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radiosonde

Balloon carrying a compact package of meteorological instruments and a radio transmitter, used to ‘sound’, or measure, conditions in the atmosphere. The instruments measure temperature, pressure, and humidity, and the information gathered is transmitted back to observers on the ground. A radar target is often attached, allowing the balloon to be tracked.
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Quoting Evans: We have been measuring the atmosphere for decades using radiosondes --weather balloons with thermometers that radio back the temperature as the balloon ascends through the atmosphere.
Whatever happened to global warming? Now that record-cold ... by Hiserodt, Ed / The New American
Radiosondes are meteorological devices that are used to measure temperature, humidity, pressure, wind speed and direction in the upper atmosphere.
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Actually, the data from balloon-borne radiosondes shows the very opposite: a slight decrease in warming over the equator.
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