Articles | Volume 10, issue 7
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2485-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-10-2485-2017
Research article
 | 
14 Jul 2017
Research article |  | 14 Jul 2017

Comparison of Vaisala radiosondes RS41 and RS92 launched over the oceans from the Arctic to the tropics

Yoshimi Kawai, Masaki Katsumata, Kazuhiro Oshima, Masatake E. Hori, and Jun Inoue

Download

Interactive discussion

Status: closed
Status: closed
AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment
Printer-friendly Version - Printer-friendly version Supplement - Supplement

Peer-review completion

AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision
AR by Yoshimi Kawai on behalf of the Authors (31 May 2017)  Author's response    Manuscript
ED: Publish as is (05 Jun 2017) by Joanna Joiner
Download
Short summary
The model RS92 radiosonde manufactured by Vaisala Ltd. is now being replaced with a successor model, the RS41, and we need to clarify accuracy differences between them for a variety of research. For this purpose, 36 twin-radiosonde flights were performed over the oceans from the Arctic to the tropics. Basically the differences between the RS41 and RS92 were smaller than the nominal combined uncertainties of the RS41; however, we found non-negligible biases in relative humidity and pressure.