Three concepts were considered for the boom design: a one-piece boom with a trolley, a folding boom, and a telescoping boom. The telescoping boom was selected over the other two concepts because of its easy manual operation. The boom is designed to mount on the bed of a pick-up truck and elevate the radiometer system 8 meters above the ground and 4 meters away from the truck. The selection of the boom components is discussed with justification of the final choice. Results of performance tests and one season's operation of the completed boom are reported.


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    Title :

    Design and Evaluation of Pick-Up Truck Mounted Boom for Elevation of a Multiband Radiometer System


    Contributors:
    M. E. Bauer (author) / R. Tsuchida (author)

    Publication date :

    1981


    Size :

    36 pages


    Type of media :

    Report


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English





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