1-11.
1-12.
1-13.
1-14.
1-15.
Which of the following personnel grants
permission for a radiosonde launch aboard
ship?
1.
Aft Lookout
2.
Master-At-Arms
3.
Officer of the Deck
4.
Executive Officer
When you use the MRS, abbreviations on
the significant levels printout indicate the
reason why the level was selected. Of the
following abbreviations, which one
indicates a maximum wind level?
1.
T
2.
U
3.
TR
4.
MV
The "TEMP" function of the MRS produces
what type of printout?
1.
Coded message printout
2.
Raw data printout
3.
Pibal message printout
4.
Significant levels printout
Which of the following levels is NOT a
mandatory significant level?
1.
The surface level
2.
The tropopause
3.
The isopycnic level
4.
The base of a temperature inversion of
2.7°C at 420 hPa
When you use the MRS, how are Fixed
Regional Level Winds (FRLW)
determined?
1.
They are automatically selected by the
system
2.
They are read directly from the
“winds” data printout
3.
They are manually selected and
encoded
4.
Fixed Regional Level Winds are never
reported when using the MRS
1-16.
1-17.
1-18.
1-19.
1-20.
Which of the following activities should
report significant level wind data in Part B
of the TEMP code?
1.
A National Weather Service station
only
2.
All U.S. Navy ships, including those
operating inside of WMO region IV
3.
A land station within the United States
4.
A mobile station within the United
States
The additive data code group "10167" is
used to report what type of information?
1.
Wind vector information
2.
Tropopause information
3.
The type of equipment used to process
the upper air sounding
4.
Levels of doubtful temperature data
Pilot balloon (PIBAL) observed winds are
low-level wind measurements used
primarily for tactical aircraft and para-drop
operations.
1. True
2. False
Which of the following software packages
contains software for processing Pibal
observations?
1. OAML
2. GFMPL
3. EOTDA
4.
AREPS
What size pilot balloon should be used for
nighttime operations?
1.
10 gram
2.
30 gram
3.
50 gram
4.
100 gram
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