TY - JOUR
T1 - Justification for high-Ascent attainment for balloon radiosonde soundings at GRUAN and other sites
AU - Fujiwara, Masatomo
AU - Sun, Bomin
AU - Reale, Anthony
AU - Cimini, Domenico
AU - Larosa, Salvatore
AU - Borg, Lori
AU - Von Rohden, Christoph
AU - Sommer, Michael
AU - Dirksen, Ruud
AU - Maturilli, Marion
AU - Vömel, Holger
AU - Kivi, Rigel
AU - Ingleby, Bruce
AU - Kramer, Ryan J.
AU - Demoz, Belay
AU - Madonna, Fabio
AU - Carminati, Fabien
AU - Lewis, Owen
AU - Candy, Brett
AU - Thomas, Christopher
AU - Edwards, David
AU - Noersomadi,
AU - Shimizu, Kensaku
AU - Thorne, Peter
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2025 Masatomo Fujiwara et al.
PY - 2025/7/7
Y1 - 2025/7/7
N2 - We assess and illustrate the benefits of high-Altitude attainment of balloon-borne radiosonde soundings, up to and beyond 10 hPa level compared to, for example, 30 hPa, at operational stations and at sites of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN). We first discuss technical challenges and the possible solutions for balloon soundings at these higher altitudes. Then, we assess the role of high-Ascent radiosonde measurements in climate monitoring and various process studies, contributions to satellite calibration and validation, and impacts on numerical weather prediction systems. The analysis herein shows that the extra costs and technical challenges involved in consistent attainment of high ascents are more than outweighed by the benefits for a broad variety of real-Time and delayed-mode applications. Consistent attainment of high ascents should therefore be pursued across the GRUAN network and the broader observational network.
AB - We assess and illustrate the benefits of high-Altitude attainment of balloon-borne radiosonde soundings, up to and beyond 10 hPa level compared to, for example, 30 hPa, at operational stations and at sites of the Global Climate Observing System (GCOS) Reference Upper Air Network (GRUAN). We first discuss technical challenges and the possible solutions for balloon soundings at these higher altitudes. Then, we assess the role of high-Ascent radiosonde measurements in climate monitoring and various process studies, contributions to satellite calibration and validation, and impacts on numerical weather prediction systems. The analysis herein shows that the extra costs and technical challenges involved in consistent attainment of high ascents are more than outweighed by the benefits for a broad variety of real-Time and delayed-mode applications. Consistent attainment of high ascents should therefore be pursued across the GRUAN network and the broader observational network.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/105017160075
U2 - 10.5194/amt-18-2919-2025
DO - 10.5194/amt-18-2919-2025
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:105017160075
SN - 1867-1381
VL - 18
SP - 2919
EP - 2955
JO - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
JF - Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
IS - 13
ER -