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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DROPSONDE

Drop + (radio)sonde.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DROPSONDE

dropsonde  [ˈdrɒpsɒnd] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DROPSONDE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Dropsonde is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES DROPSONDE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

dropsonde

Dropsonde

A dropsonde is an expendable weather reconnaissance device created by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, designed to be dropped from an aircraft at altitude to more accurately measure tropical storm conditions as the device falls to the surface. The sonde contains a GPS receiver, along with pressure, temperature, and humidity sensors to capture atmospheric profiles and thermodynamic data. It typically relays these data to a computer in the aircraft by radio transmission. The device's descent is slowed and stabilized by a small square-cone parachute, allowing for multiple readings to be taken before it reaches the ocean surface. The sonde is a lightweight system designed to be operated by one person and is launched through a chute installed in the measuring aircraft, with immediate deployment of the parachute to reduce or eliminate any pendulum effect, and typically drops from three to five minutes. The sonde has a casing of stiff cardboard. During a typical hurricane season, the 53d Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters deploys 1000 to 1500 sondes on training and storm missions.

Definition of dropsonde in the English dictionary

The definition of dropsonde in the dictionary is a radiosonde dropped by parachute.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DROPSONDE


beyond
bɪˈjɒnd
blond
blɒnd
blonde
blɒnd
bond
bɒnd
correspond
ˌkɒrɪˈspɒnd
electrosonde
ɪˌlɛktrəʊˈsɒnd
endoradiosonde
ˌendəʊˈreɪdɪəʊˌsɒnd
fond
fɒnd
Gond
ɡɒnd
ionosonde
aɪˈɒnəˌsɒnd
monde
mɒnd
pond
pɒnd
radiosonde
ˈreɪdɪəʊˌsɒnd
rawinsonde
ˈreɪwɪnˌsɒnd
respond
rɪˈspɒnd
ronde
rɒnd
seconde
sɪˈkɒnd
sonde
sɒnd
vagabond
ˈvæɡəˌbɒnd
wand
wɒnd

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DROPSONDE

droplet
droplight
dropout
dropout rate
droppable
dropped
dropped sole
dropper
dropperful
dropping
droppings
dropple
drops
dropsical
dropsically
dropsied
dropstone
dropsy
dropwise
dropwort

WORDS THAT END LIKE DROPSONDE

beau monde
bottle blonde
demimonde
Fronde
Gironde
haut monde
Ormonde
peroxide blonde
platinum blonde
platinum-blonde
strawberry blonde
tout le monde

Synonyms and antonyms of dropsonde in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «dropsonde» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DROPSONDE

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The translations of dropsonde from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dropsonde» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

投式探空仪
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

radiosonda con paracaídas
570 millions of speakers

English

dropsonde
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

dropsonde
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

dropsonde
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

сбрасываемых
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

dropsonde
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

dropsonde
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

dropsonde
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dropsonde
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dropsonde
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドロップゾンデ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

dropsonde
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Dropsonde
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

dropsonde
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

dropsonde
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

थेंबॉडेड
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

damla sondaj
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

dropsonde
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dropsonde
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

скидаються
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

dropsonde
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

dropsonde
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

dropsonde
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dropsonde
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Dropsonde
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of dropsonde

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DROPSONDE»

The term «dropsonde» is normally little used and occupies the 146.220 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DROPSONDE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about dropsonde

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DROPSONDE»

