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The instrument that measures temperature, pressure, and humidity at various altitudes in the atmosphere:

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 Radiosonde



The radiosonde is a balloon-borne instrument platform with RADIO transmitting capabilities. Originally named a radio-meteorograph, the instrument is now referred to as a radiosonde, a name apparently derived by H. Hergesell from a combination of the words "radio" for the onboard radio transmitter and "sonde", which is messenger from old English.
The radiosonde contains instruments capable of MAKING DIRECT in-situ measurements of air temperature, HUMIDITY and pressure with height, typically to altitudes of approximately 30 km. These observed data are transmitted immediately to the ground STATION by a radio transmitter located within the instrument package.



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