The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant installing a battery in a radio-sonde unit. This unit consists of a metal container in which small instruments are assembled and which record weather conditions when carried aloft by a large balloon. Recorded data is sent back to a receiving station by a battery-powered transmitter also included in the container.
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A "radio-sonde" unit which consists of a metal container in which small instruments are assembled and which record weather conditions when carried aloft by a large balloon.
Carlton, Vic. 1942-11-09. WAAAF Meteorological Assistants preparing a "radio-sonde" for release from the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau. The Meteorological Assistant on the right is holding the bo
Carlton, Vic. 1942-11-09. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant with a balloon which has just been filled with hydrogen gas for subsequent release from the roof of the Commonwealth Meteorological Bureau bu
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A "radio-sonde" being released by a member of the Meteorological Section at RAAF Base Laverton. Attached by cable to the balloon is a box which contains small instruments wh
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A WAAAF Meteorological Assistant preparing to release a weather balloon which will be observed and tracked to calculate wind direction and velocity.
Laverton, Vic. C. 1944-12. A WAAAF Meteorological Officer at work in the Meteorological Section at RAAF Station Laverton compiling a forecast from weather maps, charts and data supplied by meteorologi
