The development of the “Storm Tracker” and its applications for atmospheric high-resolution upper-air observations

Hwang, Wei-Chun; Lin, Po-Hsiung; Yu, Hungjui

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5395-2020

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5395-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-13-5395-2020

© Author(s) 2020. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 13, issue 10

Research article

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12 Oct 2020

Research article |

| 12 Oct 2020

The development of the “Storm Tracker” and its applications for atmospheric high-resolution upper-air observations

Wei-Chun Hwang, Po-Hsiung Lin, and Hungjui Yu

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RC1: 'Review of: The Development of the “Storm Tracker” and its Applications for Atmospheric High-resolution Upper-air Observations', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 Apr 2020
- AC1: 'Response to Referee #1', Po-Hsiung Lin, 19 Jun 2020
RC2: 'A review report', Masatomo Fujiwara, 27 Apr 2020
- AC2: 'Response to Referee #2', Po-Hsiung Lin, 19 Jun 2020
RC3: 'Review', Anonymous Referee #3, 07 May 2020
- AC3: 'Response to Referee #3', Po-Hsiung Lin, 19 Jun 2020

Peer-review completion

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

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (24 Jun 2020) Author's response

ED: Referee Nomination & Report Request started (30 Jun 2020) by Ad Stoffelen

RR by Masatomo Fujiwara (11 Jul 2020)

RR by Anonymous Referee #1 (21 Jul 2020)

AR by Anna Wenzel on behalf of the Authors (06 Jul 2020) Author's response

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (review by editor) (21 Jul 2020) by Ad Stoffelen

AR by Po-Hsiung Lin on behalf of the Authors (04 Aug 2020) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (10 Aug 2020) by Ad Stoffelen

Short summary

We have developed a small, light-weight (radiosonde of 20 g with battery), low-cost, and easy-to-use upper-air radiosonde system: the Storm Tracker. With the ability to receive multiple radiosondes simultaneously, the system enables high temporal and spatial resolution atmospheric observations. In the 2018 field campaign, the accuracy of the Storm tracker was tested using co-launched data with Vaisala RS41-SGP radiosondes, and the measurements show an overall good agreement.