soundings , other methods than helium balloons

Ørjan P Stien

a quest for the insiders on meteorology science. do they use vertical ultrasound to search for windpatterns in the athmosphere? laser? infrared?

all replies welcome

idefix37

@Ørjan-P-Stien
For the wind patterns at high levels there are scatterometer sensors in some meteorological satellites.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scatterometer
I'll let you find numerous articles on the Internet on this means of measuring wind speed and direction.

From ground there is the LIDAR system.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidar

Gkikas LGPZ

Last years MeteoSwiss made some experiments with meteodrones.

They can fly up to 6km (~470 hPa), continously measuring atmospheric data.

https://dronelegends.com/drones-and-the-weather/