weather balloon

English

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, säähavaintopallo
• French: ballon-sonde (fr) m
• German: Wetterballon (de) m

• Italian: pallone sonda f
• Polish: balon meteorologiczny
• Portuguese: balão meteorológico m
• Swedish: väderballong

See also

• radiosonde
• UFO