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Balloon sounding

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-003793

A meteorological observation technique involving the release of a weather balloon carrying a radiosonde, which transmits atmospheric data back to a ground station. As the balloon ascends, it measures vertical profiles of temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed and direction. These soundings are performed globally twice daily at 00 and 12 UTC.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-003793
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-003793",
  "term": "Balloon sounding",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "definition": "A meteorological observation technique involving the release of a weather balloon carrying a radiosonde, which transmits atmospheric data back to a ground station. As the balloon ascends, it measures vertical profiles of temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind speed and direction. These soundings are performed globally twice daily at 00 and 12 UTC.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/balloon-sounding/"
}

Record 936 of 10,756 in Meteorology and atmospheric science terminology (MLC-0110). Request the full dataset.