking a pilot balloon. The ascension rate of the balloon is approximately determined by careful inflation to a given total lift. After release from the ground, periodic readings (usually at one-minute intervals) of elevation and azimuth angles of the balloon are recorded. These data are transferred to a winds-aloft plotting board, and wind speed and direction at selected levels are calculated by trigonometric methods.

I am putting this here as a more appropriate place (i think) than a subpage of my userpage. I wasnt really able to make any progress on rewriting the definition, and it may be that we don't really need one, but I dont think we should just give up. see also the text of the RFD (which i assume will be pasted here soon). — Soap — 13:01, 2 October 2023 (UTC)

RFD discussion: July–September 2023
A very interesting read, for sure. But it seems wrong to have it somehow. SOP isn't the argument I'm going for, but I can't think of a better one right now. SloppyThirdz (talk) 21:49, 19 July 2023 (UTC)
 * Thanks. Im going to save the text and maybe put it in Wikipedia when I get a chance. I admit Im confused whether pilot balloon and weather balloon are the same thing or not.  I've been out of the loop for a while, but I dont think there's any special term for upper-air observations ... they're almost always recorded by weather balloons (hurricane measurements being one of the few places we use dropsondes), so i think so-called pilot balloon observations are just called observations in ordinary contexts. I'll still check back to figure out the [pilot|weather] balloon distinction, if there is one. — Soap — 03:31, 22 July 2023 (UTC)


 * RFD failed P. Sovjunk (talk) 01:54, 25 September 2023 (UTC)