| Instrument: ROCKETSONDES |
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Related Data Sets View all records related to this instrument Description ROCKETSONDES are meteorological instrument packages that measure vertical profiles of atmospheric winds and either temperature or density upon descent after ejection from a rocket at or near apogee (point in an orbit when the orbiting object is farthest away from the central object); reach altitudes above those typical for a balloon-borne radiosonde. |
