weather balloon

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Noun

weather balloon (plural weather balloons)

1. a balloon that carries meteorological instruments aloft in order to measure, record and return data concerning atmospheric pressure, temperature and humidity

Synonyms

• sounding balloon

Translations

meteorological balloon

• Dutch: weerballon m
• Finnish: sääpallo (fi)
• French: ballon-sonde (fr) m
• German: Wetterballon (de) m

• Italian: pallone sonda (it) f
• Polish: balon meteorologiczny (pl)
• Portuguese: balão meteorológico (pt) m
• Swedish: väderballong (sv)

See also

• radiosonde
• UFO