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UPPER-LEVEL STATION [1 record]

Record 1 2004-10-29

English

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

A surface location from which upper-air observations are made.

CONT

Upper Air Observing Stations. A major addition to climatological and synoptic information is the release at 12-hour intervals of radiosondes at upper air stations.

CONT

Have you found a Swiss radio sonde? These sondes are started three times a day by the Aerological Station Payerne (a regional office of the Swiss Meteorological Institute).

Key term(s)
  • upper air synoptic station
  • upper-air observing station
  • upper-level station
  • upper level station

French

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

Site en surface à partir duquel on effectue des observations en altitude.

CONT

Inaugurée en 1941, la station d'aérologie de Payerne occupe 35 spécialistes des mesures de l'atmosphère. Chaque jour, quatre ballons sont lâchés. Leurs sondes enregistrent des données qui fournissent des renseignements intéressants, par exemple sur l'épaisseur de la couche d'ozone.

Spanish

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

Estación en superficie a partir de la cual se realizan observaciones en altitud.

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