Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An instrument carried aloft, chiefly by balloon, to gather and transmit meteorological data.
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- noun A
miniature radio carriedaloft by an unmannedballoon tobroadcast thepressure ,temperature , andrelative humidity of the upper air and toautomatically transmit thatinformation to theground .
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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David, a radiosonde is a type of probe containing meteorological instruments that transmits data that can be recorded remotely.
Measuring Precipitation on Willis' Boots « Climate Audit 2007
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Attached to the balloon is a weather instrument called a radiosonde, which transmits data on temperature, humidity, and pressure at different layers through the atmosphere. operates 92 stations that launch balloons twice a day. with the closest station in Buffalo
13WHAM: Top Stories 2009
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The radiosonde is a small box filled with devices that measure atmospheric parameters as the balloon ascends; this device transmits the information to a computer via radio waves.
WordPress.com News tooshytostop 2008
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Even Paltridge et al. 2009, which relied on the NCEP reanalysis data, recognized that “[i]t is accepted that radiosonde-derived humidity data must be treated with great caution, particularly at altitudes above the 500 hPa [hectopascal] pressure level.”
Eli can retire: Part II - so much for Miskolczi EliRabett 2010
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Figure 4 shows the radiosonde water vapor data set from Boulder, which to my knowledge is the longest such record, together with various satellite records.
Archive 2010-02-01 EliRabett 2010
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Figure 4 shows the radiosonde water vapor data set from Boulder, which to my knowledge is the longest such record, together with various satellite records.
Hot Water and Air EliRabett 2010
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The radiosonde data from Boulder, with two satellite data sets.
Hot Water and Air EliRabett 2010
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Even Paltridge et al. 2009, which relied on the NCEP reanalysis data, recognized that “[i]t is accepted that radiosonde-derived humidity data must be treated with great caution, particularly at altitudes above the 500 hPa [hectopascal] pressure level.”
Archive 2010-03-01 EliRabett 2010
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The radiosonde data from Boulder, with two satellite data sets.
Archive 2010-02-01 EliRabett 2010
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Cooling of the lower stratosphere (about 49,000-79,500ft.) since 1979 is shown by both satellite Microwave Sounding Unit and radiosonde data, but is larger in the radiosonde data.
reesetee commented on the word radiosonde
In meteorology, an instrument carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity using a small radio transmitter
March 9, 2007