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Mr.Thesaxman

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What instruments are used to obtain measurements of horizontal winds for up to 72 different levels?
 
  A) Doppler radar
  B) wind profilers
  C) radiosondes
  D) rawinsondes

Question 2

Most radiosondes
 
  A) are recovered and recycled.
  B) land within a few hundred meters of their launching sites.
  C) take nearly an hour to descend.
  D) are launched into the stratosphere.



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Answer to Question 1

Answer: B

Answer to Question 2

Answer: D



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