(meteorology) A method of winds-aloft observation, that is, the determination of wind speeds and directions in the atmosphere above a station; it is accomplished by recording the elevation and azimuth angles of the balloon at specified time intervals while visually tracking a radiosonde balloon with the theodolite.

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