Discover the use of dropsonde in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dropsonde and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Comparative meteorological testing of the AMT-13 dropsonde ...
The purpose of the test was to determine the accuracy and response characteristics of the temperature and relative humidity measurements made by the AMT-13 dropsonde and the JOOX-series rawinsondes.
B. P. Severin, United States. Air Weather Service, Arnold Engineering Development Center, 1971
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Dropsonde
The dropsonde contains a GPS receiver, along with pressure, temperature, and humidity (PTH) sensors to capture atmospheric profiles and thermodynamic data. It typically relays these data to a computer in the aircraft by radio transmission.
Jesse Russel, Ronald Cohn, 2013
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Dropsonde
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Frederic P. Miller, Agnes F. Vandome, John McBrewster, 2010
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Flying Magazine
Voice contact is impossible to maintain, so dot-and-dash transmission is used. Another expert—-until only recently his job was marked “secret”—is the dropsonde operator. The dropsonde is a miniature type of weather station, dangling from a ...
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Measuring Ocean Currents: Tools, Technologies, and Data
To record a profile at a given site, three acoustic transponders are deployed in a triangular array on the seafloor and surveyed before the dropsonde probe is deployed. This generally requires 4e5 hours if a towed fish is used for the survey.
Antony Joseph, 2013
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Development of Dropsonde System for Antarctic Atmospheric ...
These works are packaged and produced by BiblioLabs under license by ProQuest UMI.
Tejendra Dhakal, 2012
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AN/AMT-22 Meteorological Dropsonde and RDSRU (Refractive ...
This technical report documents laboratory and engineering field test results that have been acquired and evaluated in 1978, during the evolutionary development (DT-2) phase of the AN/AMT-22 dropsonde system.
John Sniscak, Naval air development center warminsterpa sensors and avionics technology directorate, 1979
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Hydrodynamics of the Equatorial Ocean
Gregg (1976) and Crawford (1976, 1982) have suggested that towed body e and x values in the undercurrent must be contaminated by vibrational noise because their dropsonde values tend to be orders of magnitude smaller. This suggestion ...
J.C.J. Nihoul, 1983
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The Weather and Climate: Emergent Laws and Multifractal Cascades
)1'8 I 2.07 in an attempt to take into account the fact that the Source h a ECMWF 1.77 i 0.06 aircraft 1.81 dropsonde 1.85 C, ECMWF 0.102 d: 0.009 aircraft 0.083 dropsonde 0.072 H ECMWF 0.54 aircraft 0.51 d: 0.01 dropsonde 0.78 d: 0.07 T v  ...
Shaun Lovejoy, Daniel Schertzer, 2013
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Strategic Guidance for the National Science Foundation's ...
The latest contribution to dropsonde technology, developed at NCAR, is the new Miniature In-Situ Sounding Technology (MIST) dropsonde for use with the Driftsonde Balloon system during the Atlantic and Pacific THORPEX program.
Division on Earth and Life Studies, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, National Research Council, 2007

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DROPSONDE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dropsonde is used in the context of the following news items.
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Better hurricane observation techniques make big storms less deadly
The last observation before the dropsonde “splashes” contains a good estimate of the surface wind. Measurements of “steering currents” ... «FIU News, Jun 15»
2
Hurricane planes get overhaul as NOAA eyes next generation
Both drone and dropsonde collected data about pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and wind direction. But because the drones can ... «TBO.com, Jun 15»
3
Tech Report: Dropsonde
The GPS Dropsonde Windfinding System is a cylindrically shaped instrument about 16 inches long and 3.5 inches in diameter and weighs ... «Air Force Link, Jun 15»
4
Hurricane Hunters, with their WC-130J and Gulfstream IV, Visit …
In order to collect the most accurate data, both the C-130 and Gulfstream IV release what's called a GPS Dropsonde out of the sky. GPS. «Airline Reporter, Jun 15»
5
Difference engine
On the regional scale, we have contributed significantly to Dotstar – Dropsonde Observations for Typhoon Surveillance near the Taiwan ... «Times Higher Education, Jun 15»
6
James Franklin
... of hurricane analyses through innovative application of GPS dropsonde data, for leading NOAA's operational use of the QuikSCAT satellite, ... «The Conversation US, May 15»
7
How to stay sane during hurricane season
And the models are just a few tools in a big bag that includes satellites, dropsonde readings, radar and buoys. The bottom line still is the ... «Charleston Post Courier, May 15»
8
Hurricane season 2015: Better track forecast since Katrina, but …
Last year, researchers tested a small, unmanned aircraft called the Coyote -- basically a dropsonde with wings, small engine and propeller ... «NOLA.com, May 15»
9
NASA Airborne Mission to Focus on Polar Winds
These lidar instruments are supplemented with a dropsonde system, consisting of approximately 100 small tube-shaped instruments that will ... «Space Daily, May 15»
10
Hurricane Hunters begin awareness tour in Canada
Tech Sgt. Tom Barnaby, a loadmaster with the 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron Hurricane Hunters explains a dropsonde's ability to ... «Minuteman, May 15»

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