Acquiring high-resolution wind measurements by modifying radiosonde sounding procedures

Abstract - 1. We describe a method for increasing the usable resolution of radiosonde wind measurements. The main ideas are to avoid self-induced motions of the balloon by keeping it in the subcritical Reynolds number range, to avoid typical pendulum motions of a 15 s period by using a shorter string, and to use data from a descending balloon in order to avoid disturbances from the wake of the balloon affecting temperature and humidity measurements due to the decreased string length. We demonstrate that our changes in hardware and software allow for artefact-free wind data down to scales of 50 m, while the remaining disturbances on even smaller scales are removed. Accordingly, the usable resolution of the wind data has been increased by a factor of 6, compared to the standard data output, at relatively low cost.

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Acquiring high-resolution wind measurements by modifying radiosonde sounding procedures ; volume:16 ; number:18 ; year:2023 ; pages:4183-4193 ; extent:11 ; Atmospheric measurement techniques ; 16, Heft 18 (2023), 4183-4193 (gesamt 11)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Faber, Jens ; Gerding, Michael ; Köpnick, Torsten

Further information

• DOI: 10.5194/amt-16-4183-2023
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023092104141024472709
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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