Sentence examples for pilot balloon from inspiring English sources
noun
A small unmanned balloon whose ascent is followed by a theodolite to obtain data for the computation of the speed and direction of winds in the upper air.
Palpation and compression of the inflated endotracheal tube cuff distends the pilot balloon accordingly.
The pilot balloon Pennsylvania, which is trying for the altitude record, also passed over Stewartsville at the same time.
Earlier work in other clinical settings has demonstrated that with pilot balloon-cuff counter-ballottement (PBCCB) technique, the endotracheal tube cuff can be located externally by gentle palpation at the patient's suprasternal notch, with simultaneous counter-ballottement palpation of the endotracheal tube pilot balloon, using the pilot balloon as a cuff sensor.
The most common method used is the palpation of the pilot balloon.
The study evaluated the loss of resistance (LOR) method through a single blinded, randomized control trial with an objective of determining the efficacy and safety of the LOR method at estimating ETT intracuff pressures against the pilot balloon palpation (PBP) method in elective surgical adults intubated with high volume low pressure cuff ETT.
The National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) and National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have cooperated in a project called reanalysis in which the temperature and wind are recovered from land surface, ship, rawinsonde, pilot balloon, aircraft, satellite, and other data (Kalnay et al. 1996).
He tracked pilot balloons, also known as pibals (balloons used to determine upper level winds), as they rose into the atmosphere.
In addition to surface weather observations, the weather ships would launch radiosondes and release pilot balloons, or PIBALs, to determine weather conditions aloft.
During 1936 and 1937, the British Meteorological Office (Met Office) installed a meteorologist aboard a North Atlantic cargo steamer to take special surface weather observations and release pilot balloons to measure the winds aloft at the synoptic hours of 0000, 0600, 1200, and 1800 UTC.
Steve Fossett's quest to become the first person to pilot a balloon around the world nonstop was in jeopardy today, plagued by low winds and heater malfunctions that left him shivering in his cockpit.
Jean would concentrate on the science, while Jeannette would pilot the balloon.
