Improved method for temporally interpolating radiosonde profiles in the convective boundary layer

von Klitzing, Linus; Turner, David D.; Lange, Diego; Wulfmeyer, Volker

doi:10.5194/amt-19-359-2026

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-359-2026

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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-19-359-2026

© Author(s) 2026. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 19, issue 1

Research article

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16 Jan 2026

Research article |

| 16 Jan 2026

Improved method for temporally interpolating radiosonde profiles in the convective boundary layer

Linus von Klitzing, David D. Turner, Diego Lange, and Volker Wulfmeyer

Data sets

Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS), WNPN output data Evan Keeler, Ken Burk, and Jenni Kyrouac https://doi.org/10.5439/1595321

Water vapor mixing ratio from Raman Lidar Robert Newsom, Chitra Sivaraman, C., and Damao Zhang https://doi.org/10.5439/1415137

Tropospheric Optimal Estimation Retrieval (TROPOE) David Turner https://doi.org/10.5439/1996977

Statistical data for the AMT manuscript “Improved method for temporally interpolating radiosonde profiles in the convective boundary layer” Linus von Klitzing https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15235761

Short summary

Many atmospheric science endeavors require temporally resolved profiles of temperature, humidity, and winds. Radiosondes are considered the gold standard for measuring these profiles, but the temporal resolution is frequently too coarse for many applications within the atmospheric boundary layer. This study proposes a new method using a normalized height grid in the temporal interpolation process that yields more accurate profiles in the convective boundary layer.