Abstract
An automatic and remotely controlled radio acoustic sounding system (RASS) that provides sound velocity profiles and reliable estimates of corresponding profiles of virtual temperature with a height and time resolution not attainable by any other measurement method is described. Experiments that included the RASS, surface-based instruments and a laser ceilometer and that allowed the calculation of various parameters associated with the stability of the lower troposphere and cloud formation are discussed. RASS-derived temperatures are compared with those obtained from on-site balloon soundings. The temperature accuracies are shown to be within the spectral resolution of the Doppler processor of the wind profiler.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages | 1181-1184 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| State | Published - Dec 1 1990 |
| Event | 10th Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS '90 - College Park, MD, USA Duration: May 20 1990 → May 20 1990 |
Other
| Other | 10th Annual International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium - IGARSS '90 |
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| City | College Park, MD, USA |
| Period | 5/20/90 → 5/20/90 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Computer Science Applications
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)