rawin balloon

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• rawin — ☆ rawin [rā′win ] n. [< ra(dio) win(d)] 1. a method of observing upper air currents, using signals from a specially designed balloon equipped with radar or a radio direction finder 2. the winds so observed …   English World dictionary

• rawin — /ray win/, n. a method of observation of upper air winds conducted by means of a weather balloon tracked by radar or a radio direction finder. Cf. raob, rawinsonde. [1945 50; ra(dio) + win(ds aloft)] * * * …   Universalium

• rawin — ˈrā(ˌ)win noun ( s) Etymology: radar + wind : a wind sounding of the atmosphere made by tracking a balloon with radar …   Useful english dictionary

• Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident — The two Air Force reports on the Roswell UFO incident, published in 1994/5 and 1997, form the basis for much of the skeptical explanation for the 1947 incident, the purported recovery of aliens and their craft from the vicinity of Roswell, New… …   Wikipedia

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• ra|win|sonde — «RAY wihn sond», noun. 1. the gathering of temperature, pressure, wind speed or other atmospheric information by means of a balloon borne radiosonde tracked by radiocompass and sometimes radar. 2. a radiosonde used for this purpose. ╂[< rawin… …   Useful english dictionary