NOAA is still very interested in the vertical profile of the atmosphere, called a "sounding" The amount of temperature change per thousand feet and the way the temperature changes is key to knowing the stability of the atmosphere and what the weather really is going to be like. A weather balloon is about the only way to get this data. From: Chuck Hards <chuck.hards@gmail.com> To: Utah Astronomy <utah-astronomy@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2013 8:55 AM Subject: Re: [Utah-astronomy] OT: Weather balloons It sure looked like a weather balloon, but I wasn't sure NOAA still launched them, in this modern satellite & Doppler radar age. I remember them as a kid but lately you only see them on You Tube taking lego men to the stratosphere. Thanks, Seth. On Tue, Sep 3, 2013 at 8:15 AM, Seth Jarvis <SJarvis@slco.org> wrote:
Just a thought:
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