Evaluation of Windsond S1H2 performance in Kumasi during the 2016 DACCIWA field campaign

Bessardon, Geoffrey Elie Quentin; Fosu-Amankwah, Kwabena; Petersson, Anders; Brooks, Barbara Jane

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-1311-2019

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28 Feb 2019

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| 28 Feb 2019

Evaluation of Windsond S1H2 performance in Kumasi during the 2016 DACCIWA field campaign

Geoffrey Elie Quentin Bessardon, Kwabena Fosu-Amankwah, Anders Petersson, and Barbara Jane Brooks

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'quick review for amt-2018-179', Anonymous Referee #1, 19 Jul 2018
- AC4: 'Answer to RC1', Geoffrey Bessardon, 07 Dec 2018
RC2: 'full review for AMT-2018-179', Anonymous Referee #1, 02 Aug 2018
- AC1: 'Answer to referee #1 for AMT-2018-179', Geoffrey Bessardon, 01 Oct 2018
  - RC3: 'Second Review for AMT-2018-179 (Bessardon et al.)', Anonymous Referee #1, 06 Oct 2018
    - AC2: 'Answer to RC3 for AMT 2018-179', Geoffrey Bessardon, 07 Dec 2018
RC4: 'Review - Evaluation of Windsond S1H2 performance in Kumasi during the 2016 DACCIWA field campaign', Anonymous Referee #2, 09 Nov 2018
- AC3: 'Answer to referee #2 RC4 for AMT 2018-179', Geoffrey Bessardon, 07 Dec 2018

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Geoffrey Bessardon on behalf of the Authors (07 Dec 2018)

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (18 Dec 2018) by Mathew Evans

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (20 Dec 2018)

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (16 Jan 2019) by Mathew Evans

AR by Geoffrey Bessardon on behalf of the Authors (01 Feb 2019) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (04 Feb 2019) by Mathew Evans

AR by Geoffrey Bessardon on behalf of the Authors (06 Feb 2019)

Short summary

This paper presents the first performance assessment during a field campaign of a new reusable radiosonde: the Windsond S1H2. The reuse feature of the S1H2 requires evaluation of the data alteration due to sonde reuse in addition to performance and reproducibility assessments. A comparison with the Vaisala RS41-SG, a well-proven system, shows the potential of the S1H2, with no major performance degradation arising from S1H2 sonde reuse but shows the need for improving the S1H2 GPS system.