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©2020 Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office.Radiosonde profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction
Radiosondes
Profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction were measured
using Vaisala RS80-GPS radiosondes carried aloft by helium balloons. A list of radiosonde
launches is given as the data file list. The data are transmitted from the sonde to a
shipboard receiver and these are stored at 2-s intervals by computer. This sampling
gives good height resolution in the atmospheric boundary layer, which is under the direct
influence of the fluxes through the sea surface. The radiosondes were generally launched
to coincide with the overpasses of the NASA Aqua earth observation satellite, as the
atmospheric profiles derived from the radiosondes can be used to validate satellite
retrievals of atmospheric temperature and humidity distributions.
Minnett, P. J. (2010) Radiosonde profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction from R/V Tangaroa cruise VDT0410 in the South East of New Zealand, S.W. Bounty Trough in 2004 (SAGE project). Biological and Chemical Oceanography Data Management Office (BCO-DMO). (Version 06April2010) Version Date 2010-04-06 [if applicable, indicate subset used]. http://lod.bco-dmo.org/id/dataset/3337 [access date]
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