The applicability of pressure-measurements by radiosondes to calculating the height
Abstract
This paper describes the applicability of pressure measurements by radio-sondes to calculating the height of measured temperature- and humidity-profiles in the lower troposphere. Several tests in the laboratory were also conducted in addition to comparisons with measurements by radar or theodolite. Measurements in the field showed considerable deviations between the barometric calculated height and the height resulting from radar or theodolite, especially for sondes of the older type. Also remarkable are the problems sometimes occurring in decoding the pressure records. In the laboratory it was attempted to interpret deviations found by comparisons qualitatively as well as quantitatively. If the pressure records of the newer radio-sonde are analyzed accurately, the barometric calculated height can be computed to better than 2%.
- Publication:
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Meteorologische Rundschau
- Pub Date:
- August 1980
- Bibcode:
- 1980MetRu..33..107A
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Pressure;
- Meteorological Parameters;
- Pressure Measurement;
- Radiosondes;
- Troposphere;
- Height;
- Humidity Measurement;
- Radar Measurement;
- Temperature Measurement;
- Instrumentation and Photography