单词 | dropsonde |
释义 | > as lemmasdropsonde dropsonde n. Brit. , U.S. a radiosonde dropped from an aircraft to measure weather conditions during its descent.ΚΠ 1946 Bull. Amer. Meteorol. Soc. 27 162/1 Droppable radiosondes..can be dropped by parachute; they emit radio signals... The accuracy of the resulting..data is comparable with similar data from the usual radiosondes... These ‘drop~sondes’ should be quite valuable. 1951 in Meteorol. Abstr. (1952) III. 6 (title) Dropsonde observations. 1963 New Scientist 14 Nov. 396/3 A ‘dropsonde’ to measure low densities and temperatures. 1968 G. M. B. Dobson Exploring Atmosphere (ed. 2) ii. 19 The instrument is carried up on a small rocket to a height of about 70 km and there released, when it descends on a large parachute... Such instruments are sometimes known as drop-sondes. < as lemmas |
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