Editing Weather balloon (section)

== History ==

One of the first people to use weather balloons was the French meteorologist [[Léon Teisserenc de Bort]]. Starting in 1896 he launched hundreds of weather balloons from his observatory in [[Trappes]], France. These experiments led to his discovery of the [[tropopause]] and [[stratosphere]].<ref name=eb>{{Cite EB1922|wstitle=Teisserenc de Bort, Léon Philippe}}</ref>
Transosondes, weather balloons with instrumentation meant to stay at a constant altitude for long periods of time to help diagnose radioactive debris from atomic fallout, were experimented with in 1958.<ref>{{cite web|author=Staff|url=http://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1958.pdf|title=Chief Special Projects Section: Dr. Lester Machta|pages=39–41|publisher=[[United States Weather Bureau]]|date=February 1958|access-date=21 April 2012|archive-date=3 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303193131/https://docs.lib.noaa.gov/rescue/wb_topicsandpersonnel/1958.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
The [[Unmanned aerial vehicle|drone]] technology boom has led to the development of [[weather drone]]s since the late 1990s.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Holland |first1=G. J. |last2=Webster |first2=P. J. |last3=Curry |first3=J. A. |last4=Tyrell |first4=G. |last5=Gauntlett |first5=D. |last6=Brett |first6=G. |last7=Becker |first7=J. |last8=Hoag |first8=R. |last9=Vaglienti |first9=W. |date=2001-05-01 |title=The Aerosonde Robotic Aircraft: A New Paradigm for Environmental Observations |journal=Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society |language=en |volume=82 |issue=5 |pages=889–902 |doi=10.1175/1520-0477(2001)082<0889:TARAAN>2.3.CO;2 |bibcode=2001BAMS...82..889H |issn=0003-0007|doi-access=free }}</ref>
These may begin to replace balloons as a more specific means for carrying radiosondes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-06-08 |title=Drones May Replace Weather Balloons Soon |url=https://www.outlookindia.com/national/drones-may-replace-weather-balloons-soon-news-201051 |access-date=2022-11-07 |website=www.outlookindia.com/ |language=en}}</ref>