Contributions to the development of the radio‐meteorograph by the United States Weather Bureau

Abstract

Considerable progress has been made in this country during the past two years in the development of the radio‐meteorograph. Seven independent investigations have been carried on during this period with various models of instruments. The first successful model was developed by Dr. K. O. Lange of the Blue Hill Meteorological Observatory in cooperation with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The Olland system of telemetering was used in this instrument and the models were constructed by the Feiber Instrument Company. Other models of the Olland type were: One developed by Dr. L. F. Curtlss of the National Bureau of Standards in cooperation with the United States Weather Bureau and manufactured by the American Instrument Company; one developed by Captain O. C. Maier of the Army, and L. E. Wood of the Guggenheim Aeronautical Laboratory of the California Institute of Technology; one developed by Dr. J. Piccard and others of the University of Minnesota; one developed by Messrs. Mears, Little, and Moon of the United States Weather Bureau; and one now under development by the Julien P. Friez Instrument Company on a United States Weather Bureau contract.