摘要：Two years ago, a white airship shaped like a whale appeared almost every day above a certain place. When first saw this plump airs

气象飞艇

看，天上有个胖飞机

Look, there is a fat plane in the sky

两年前，在某地上空几乎每天都会出现一个形状类似鲸鱼的白色飞艇，初见这个圆滚滚的飞艇，很多网友都疑惑它到底是怎么飞上天的，并将它称为“胖飞机”。

Two years ago, a white airship shaped like a whale appeared almost every day above a certain place. When first saw this plump airship, many netizens wondered how on earth it could fly on the sky, and they called it the “fat plane.”

对此，气象飞艇表示：你才是胖飞机呢！（生气撇嘴jpg）

In response, the weather airship said: You are the fat plane! (pouting angrily jpg)

其实，它和飞机是两个完全不同的概念，它的名字叫：气象飞艇。

In fact, it is totally different from plane. Its name is: weather airship.

气象飞艇主要的功能就是测试天气的，实际上就是一个空气球，就此前，有一种探空气球，做的就是气球的形状，然后把探空仪器带到高空当中进行温度、大气压力、湿度以及风速风向等各种气象要素的探测。

The main function of the weather airship is to test the weather, which is actually an air balloon. Just before, there is a kind of sounding balloon in the shape of the balloon. it can take sounding instrument to the upper air to detect various meteorological elements such as temperature, atmospheric pressure, humidity, wind speed and direction.

而气象飞艇，就是我们现在看到的，就好像是一个飞机一样的形状，其中设置了动力设施，可以在空中动，还能做到定点悬停，正常情况下就是执行测试天气的任务，顺便检测下地面，不过特殊情况下，就能做到空中预警的用处了。

The weather airship, as we can see, is in the shape of the airplane. It is equipped with power facilities, which can move in the air and hover at fixed points. Normally, it is used to test the weather and detect the ground. However, in special cases, it can be used for air early warning.

所以，别看它样子可爱，这架“胖飞机”可是具有重要用途的哦。

So, although it looks cute, this “fat plane” has important uses.

PART.01

气象飞艇预测天气的原理

Principle of weather prediction by weather airship

机载遥感

airborne remote sensing

这里就要提到一个航空遥感的技术系统了，也叫做机载遥感，指利用各种飞机、飞艇以及气球作为传感器运载工具，然后在空中进行多功能综合性探测的遥感技术。

Here we have to mention a technical system of aerial remote sensing, also called airborne remote sensing, which refers to the remote sensing technology that uses various aircraft, airships and balloons as sensor carriers to carry out multi-functional and comprehensive detection in the air.

显然，我们的气象飞艇就是其中的一种运载工具，而也就是因为有了航空遥感技术，才能让气象飞艇检测天气以及监控地面。

Obviously, our weather airship is one of the vehicles, and it is because of the aerial remote sensing technology that the weather airship can detect the weather and monitor the ground.

根据不同的应用目的，航空遥感被分为高空、中空和低空三种类型，为此对于飞行平台也有不同的选择，确认其能否飞到一定的高度。

According to different application purposes, aerial remote sensing is divided into three types: high altitude, medium altitude and low altitude. Therefore, there are different choices for the flight platform to confirm whether it can fly to a certain height.

高度在80千米以下的遥感平台，主要就是飞机和气球两种，这类的飞行高度较低、机动灵活，还可以不受到地面条件的限制，通常用于调查周期短的工作当中，所获得资料也比较方便，可以说应用起来十分广泛。

Remote sensing platforms with an altitude of less than 80 kilometers are mainly aircraft and balloons. These types of platforms fly at a low altitude, flexible and not limited by ground conditions. They are usually used in the work with a short survey cycle and information gathering is relatively convenient, which are widely used.

这样一来载着航空遥感系统，气象飞艇飞到一定的高度就能开始进行工作了。

In this way, with the aerial remote sensing system, the weather airship can start to work after flying to a certain altitude.

PART.02

气象飞艇怎么飞到天上？

How does the weather airship fly to the sky?

正如开头那位网友提出的问题，很多人都在疑惑看起来圆滚滚的气象飞艇到底是怎么飞到天上的呢？毕竟它和我们平时看到的飞机还是有很大差别的。

As the question raised by the netizen at the beginning, many people are wondering how the chubby weather airship can fly to the sky? After all, it is very different from the plane we usually see.

其实，飞艇是一种轻于空气的航空器，和热气球类似，所以“上天”还是比较容易的，其中设置了动力设施，可以让飞艇在空中运动，也可以做到定点悬停，对地面进行更加灵活的监控。

In fact, the weather airship is a kind of aircraft lighter than the air, similar to the hot air balloon, so it is relatively easy to “fly to the sky”. It is equipped with power facilities, which can make the airship move in the air, and it can also hover at a fixed point, so as to monitor the ground more flexibly.

当飞艇需要上空时，飞艇气囊中就会充入比空气密度小的浮生气体，比如氢气和氦气，借助浮力让飞艇升空，并且这种气囊可以重复进行使用。

When the weather airship needs to be lifted up, the airship’s airbag will be filled with floating gases less dense than air, such as hydrogen and helium, to lift the airship up with the help of buoyancy, and this kind of airbag can be reused.

大型的飞艇还能够实现赈灾、运输、科学实验等任务，就比如说发生自然灾害，导致通讯中断，导致失联，这时候就能快速的发射一个浮空器，让这个飞艇搭载通讯转发器，迅速搭建灾区的通讯。

Large weather airships can also accomplish disaster relief, transportation, scientific experiments and other tasks. For example, if a natural disaster occurs, resulting in communication interruption and loss of connection, a aerostat can be quickly launched, so that the weather airship can be equipped with a communication transponder to quickly build communication in the disaster area.

知道了这些知识，下次可别再叫它“胖飞机”了哦。

来源：江南水乡生活见闻