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It’s not everyday that meteorologists get a whole new platform for observing the atmosphere–heck, most days we’re happy if more or less all of the existing systems (like weather balloons, radars, and satellites) are all working. However, a new system for getting realtime observations of the [...]

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Today we’re continuing Weather Break’s special coverage of the use of weather balloons in meteorology by talking about the so-called “constant level balloons”.  The regular balloons that the National Weather Service uses are designed to rise quite rapidly, popping and falling back to the ground within [...]

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All this week on Weather Break, we’re going to be talking about weather balloons.  The kinds of weather balloons that the National Weather Service uses are designed to rise rapidly through the atmosphere, taking measurements of the temperature, pressure, humidity and winds as they go.  Within [...]

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Yesterday we started a discussion on Weather Break about the strengths and weaknesses of using remote sensing techniques in meteorology and the atmospheric sciences.  Remote sensing means that you are measuring or observing something without actually touching it.   In meteorology, radar and satellite data are the [...]

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Click here to listen to episode 686 of Weather Break.
If you’ve been listening to Weather Break over the last few years, you know that one of the topics that we keep coming back to time and time again is remote sensing. Remote sensing means that you are measuring or observing something without actually touching [...]

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