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OAS insttype Detail for radiosonde
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| insttypes_id: | 269 |
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| Term: | radiosonde |
| Description: | profilers and sounders |
| Definition: | The radiosonde is a small, expendable meteorological instrument package (weighs 60 to 80 grams) that is suspended below a large balloon inflated with hydrogen or helium gas. As the radiosonde rises at about 300 meters/minute (about 1,000 feet/minute), sensors on the radiosonde transmit pressure, temperature, relative humidity and GPS position data each second. Wind speed and direction aloft are also obtained by tracking the position of the radiosonde in flight using GPS or a radio direction finding antenna. Observations where winds aloft are also obtained from radiosondes are called "rawinsonde" observations. info source: https://www.weather.gov/upperair/factsheet |
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| Deprecated: | false |
| Metadata version: | 2 |
| Keydate: | 2024-05-28 17:53:42+00 |
| Editdate: | 2024-05-28 17:59:48+00 |