A weather balloon is a balloon which carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, and humidity by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde.
Weather balloon trace B
This weather balloon trace below shows a subsidence inversion or a layer of warm air that on calm days will trap smoke and pollution in the lower part of the atmosphere.
Weather balloon Large balloon filled with helium or hydrogen that carries a radiosonde (weather instrument) aloft to measure temperature pressure and humidity as the balloon rises through the air.
WEATHER BALLOON - A balloon designed to carry weather instrumentation. See also BALLOON.
WEDGE - A large tornado that appears wider than its height between the cloud base and ground. Commonly associated with violent tornadoes of F4 or higher.
RADIOSONDE An instrument attached to a weather balloon used to measure pressure, temperature, humidity, and winds aloft. Observations are made when the radiosonde is aloft and emits radio signals as it ascends.
Balloon Ceiling: The height of the base of the clouds observed and measured with a weather balloon or ceiling balloon.
Baroclinic Atmosphere:Isotherms move across the isobars or contours.
The ARGOS Data Collection and Platform Location System (DCS) collects data from sensors placed on fixed and moving platforms, including ships, buoys, and weather balloons, and transmits data to a ground station antenna.
Radiosonde (Rawinsonde): An instrument package carried upward by weather balloons to measure the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature, relative humidity and pressure from the surface into the stratosphere.
Measurements of the upper atmosphere (temperature, pressure, winds, etc.) are taken by instruments on weather balloons as they rise upward from the earth.
RADIOSONDE: An instrument attached to a weather balloon that transmits pressure, humidity, temperature and winds as it ascends.
RAIN: Liquid water droplets that fall from the atmosphere, having diameters greater than drizzle.
RADIOSONDE: An instrument connected to a weather balloon that collects meteorological data as it ascends through the atmosphere.
RAIN: Liquid water precipitation generally with a diameter greater than 0.5 mm.
Rawinsonde
An instrument carried by weather balloons to measure the temperature, humidity, pressure, and winds of the atmosphere.
Refraction
The bending of light as it passes from one medium to another ...
Radiosonde - the package of weather instruments attached to a weather balloon. Equipped with a radio transmitter.
Rain - water drops greater than 0.5 mm in diameter falling from the sky.
SOUNDING- Profile of temperature, dewpoint and wind with height measured by a weather balloon
SPC- Storm Prediction Center, Norman OK
SPIN UP- An increase in the rotation rate over time (i.e. spin up of vorticity, tornado spin up) ...
RADIOSONDE- An instrument attached to a weather balloon that measures and transmits pressure, humidity, temperature, and winds as it ascends.
An instrument carried by weather balloons to measure the temperature, humidity, pressure, and winds of the atmosphere.
Reflection(6)
Refraction(6) ...
Radiosonde - A light-weight instrument package carried aloft by a weather balloon; radios to earth upper atmosphere data.
An optical or radio instrument used to make accurate measurements of vertical and horizontal angles; used in tracking instrument packages on weather balloons and rockets. Optical theodolites use a telescope to aid in tracking.
thermistor ...
 See also: Weather, Temperature, Air, Meteor, Surface
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