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Record 1 2024-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
DEF

[New] sensors, dubbed hailsondes, are designed to fly around freely within storms to behave like real hail. Each probe is shaped like a hailstone—a 24-gram sphere [that is] 6.5 centimeters wide ... Although they are launched via balloons, the hailsondes get released once updrafts within storms are strong enough to keep the sensors aloft.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
CONT

[Deux] équipes de chercheurs australiens sont parvenues à déployer des «hailsondes», des sondes [...] prenant la forme de grêlons de 24 grammes fixés à des ballons. Celles-ci ont été lâchées dans les courants ascendants de la tempête, ce qui leur a permis de collecter de nombreuses données lorsqu'elles se déplaçaient à l'intérieur.

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