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EA:  ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT_TECHNIQUE

Status: STD 2005/06/07
Code: 127

Concept definition: The technique or method of collecting an <ATMOSPHERE_PROPERTY_SET> that is a series of measurements collected along a (roughly) vertical axis; atmospheric profile measurement technique.
 
Attribute value type: ENUMERATION
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Enumerants (presented in a natural order)
Status Attribute label Enumerant label ▾ Concept definition Code Ref type Reference Supplemental references
STD
2005/06/07
ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE
AIRCRAFT Measured by an <AIRCRAFT> as it ascends or descends through the <ATMOSPHERE>. 1  
STD
2005/06/07
ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE
DROPSONDE <<<RADIOSONDE>>> launched from an <AIRCRAFT>, with or without a parachute; dropsonde. 2 IR [WMO182, D1200, "dropsonde"]  
STD
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ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE
PILOT_BALLOON Measurement of upper <WIND>s by the optical tracking of a pilot balloon. A free balloon whose path while moving upwards is visually observed using a theodolite in order to measure upper <WIND>s. 3 PR [WMO182, P0620, "pilot balloon" and P0630, "pilot-balloon observation"] [GMET, "pilot balloon"]
STD
2005/06/07
ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE
RADIOSONDE Measured by a <SENSOR> that is part of a meteorological instrument package, often borne aloft by a free-flight balloon, provided with a radio transmitter; radiosonde. 4 IR [GMET, "radiosonde"] [WMO182, R0620, "radiosonde"]
STD
2005/06/07
ATM_PROFILE_MEASUREMENT-
_TECHNIQUE
ROCKETSONDE Measured by a <SENSOR> that is part of a meteorological instrument package that is carried aloft by rocket; rocketsonde. 5 IR [GMET, "rocketsonde"] [WMO182, R1900, "rocket sonde"]

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