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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2919-2025
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-18-2919-2025
© Author(s) 2025. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Research article
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07 Jul 2025
Research article |
| 07 Jul 2025
| 07 Jul 2025
Justification for high-ascent attainment for balloon radiosonde soundings at GRUAN and other sites
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, 060-0810, Japan
Bomin Sun
I.M. Systems Group, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
Anthony Reale
NOAA NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR), College Park, Maryland 20740, USA
Domenico Cimini
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), Potenza, 85050, Italy
Salvatore Larosa
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), Potenza, 85050, Italy
Lori Borg
Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS), University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Christoph von Rohden
GRUAN Lead Centre, Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Am Observatorium 12, 15848 Tauche, Germany
Michael Sommer
GRUAN Lead Centre, Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Am Observatorium 12, 15848 Tauche, Germany
Ruud Dirksen
GRUAN Lead Centre, Lindenberg Meteorological Observatory, Deutscher Wetterdienst, Am Observatorium 12, 15848 Tauche, Germany
Marion Maturilli
Atmospheric Physics Section, Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research, Telegrafenberg A45,14473 Potsdam, Germany
Holger Vömel
Earth Observing Laboratory, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, USA
Rigel Kivi
Space and Earth Observation Centre, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Sodankylä, 99600, Finland
Bruce Ingleby
Research Department, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts, Shinfield Park, Reading, RG2 9AX, UK
Ryan J. Kramer
NOAA Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
Belay Demoz
Department of Physics, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA
Fabio Madonna
Department of Physics, University of Salerno, Salerno, 84084, Italy
National Research Council of Italy (CNR), Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (IMAA), Potenza, 85050, Italy
Fabien Carminati
Satellite and Surface Assimilation, Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Owen Lewis
Satellite and Surface Assimilation, Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Brett Candy
Satellite and Surface Assimilation, Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Christopher Thomas
Satellite and Surface Assimilation, Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
David Edwards
Upper Air Observations, Met Office, Exeter, EX1 3PB, UK
Noersomadi
Research Center for Climate and Atmosphere, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bandung, Indonesia
Kensaku Shimizu
Meteorological & Disaster Prevention System Division, Meisei Electric Co., Ltd., 2223 Naganumamachi, Isesaki, Gunma, 372-8585, Japan
Peter Thorne
ICARUS Climate Research Centre, Maynooth University, Maynooth, Ireland
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Short summary
We assess and illustrate the benefits of high-altitude attainment of balloon-borne radiosonde soundings up to and beyond 10 hPa level from various aspects. We show that the extra costs and technical challenges involved in consistent attainment of high ascents are more than outweighed by the benefits for a broad variety of real-time and delayed-mode applications. Consistent attainment of high ascents should therefore be pursued across the balloon observational network.
We assess and illustrate the benefits of high-altitude attainment of balloon-borne radiosonde...
