TY - JOUR
T1 - Providing in situ long-duration dropsonde observations over remote regions
AU - Cohn, Stephen A.
AU - Hock, Terry
AU - Cocquerez, Philippe
AU - Wang, Junhong
AU - Rabier, Florence
AU - Parsons, David
AU - Harr, Patrick
AU - Wu, Chun Chieh
AU - Drobinski, Philippe
AU - Karbou, Fatima
AU - Vénel, Stéphanie
AU - Vargas, André
AU - Fourrié, Nadia
AU - Saint-Ramond, Nathalie
AU - Guidard, Vincent
AU - Doerenbecher, Alexis
AU - Hsu, Huang Hsiung
AU - Lin, Po Hsiung
AU - Chou, Ming Dah
AU - Redelsperger, Jean Luc
AU - Martin, Charlie
AU - Fox, Jack
AU - Potts, Nick
AU - Young, Kathryn
AU - Cole, Hal
PY - 2013/11
Y1 - 2013/11
N2 - The driftsonde is a unique balloon-borne instrument that releases dropsondes to provide high-resolution in situ profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity (H), pressure (P), and winds from the lower stratosphere down to the surface. It is ideal for applications over oceans and remote polar and continental regions, filling critical gaps in data coverage where the release of surface-based radiosondes is not possible. The balloon drifts with the wind and sondes are released upon command. They parachute to the ground, providing high-vertical-resolution profiles. The driftsonde system consists of the flight train, ground control software that is web based, and ground control servers and associated hardware located at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado. Web-based software adds flexibility, so that an experiment operations center can be located worldwide or it may rotate through several locations to support the continuous nature of balloon flight operations.
AB - The driftsonde is a unique balloon-borne instrument that releases dropsondes to provide high-resolution in situ profiles of atmospheric temperature, humidity (H), pressure (P), and winds from the lower stratosphere down to the surface. It is ideal for applications over oceans and remote polar and continental regions, filling critical gaps in data coverage where the release of surface-based radiosondes is not possible. The balloon drifts with the wind and sondes are released upon command. They parachute to the ground, providing high-vertical-resolution profiles. The driftsonde system consists of the flight train, ground control software that is web based, and ground control servers and associated hardware located at NCAR in Boulder, Colorado. Web-based software adds flexibility, so that an experiment operations center can be located worldwide or it may rotate through several locations to support the continuous nature of balloon flight operations.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84890409961
U2 - 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00075.1
DO - 10.1175/BAMS-D-12-00075.1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84890409961
SN - 0003-0007
VL - 94
SP - 1661
EP - 1674
JO - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
JF - Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
IS - 11
ER -