Alfred de Quervain

Swiss scientist Alfred de Quervain published on ballons-sondes, and/or Registrir-ballons. He was a meteorologist, geophysicist and Arctic explorer too.

Sources =

• https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_de_Quervain
• https://web.csulb.edu/~mbrenner/history.htm
• https://books.google.com/books?id=XdY4DAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA144&ots=NT4s0wEpf2&dq=Quervain%20balloons&pg=PA144#v=onepage&q=Quervain%20balloons&f=false
• https://books.google.com/books?id=66_GCgAAQBAJ&lpg=PA156&ots=sHlpGQCbrR&dq=Quervain%20balloons&pg=PA156#v=onepage&q=Quervain%20balloons&f=false

Publications by or about Alfred de Quervain

• Quervain, Étude de l'atmosphère libre par sondages. Rapport sur les lancers de ballons-sondes faits en Russie (Simple title: Study of the free atmosphere by polls. Report on the launch of balloon probes made in Russia, Journal: Observ. Meteor. Dynam. Trav. Scient.)
• Quervain, 1904, Ueber die Bestimmung der Bahn eines Registrirballons am internationalen Aufstieg vom 2 Juli 1903 in Strassburg (Simple title: On determining the path of a Registrirballon on the international ascent of 2 July 1903 in Strasbourg, Journal: Beitr. Physik Atmosph.)
• Quervain, 1904, Ueber die synoptischen Wolkenbeobachtungen der internationalen Kommission für wissenschaftliche Luftschiffahrt (Simple title: On the Synoptic Cloud Observations of the International Commission for Scientific Air Navigation, Journal: Meteor. Zeitschr.)
• Quervain, 1905, Gründung einer amerikanischen Aktiengesellschaft für Luftschiffbau (Simple title: Foundation of an American corporation for airship construction, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1905, Von London nach Paris in Ballon (Simple title: From London to Paris in balloon, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1905, Briefe vom Mandschurischen Kriegsschauplatz (Simple title: Letters from the Manchurian theater of war, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1905, Ueber Finsternismeteorologie und die künftige Sonnenfinsternis vom 30 August 1905 (Simple title: On Eclipse Meteorology and the Future Solar Eclipse of 30 August 1905, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1905, Sur le rôle des observations synoptiques internationales de nuages (Simple title: On the role of international synoptic observations clouds, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Cinq. Conf. Comm. Int. Aer. Scien.)
• Quervain, 1906, Ueber die meteorologischen und ballontechnischen Bedingungen einer Alpenüberfliegung von Süden aus (Simple title: On the meteorological and balloon technical conditions of an Alpine crossing from the south, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1906, Der Preisbewerb für Registrier-ballons auf der Mailänder Austellung (Simple title: The prize competition for registration balloons at the Milan exhibition, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1906, Die Ergebnisse des Wettbewerbs für Wetterprognose in Lüttich (Simple title: The results of the competition for weather forecast in Liège, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)
• Quervain, 1907, Les preuves de la réalité de la zone isotherme à 12 km. enregistrée par les ballons de jour (Simple title: Evidence of the reality of the isotherm zone at 12 km. enrollment by day balloons, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Cinq. Conf. Comm. Int)
• Quervain, 1907, Recherches expérimentales sur l'inertie thermique des différents systèmes de thermographes employés pour les ballons-sondes (Simple title: Experimental research on the thermal inertia of the different systems of thermographs used for balloon probes, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Cinq. Conf. Comm. Int. Aer. Scien.)
• Quervain, 1907, Sur une nouvelle méthode de détérminer les courants de la haute atmosphère, par le moyen des ballons-sondes et ballons-pilotes (Simple title: On a new method to determine the currents of the upper atmosphere, by means of balloons-probes and pilot-balloons, Journal: Proc. Ver. Séances et Mém. Cinq. Conf. Comm. Int. Aer. Scien.)
• Quervain, 1908, Ueber die Wirkung der Höhensteuer beim Zeppelinschen Luftschiff (Simple title: On the effect of the height control in the Zeppelin airship, Journal: Ill. Aër. Mitt.)

Alfred de Quervain participated in these events:

• Saint Petersburg Conference on the Exploration of the Atmosphere (Start date: 1904-08-29, Locations: Saint Petersburg, Country: RU, Tech focus: Meteo • LTA • Kite • Instrument • Military)

References

Names	Alfred de Quervain
Birth date	15 June 1879
Death date	13 January 1927
Countries	CH
Locations	Zurich
Occupations	meteorologist, explorer, geophysicist, scientist
Tech areas	Ballon-sonde, Registrir-ballons
Affiliations
Wikidata id	Q125170