Around 1986 John Joyce (of Bowin Cars fame), an influential Australian inventor, first learned about oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and their role in the production of smog and acid rain.
Sounding. A set of data measuring the vertical structure of an atmospheric parameter (temperature, humidity, pressure, winds, etc.) at a given time. You can either type in the word you are looking for in the box below or browse by letter. Search:
Rating Newest Oldest. Best Answer: A sound is generally a very, very deep body of water like the Puget Sound. A process to determine the depth of a body of water is called a sounding. Nowadays soundings to determine depth are done with high tech instruments. I'm not positive how they work but they could ricochet sound or a beam against the bottom which bounces back up and the time is takes determines depth.