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Correction of humidity bias for Vaïsala RS80 sondes during AMMA 2006 Observing Period / Mathieu Nuret in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology, vol 25 n° 11 (November 2008)  

Public [article]  inJournal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology > vol 25 n° 11 (November 2008) . - pp 2152 - 2158 Titre : Correction of humidity bias for Vaïsala RS80 sondes during AMMA 2006 Observing Period Type de document : Article/Communication Auteurs : Mathieu Nuret, Auteur ; Jean-Philippe Lafore, Auteur ; Françoise Guichard, Auteur ; Jean-Luc Redelsperger, Auteur ; Olivier Bock , Auteur ; Anna Agusti-Panareda, Auteur ; Jean-Blaise N’Gamini, Auteur Année de publication : 2008 Article en page(s) : pp 2152 - 2158 Note générale : bibliographie Langues : Anglais (eng) Descripteur : [Vedettes matières IGN] Applications de géodésie spatiale [Termes IGN] Afrique occidentale [Termes IGN] données GPS [Termes IGN] données météorologiques [Termes IGN] erreur systématique [Termes IGN] humidité de l'air [Termes IGN] mousson [Termes IGN] radiosondage Résumé : (autuer) During the African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (AMMA) program, which included a special observing period that took place over West Africa in 2006, a major effort was devoted to monitor the atmosphere and its water cycle. The radiosonde network was upgraded and enhanced, and GPS receivers deployed. Among all sondes released in the atmosphere, a significant number were Vaisala RS80-A sondes, which revealed a significant dry bias relative to Vaisala RS92 (a maximum of 14% in the lower atmosphere, reaching 20% in the upper levels). This paper makes use of a simple but robust statistical approach to correct the bias. Comparisons against independent GPS data show that the bias is almost removed at night, whereas for daytime conditions, a weak dry bias (5%) still remains. The correction enhances CAPE by a factor of about 4 and, thus, becomes much more in line with expected values over the region. Numéro de notice : A2008-570 Affiliation des auteurs : LAREG+Ext (1991-2011) Thématique : POSITIONNEMENT Nature : Article nature-HAL : ArtAvecCL-RevueIntern DOI : 10.1175/2008JTECHA1103.1 Date de publication en ligne : 01/11/2008 En ligne : https://doi.org/10.1175/2008JTECHA1103.1 Format de la ressource électronique : URL Permalink : https://documentation.ensg.eu/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=103427 [article]