Definitions for "Radiosonde"
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The instrument package carried by weather balloons to measure the temperature, humidity and pressure of the atmosphere at multiple levels (up to at least 30000 feet in altitude).
An instrument attached to a weather balloon used to measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and winds aloft. Observations are made when the radiosonde is aloft and emits radio signals as it ascends. Often call a RAOB, an acronym for RA diosonde OB servation.
An instrument lifted into the air via balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters such as temperature, pressure wind and humidity, up to a height of approximately 30,000 meters (100,000 feet). The height of each pressure level of the observation is computed from data received via radio signals.
An instrument package that moves through the atmosphere, usually attached to a balloon, and transmits data over a radio frequency.
an automatic radio transmitter in the meteorological aids service usually carried on an aircraft, free balloon, kite, or parachute, and which transmits meteorological data. RAU radio access unit
A electronics package attached to a balloon and carried aloft. It contains set of instruments that measure pressure temperature, and humidity and a radio transmitter that transmits a data stream containing the information from the onboard sensors. See also NOAA's Web site for more information.
a balloon-borne instrument used to simultaneously measure and transmit meteorological data while ascending through the atmosphere
a box equipped with weather instruments and a radio transmitter that takes measurements from the air
a small instrument package and radio transmitter that are attached to a large balloon
a weather instrument box that is sent into the atmosphere all over the world twice a day
A small, expendable, balloon-borne instrument package with a radio transmitter used to measure the air temperature, pressure and humidity of the atmosphere above the earth's surface to approximately 30 km; the wind direction and wind speed aloft are determined from ground based tracking of the radiosonde; see also rawinsonde . The weather data are electronically transmitted to the launch station, where they are decoded and plotted as a sounding.
an instrument package carried aloft on a small helium-filled or hydrogen-filled balloon. It measures temperature, air pressure, and relative humidity from the ground to a maximum altitude of about 19 miles (30.4 kilometers) above Earth's surface.
A small radio transmitter by means of which observations, usually of pressure, temperature and humidity, may be obtained from the upper atmosphere.
a balloon carrying instruments for measuring conditions in the upper atmosphere.
A device carried aloft by a balloon equipped with measuring instruments that automatically convert temperature, pressure, and humidity data into electrical impulses and transmit this information to a ground recorder. see also: Sounding (Upper Air Sounding)
An instrument attached to a weather balloon that transmits pressure, humidity, temperature, and winds as it ascends.
A balloon-borne instrument that measures and transmits pressure, temperature, and humidity to a ground-based receiving station. These were originally tracked by theodolites, but they are now tracked by the Automatic Radiotheodolite Master Control Unit (ART).
a miniature radio transmitter that is carried by an unmanned balloon aloft with instruments for the simultaneous measurement and transmission of meteorological data
A device attached to a weather balloon used to measure various constituents of the atmosphere. The most common constituents are wind, pressure, moisture and temperature measured at various altitudes and geographical positions. The radiosonde then transmits the information to a fixed receiver.
A balloon-borne instrument for the simultaneous measurement and transmission of meteorological data. It includes transducers for the measurement of pressure, temperature, and humidity; a modulator for the conversion of the output of the transducers to a quantity which controls a property of the radio frequency signal; a selector switch which determines the sequence in which the parameters are to be transmitted; and a transmitter which generates the radio-frequency carrier.
A light-weight instrument package carried aloft by a weather balloon; radios to earth upper atmosphere data.
A small radio transmitter which is attached to a balloon and released to measure pressure, temperature and humidity in the upper atmosphere.
A radiosonde is a small device that measures many atmospheric conditions high in the atmosphere, like temperature, wind speed and direction, air pressure, and humidity while suspended from a weather balloon. The device has a radio transmitter and sends its data back to ground recorders. A radiosonde can ascend to about 100,000 feet (30,000 m), giving a 3-dimensional model of the weather. The radiosonde was developed in the 1930's.
An expendable meteorological instrument package, often borne aloft by a free-flight balloon, that measures, from the surface to the stratosphere, the vertical profiles of atmospheric variables and transmits the data via radio to a ground receiving system. Radiosondes typically measure temperature, humidity, and, in many cases, pressure. Radiosonde temperature sensors generally measure temperature-induced changes in the electrical resistance, capacitance, or voltage of a material. Radiosonde humidity sensors can be substances that respond in a known way to changes in ambient humidity or instruments that directly measure a characteristic of the air that is dependent on its water vapor content. Radiosonde pressure sensors are typically aneroid cells, a part of which flexes in proportion to pressure changes. Some radiosondes do not measure pressure, but pressure data are calculated from the hypsometric equation using temperature, humidity, and height data. Some radiosondes also measure wind speed and direction. See rawinsonde.
instrument intended to be carried by a balloon up through the atmosphere, equipped with sensors to measure one or several meteorological variables (pressure, temperature, humidity, etc.), and provided with a radio transmitter for sending this information to the observing station.
An instrument attached to a weather balloon used to measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and winds aloft. Observations are made when the radiosonde is aloft and emits radio signals as it ascends. May be referred to as a RAOB, an acronym for RAdiosonde OBservation.
A radiosonde (Sonde is French for probe) is a unit for use in weather balloons that measures various atmospheric parameters and transmits them to a fixed receiver. Radiosondes may operate at a radio frequency of 403 MHz or 1680 MHz and both types may be adjusted slightly higher or lower as required. A rawinsonde is a radiosonde that is designed to also measure wind speed and direction.