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- Title
UPPER-AIR MOISTURE DATA VOID DISCOVERED . . . AND PARTIALLY RECTIFIED.
- Authors
Clough, Charles; Padovani, Michael
- Abstract
The article reports on the issue whether the parameters and data collected by the rawinsonde instrumentation may be important to climate variability with regards to high-altitude moisture. Despite the little importance of high-altitude moisture to operational forecasting, it is significant in radiation transfer calculations that affect climate model physics which was discovered to be missing from routine rawinsonde data assimilation for 2006. The rawinsonde coded reports of the World Meteorological Organization from international sites which were using Vaisala rawinsonde systems were affected by this missing parameter. Technological advancements in radiosonde hygristor design have made accurate moisture measurements but the upgrade was not able to meet its target.
- Subjects
RAWINSONDE observations of the upper atmosphere; RADIOSONDE observations of the upper atmosphere; METEOROLOGICAL instruments; WORLD Meteorological Organization; MOISTURE measurement; UPPER atmosphere observations; SCIENTIFIC errors; WEATHER forecasting; ALTITUDES; RADIATION
- Publication
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society, 2008, Vol 89, Issue 7, p953
- ISSN
0003-0007
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1175/2007BAMS2463.1