radarsonde

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radarsonde [′rā‚där‚sänd]

(engineering)

An electronic system for automatically measuring and transmitting high-altitude meteorological data from a balloon, kite, or rocket by pulse-modulated radio waves when triggered by a radar signal.

A system in which radar techniques are used to determine the range, elevation, and azimuth of a radar target carried aloft by a radiosonde.

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