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Title: An evaluation of ARM radiosonde operational performance

Abstract

Because the ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) program uses data from radiosondes for real-time quality control and sensitive modeling applications, it is important to have a quantitative measure of the quality of the radiosonde data themselves. Two methods have been tried for estimating the quality of radiosonde data: comparisons with known standards before launch and examination of pseudo-replicate samples by single sensors aloft. The ground check procedure showed that the ARM radiosondes are within manufacturer`s specifications for measuring relative humidity; procedural artifacts prevented verification for temperature. Pseudo-replicates from ascent and descent suggest that the temperature measurement is within the specified {minus_plus}0.2 C. On average ascent and descent data are similar, but detailed structure may be obscured on descent by loss of sampling density, and the descent involves other uncertainties.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
69119
Report Number(s):
ANL/ER/CP-84206; CONF-9503104-3
ON: DE95012446
DOE Contract Number:  
W-31109-ENG-38
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: 9. symposium on meteorological observations and instrumentation, Charlotte, NC (United States), 27-31 Mar 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; METEOROLOGY; BALLOONS; TELEMETRY; PERFORMANCE TESTING; ACCURACY; MEASURING INSTRUMENTS

Citation Formats

Lesht, B M. An evaluation of ARM radiosonde operational performance. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Lesht, B M. An evaluation of ARM radiosonde operational performance. United States.
Lesht, B M. 1995. "An evaluation of ARM radiosonde operational performance". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/69119.
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abstractNote = {Because the ARM (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement) program uses data from radiosondes for real-time quality control and sensitive modeling applications, it is important to have a quantitative measure of the quality of the radiosonde data themselves. Two methods have been tried for estimating the quality of radiosonde data: comparisons with known standards before launch and examination of pseudo-replicate samples by single sensors aloft. The ground check procedure showed that the ARM radiosondes are within manufacturer`s specifications for measuring relative humidity; procedural artifacts prevented verification for temperature. Pseudo-replicates from ascent and descent suggest that the temperature measurement is within the specified {minus_plus}0.2 C. On average ascent and descent data are similar, but detailed structure may be obscured on descent by loss of sampling density, and the descent involves other uncertainties.},
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year = {Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
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