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Environmental temperature sounding

Term · Meteorology and atmospheric science · MLC-T-MET-000876

An instantaneous or near-instantaneous sounding of temperature as a function of height. This sounding or vertical profile is usually obtained by a balloon-borne instrument, but can also be measured using remote sensing equipment.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-MET-000876
FieldMeteorology and atmospheric science
ReferencesNWS Glossary
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-MET-000876",
  "term": "Environmental temperature sounding",
  "field": "Meteorology and atmospheric science",
  "term_source": "Environmental Temperature Sounding",
  "definition": "An instantaneous or near-instantaneous sounding of temperature as a function of height. This sounding or vertical profile is usually obtained by a balloon-borne instrument, but can also be measured using remote sensing equipment.",
  "references": [
    "NWS Glossary"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/meteorology/environmental-temperature-sounding/"
}

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