How to Use radiosonde in a Sentence
radiosonde
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And same goes for the radiosonde itself—the mechanics that collect the data.
—Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Aug. 2026
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One potential use is as a lightweight, reusable radiosonde for weather monitoring.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 8 Aug. 2025
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One key data source was the radiosonde—a box of instruments attached to weather balloons that measures temperature, pressure and other parameters.
—Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 29 May 2026
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These balloons carry a device called a radiosonde that is used to collect upper-atmosphere temperature, humidity, pressure, and wind information to support forecasting.
—Rebecca Schneid, Time, 11 Aug. 2026
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Weather balloons, which are filled with hydrogen or helium, carry small instruments called radiosondes into the upper atmosphere to measure temperature, humidity and wind speed and transmit data back to the ground.
—Evan Bush, NBC news, 16 Apr. 2026
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