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ceiling balloon
Definição1
A small balloon used to determine the height of the cloud base.
Fonte1
AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY. Glossary of meteorology. [S.l., última modificação 05 oct. 2015]. Disponível em: < http://glossary.ametsoc.org/wiki/Main_Page >. Acesso em: 15 mar. 2021.
Nota adicional1
The height can be computed from the ascent velocity of the balloon and the time required for its disappearance into the cloud.
Subárea
Aeronautical Meteorology
Related Term
non-spherical captive balloon
spherical free balloon
Spanish
globo techo