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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-4043-2015
© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
Research article
| 
02 Oct 2015
Research article |
| 02 Oct 2015
Altitude misestimation caused by the Vaisala RS80 pressure bias and its impact on meteorological profiles
Y. Inai
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
now at: Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
M. Shiotani
Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere, Kyoto University, Uji, Japan
M. Fujiwara
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
F. Hasebe
Faculty of Environmental Earth Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
Earth Observing Laboratory, The National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, USA
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Short summary
For conventional soundings, the pressure bias of radiosonde leads to an altitude misestimation, which can lead to offsets in any meteorological profile. Therefore, we must take this issue into account to improve historical data sets.
For conventional soundings, the pressure bias of radiosonde leads to an altitude misestimation,...
