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SOUNDING [6 records]

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Record 1 2023-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cartography
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
CONT

... soundings given on a nautical chart ... are relative to the chart's datum, rather than the water's surface. ... Soundings are measured from chart datum, which is usually the lowest level you can expect the tide to reach. This means that any amount of tide should increase the depth of water, making it safer for navigation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cartographie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Profondeur indiquée sur une carte marine et rapportée au zéro hydrographique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cartografía
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
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Record 2 2023-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Sonar and Underwater Detection (Military)
CONT

Depth sounding refers to the act of measuring depth. It is often referred to simply as sounding. Data taken from soundings are used in bathymetry to make maps of the floor of a body of water, and were traditionally shown on nautical charts in fathoms and feet.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Sonar et détection sous-marine (Militaire)

Spanish

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Record 3 2004-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorology
DEF

Determination of one or several upper-air meteorological elements by means of instruments carried aloft by balloon, aircraft, kite, glider, rocket, etc.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Météorologie
DEF

Détermination d'un ou de plusieurs éléments météorologiques en altitude au moyen d'instruments emportés par ballon, aéronef, cerf-volant, planeur, fusée, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Meteorología
DEF

Determinación de uno o más elementos meteorológicos en altitud por medio de un instrumento que asciende transportado por un globo, una aeronave, una cometa, un planeador, un cohete, etc.

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Record 4 2004-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Remote Sensing
DEF

An observation made in the free atmosphere either directly or indirectly.

OBS

upper-air observation. This is a general term, but is usually applied to those observations that are used in the analysis of upper-air charts (as opposed to measurements of upper-atmospheric quantities primarily for research). Among the elements evaluated are pressure, temperature, relative humidity (e.g., by radiosonde aircraft observations), and wind speed and direction (e.g., by rawinsonde, aircraft, or wind profiling radars). Also, some mountain stations are high enough and exposed enough so that their observations may be included in the upper-air network at their elevation.

OBS

At each [weather] station, measurements are taken of such things as air pressure and temperature, wind speed, cloud cover, and precipitation. Elsewhere, upper-level observations are made by weather balloons, and satellites, which send a continuous flow of photographs back to earth.

OBS

upper-air observations : plural form standardized by ISO.

Key term(s)
  • upper air sounding
  • upper level observation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Télédétection
DEF

Observation effectuée dans l'atmosphère libre, soit directement, soit indirectement.

OBS

observation en altitude : Observation météorologique effectuée dans l'atmosphère libre, soit directement, en aéronef par exemple, soit indirectement, au moyen d'un sondage exécuté à partir de la surface terrestre.

OBS

observations en altitude : terme normalisé au pluriel par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
  • Teledetección
DEF

Observación efectuada, directa o indirectamente, en la atmósfera libre.

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Record 5 2003-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shipbuilding
DEF

The distance between the bottom of a tank striker plate and the surface of the liquid which it contains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Constructions navales
DEF

Hauteur entre la plaque de butée du fond d'un compartiment et la surface du liquide qu'il contient.

Spanish

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Record 6 1997-06-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Ship Communications (Military)
DEF

The operation of measuring the depth from the free surface to the bed.

CONT

Soundings are measurements of ocean depth made from ships. Early sounding techniques were tedious and provided a limited picture of ocean depths, but with the development of modern echo sounders it became possible to map the ocean floor in detail.

OBS

sounding: terminology officially approved by the Naval Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Communications en mer (Militaire)
DEF

Détermination de la profondeur marine (ou hauteur d'eau) à l'aide d'une sonde à main ou d'un appareillage particulier.

OBS

Une série de lignes de sondes couvrant une aire océanique déterminée résulte d'un levé. Le report de ces valeurs sur un document cartographique est une minute d'écriture de sondes.

OBS

Le terme ne s'emploie que lors d'une campagne systématique de mesure des fonds, surtout en mer. Autrement, notamment au cours d'un jaugeage, on parle plutôt de «mesure de profondeur». En anglais, on dit systématiquement «sounding».

OBS

sondage : terminologie adoptée par le Comité de normalisation de la terminologie navale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Comunicaciones marítimas (Militar)
DEF

Medición de la profundidad del agua con una cuerda, vara u otros métodos.

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