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https://doi.org/10.5194/gi-9-337-2020
© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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18 Aug 2020
Research article |
| 18 Aug 2020
| 18 Aug 2020
Managing the transition from Vaisala RS92 to RS41 radiosondes within the Global Climate Observing System Reference Upper-Air Network (GRUAN): a progress report
GRUAN Lead Centre, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg,
Am Observatorium 12, 15848
Tauche/Lindenberg, Germany
Greg E. Bodeker
Bodeker Scientific, 42 Russell Street, Alexandra 9320, New Zealand
Peter W. Thorne
Department of Geography Maynooth Co., Maynooth University, Kildare, Ireland
Andrea Merlone
INRI, Turin, Italy
Tony Reale
NOAA/NESDIS, Washington DC, USA
Junhong Wang
Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, State University of New York, Albany, USA
Dale F. Hurst
Global Monitoring Laboratory, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratories, Boulder, CO, USA
Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, CO, USA
Belay B. Demoz
University of Maryland Baltimore County, 1000 Hilltop Circle, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Tom D. Gardiner
Environmental Department, National Physical Laboratory, Hampton Rd,
Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 OLW, UK
Bruce Ingleby
ECMWF, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Michael Sommer
GRUAN Lead Centre, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg,
Am Observatorium 12, 15848
Tauche/Lindenberg, Germany
Christoph von Rohden
GRUAN Lead Centre, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Meteorologisches Observatorium Lindenberg,
Am Observatorium 12, 15848
Tauche/Lindenberg, Germany
Thierry Leblanc
JPL – Table Mountain Facility, 24490 Table Mountain Road,
Wrightwood, CA 92397, USA
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Short summary
This paper describes GRUAN's strategy for a network-wide change of the operational radiosonde from Vaisala RS92 to RS41. GRUAN's main goal is to provide long-term data records that are free of inhomogeneities due to instrumental effects, which requires proper change management. The approach is to fully characterize differences between the two radiosonde types using laboratory tests, twin soundings, and ancillary data, as well as by drawing from the various fields of expertise available in GRUAN.
This paper describes GRUAN's strategy for a network-wide change of the operational radiosonde...
