Articles | Volume 12, issue 8
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4191-2019
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-12-4191-2019
Research article
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02 Aug 2019
Research article |  | 02 Aug 2019

Evaluation of wake influence on high-resolution balloon-sonde measurements

Jens Söder, Michael Gerding, Andreas Schneider, Andreas Dörnbrack, Henrike Wilms, Johannes Wagner, and Franz-Josef Lübken

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Atmospheric measurements on rising balloons can be compromised by the balloon's wake. The aim of this study is to provide a tool for assessing the likelihood of encountering the balloon's wake at the position of the gondola. This includes an uncertainty analysis of the calculation and a retrieval of vertical winds. We find an average wake encounter probability of 28 % for a standard radiosonde. Additionally, we evaluate the influence of wake from smaller objects on turbulence measurements.