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PROFILERS  

DEFINITION

  • PROFILERS are remote sensing devices that receive electromagnetic or acoustic waves transmitted through, emitted by, or reflected from the atmosphere in order to produce a vertical profile (a graph showing the variation of a meteorological event with height) of one or more atmospheric quantities.

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/ca25f854-b634-4831-826b-7dfe8845da42

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