radiosonde balloon

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• radiosonde — A radio transmitter used in conjunction with a balloon. It transmits data on temperature, pressure, and humidity. A radiosonde balloon can attain a height of approximately 65,000 ft (20 km) with small balloons and 115,000 ft (34 km) with large… …   Aviation dictionary

• radiosonde — ☆ radiosonde [rā′dē ō sänd΄ ] n. [Fr < radio (see RADIO) + sonde, a sounding line < sonder, to SOUND4] a compact package of meteorological instruments and a radio transmitter, usually carried aloft by a small balloon to measure and transmit …   English World dictionary

• Radiosonde — A GPS sonde, approx 220 × 80 ×75 mm (8.7 × 3.1 × 3 in) (with grounding station in background, used to perform a ground check and also recondition the humidity sensor) A radiosonde (Sonde is French for probe) is a unit for use in weather balloons… …   Wikipedia

• radiosonde — /ray dee oh sond /, n. Meteorol. an instrument that is carried aloft by a balloon to send back information on atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity by means of a small radio transmitter. Cf. rawinsonde [1935 40; RADIO + SONDE] * * * ▪… …   Universalium

• Balloon — A balloon is a flexible bag filled with a type of gas, such as helium, hydrogen, nitrous oxide or air. Early balloons were made of dried animal bladders. Modern balloons can be made from materials such as rubber, latex, polychloroprene or a nylon …   Wikipedia

• radiosonde — noun Etymology: International Scientific Vocabulary Date: 1937 a miniature radio transmitter that is carried aloft (as by an unmanned balloon) with instruments for sensing and broadcasting atmospheric conditions …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• radiosonde — noun A miniature radio carried aloft by an unmanned balloon to broadcast the pressure, temperature, and relative humidity of the upper air and to automatically transmit that …   Wiktionary

• radiosonde — reɪdɪəʊsÉ‘nd / sÉ’nd n. package of meteorological instruments carried aloft by a balloon (transmits weather data to a monitoring station via radio waves) …   English contemporary dictionary

• radiosonde — [ reɪdɪəʊˌsɒnd] noun dated an instrument carried by balloon or other means and transmitting information about the atmosphere by radio. Origin 1930s: from radio + Ger. Sonde probe …   English new terms dictionary

• radiosonde — ra•di•o•sonde [[t]ˈreɪ di oʊˌsɒnd[/t]] n. mer an instrument carried aloft by balloon to transmit meteorological data by radio • Etymology: 1935–40 …   From formal English to slang

• radiosonde — /ˈreɪdioʊsɒnd/ (say raydeeohsond) noun an instrument carried aloft by a balloon and sending back information, by means of a small radio transmitter, about the atmospheric temperature, pressure, and humidity encountered. {radio + sonde} …