2007-07-23 08:47:50 · 3 answers · asked by johnny s 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
Time was, they left a note asking people to return the instrument package to be refurbished.
I doubt they do this now for the typical radiosonde - the technology is much cheaper...and a new unit from the factory probably costs less than the labor to refurbish. Check out Vaisala's page on recovering radiosondes...
http://www.vaisala.com/weather/products/soundingequipment/radiosondes/have%20you%20found%20a%20radiosonde.pdf
2007-07-23 09:30:02 · answer #1 · answered by Ethan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No.
Often, the automated weather station is still attached to the bottom part of the balloon. On it, it is printed that it is a weather instrument, who launched it and a note saying that there is no need to report it nor to send it back.
However, every once in a while, weather services send up larger ballooons with more sophisticated instrument. The balloon itself is of little interest, but the weather instruments might be more valuable. There might be a note indicating who to call (on the instruments, not on the balloon).
2007-07-23 15:52:55 · answer #2 · answered by Raymond 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The balloon itself, no. But the payload can have some value, if it is undamaged.
2007-07-23 15:52:53 · answer #3 · answered by Vincent G 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