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profiler

French translation: analyste


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14:44 Apr 12, 2009
English to French translations [PRO]
Science - Meteorology
English term or phrase: profiler
Bonjour,

savez-vous comment traduire le terme "profiler" lorsqu'il est utilisé dans le domaine de la météorologie, comme dans la phrase suivante ?

"At NOAA’s Earth System Research Laboratory about 50 kilometers south of Denver, profilers track the winds pouring over the continental divide and try to predict such atmospheric events."
blan
Local time: 12:21
French translation:analyste
Explanation:
je dirais
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jmleger
Local time: 05:21
Grading comment
ça semble correspondre, merci.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +3profileur (de vent)
Julie Dion
4 +1analyste
jmleger


  

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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
analyste


Explanation:
je dirais

jmleger
Local time: 05:21
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
ça semble correspondre, merci.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ykabeya
1 hr
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43 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +3
profileur (de vent)


Explanation:
Wind profiler est un profileur de vent. C'est un genre de radar qui pointe à la verticale.

Example sentence(s):
  • Le département des Sciences Atmosphériques et Océaniques de l'Université McGill opère un profileur de vent à UHF en collaboration avec le Laboratoire d'Aéronomie du National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) américain.

    Reference: http://www.radar.mcgill.ca/profileur.html
Julie Dion
Canada
Local time: 05:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in FrenchFrench

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  kashew: Why not?
1 hr

agree  Arnold007: Dans Termium !
7 hrs

agree  atche84: non seulement le radar, mais aussi l'operateur (predict), il me semble
1 day10 hrs
  -> Non, c'est la machine qui fait la prévision (partielle) si elle est programmée pour ça.
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