Weather Balloons
VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. – Tom Macklin, 30th Weather Operations Squadron upper atmosphere technician, ties-off a meteorological balloon here Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. A weather balloon carries instruments aloft to send back information on atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity and wind speed by means of a small, expendable measuring device called a radiosonde. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Yvonne Morales)
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