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RADIOSONDES  

DEFINITION

  • RADIOSONDES are expendable meteorological instrument packages, often aboard a free flight balloon, that measures, from the surface to the stratosphere, the vertical profiles of atmospheric variables and transmits the data via radio to a ground receiving station.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/c79ff20c-08c1-41f5-8f68-13c1b6d34ba8

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