Weather Balloons and Radiosondes

What do we need to make a weather forecast?

• Mathematical model with equations

• Observations

• Computers

• All of these

Where are weather stations?

• On land

• Over the ocean

What level of the atmosphere do satellites, radar or aircrafts observe?

• Low levels

• Mid and high levels

Which instrument makes better observations at high levels in the atmosphere?

• Weather balloons

• Satellites

What measures air pressure, humidity, GPS location, and temperature?

• Satellites

• RADAR

• Weather Balloons

• Station Models

Up to the Stratosphere, the higher we go in the atmosphere

• the colder it gets.

• the warmer it gets.

When rising up into the atmosphere, what happens after entering the stratosphere?

• It gets warmer.

• Everything freezes.

• Nothing.

• It gets hot.

What can we predict with all this data?

• Thunderstorms

• Tornadoes

• Hurricanes

• All of these

What is it called when observations are compared to check the accuracy of satellite and radar data?

• Observations

• Ground Lying

• Ground Truthing

• Ground Confirming

How many times every day are weather balloons launched?

• 10

• 2

• 4

• 92