rawinsonde


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ra·win·sonde

 (rā′wĭn-sŏnd′)
n.
A radiosonde used to observe the speed and direction of upper-air winds and tracked by a radio direction-finding instrument or radar.

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rawinsonde

(ˈreɪwɪnˌsɒnd)
n
(General Physics) a hydrogen balloon carrying meteorological instruments and a radar target, enabling the velocity of winds in the atmosphere to be measured
[C20: blend of radar + wind + radiosonde]
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None of these published studies used rawinsonde data with a higher temporal resolution than the twice-daily operational launches to examine the structure of storms affecting the eastern Canadian Arctic.
The sounding data at 1200 UTC 27 January 2018 (launched at approximately 1100 UTC) from the nearby Quillayute rawinsonde (position shown in Fig.
3: Rawinsonde and Pibal Observations," FCM-H31997, 1997.
On the left, a rawinsonde observation (RAOB) from the Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., (KAPG) shows a thin saturated layer around 5000 feet.
The temperature, dew-point and wind can be actual data from a rawinsonde or forecast data generated by a computer model.
Treadon, "A two-season impact study of four satellite data types and Rawinsonde data in the NCEP global data assimilation system," Weather and Forecasting, vol.
PBL depths can be directly measured using rawinsonde observations [6-8], tethered balloons [9], and masts [10] and using direct measurements from aircraft [11].
De Wekker, 2016: Estimating daytime planetary boundary layer heights over a valley from rawinsonde observations at a nearby airport: An application to the Page Valley in Virginia, United States.
Accompanying LIE rawinsonde data also presented an opportunity to repeat the aforementioned important observational studies for a new time period.
Upper-air rawinsonde data and radar observations are examples of two observing systems with very different spatial density.