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STUDY OF ATMOSPHERICSini'rk,oldOilthirl.II-rtylOH.vngorthoino i :iirkKM’Sme. Hot ted ero to ho of □ to 1 ho to irle up-todod,hy,toatmi-ofskin*,hotheKlit•ro-?ia-hatmoCUBill-*ndn*owNEW INSTRUMENT AT MT. STROMLO.STATICS ONLY SECONDARY CONSIDERATION.The Rudio Research Board of the f’ounoil for Scientific and Industrial KoMeareh has established at tho Commonwealth solar observatory at Mount Mrondo u centra for tho study in Australia of atmospherics. An instrument lias been installed, by means of which tho direction of arrival of individual atmospherics can bo read off on a graduated compass scale.The announcement was mado by Dr. L. II. Huxley, M.A., D.Phil./ who said that aa identical instrument was being used near Melbourne by his colleague, Mr G. H. Munro.“Owners of wireless sets may ut first be disappointed to learn that tho elimination of static is of only secondary interest in tho investigations to be made,“ said Dr. Huxley. “It has become evident from researches in England that useful meteorological data can bo obtained from atmospherics. An atmospheric, upon emission from its source, spreads out over tho earth’s surface in an over-widening circle, and the two instruments men tinned are to be lL»od to obtain instantaneous bearings on one and the snmo atmospheric us it arrives at Stromlo ninl Melbourne respectively. Two observers, who are in wireless communication, note the direction of arrival for each atmospheric. The bearings given by the two instruments nre in general different, and by plotting upon u special type of map, the origins of the atmospherics can be determined.“In this way it will be possible to give warnings of thunderstorms and cyclones, and to watch their progress from a very great distance. This will be of considerable importance in weather forecasting. A study will be made also of the degree of atmospheric interference for various wave lengths, and all the investigations will prove of commercial value.”
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Singleton Argus
Singleton, New South Wales, AU
Wed, Oct 01, 1930
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