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    A radiosonde is a battery-powered telemetry instrument carried into the atmosphere usually by a weather balloon that measures various atmospheric parameters...
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    invented some of the operating principles of a radiosonde[citation needed]. He sent the first Finnish radiosonde aloft in December 1931. After the first sounding...
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    wind speed by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde. To obtain wind data, they can be tracked by radar, radio direction finding...
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    forecasting. Surface weather observations were taken hourly, and four radiosonde releases occurred daily. It was also meant to aid in search and rescue...
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    Weather Bureau radiosonde was launched in Massachusetts in 1937, which prompted a switch from routine aircraft observation to radiosondes within two years...
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  • absence of heavy metals. Water-activated batteries have been used in radiosondes that shouldn't contain heavy metals since they regularly fall to the...
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    Hodograph plot of upper air winds from radiosonde...
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  • in meteorology due to widely available rawinsonde|Radiosonde|rawinsonde (frequently called radiosonde) data and numerical weather forecasts that supply...
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  • information system (GIS) Glossary of meteorology Mesonet Meteorology Radiosonde Rocketsonde Surface weather observation Timex Expedition WS4 Tropical...
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  • the Cold War. In 1949, the United States government used wind data from radiosonde balloon measurements to determine the likely sources of air parcel trajectories...
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    των 45.6 βαθμών Κελσίου". Kitasweather. 7 September 2020. "Athalassa Radiosonde Climate Normals 1991-2020". NOAA. Archived from the original on 20 April...
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  • Charles Darwin. Parsons, C. L.; Norcross, G. A.; Brooks, R. L. (1984). "Radiosonde Pressure Sensor Performance: Evaluation Using Tracking Radars". Journal...
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    perished. An investigation revealed that the Antonov collided with a radiosonde, causing a loss of control. Flight 1661 was a scheduled domestic flight...
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    services depend upon GPS for location and timing capabilities. GPS-equipped radiosondes and dropsondes: measure and calculate the atmospheric pressure, wind...
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    forecasting. The most widely used technique is launches of radiosondes. Supplementing the radiosondes a network of aircraft collection is organized by the World...
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    in-flight monitoring of missiles, drones, satellites, and weather balloon radiosondes, sending scientific data back to Earth from interplanetary spacecraft...
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    sounding rocket for atmospheric observations that consists of a rocket and radiosonde. The sonde records data on temperature, moisture, wind speed and direction...
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    in METAR reports, or every six hours in SYNOP reports. Sites launch radiosondes, which rise through the depth of the troposphere and well into the stratosphere...
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    The meteorological observation service staff are responsible for the radiosonde releases and synoptic weather observations. The crew of the meteorological...
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    Weather Service upper-air observing sites, processing data returned from radiosondes attached to weather balloons. Due to its status as the first entry in...
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  • in the Udmurt Republic, Russia Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive, collecting worldwide radiosonde observations. Meshullam Igra (c. 1752–1801), Galician...
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  • Aerography is the production of weather charts. The information is supplied by radiosonde observations, principally. Constant-pressure charts are routinely constructed...
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    is used for communication systems such as telemetry, weather balloon radiosondes, caller ID, garage door openers, and low frequency radio transmission...
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    the dew point. Radiosondes directly measure most of these quantities, except for wind, which is determined by tracking the radiosonde signal with an antenna...
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  • There is also a network of 'upper air' stations, using radiosondes. The six main radiosonde stations in the UK are Camborne, Lerwick, Albemarle, Watnall...
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    design in August 1944 indicated success, with several balloons releasing radiosonde signals for up to 80 hours (the maximum time allowed by the batteries)...
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  • obtained through direct contact with the respective subject, such as a radiosonde measuring a parcel of air or an anemometer measuring wind, as opposed...
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    the standard used by Environment Canada in their Upper Air program (see Radiosonde). "Aerological Balloons (K4E21-190037/A)". 28 June 2018. Totex Corporation...
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  • Russian radiosonde in 1930, while the French Pierre Idrac (1885-1935) and Robert Bureau (1892-1965) were the first to develop the radiosonde in 1929....
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    building, ionospheric station, incinerator, earth science building, and radiosonde station. Also present are fuel tanks, water storage, solar panels, a heliport...
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