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Lecture 1. Geraint Vaughan. Radiosondes. Vaisala RS80. Vaisala RS92. European radiosonde stations (launch 00 and 12 UTC). Launching a radiosonde. Data available from: http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html. Examples of radiosonde profiles: temperature vs height. stratosphere.
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Lecture 1 Geraint Vaughan
Radiosondes Vaisala RS80 Vaisala RS92 European radiosonde stations (launch 00 and 12 UTC) Launching a radiosonde Data available from: http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html
Examples of radiosonde profiles: temperature vs height stratosphere stratosphere T T troposphere troposphere I stratosphere stratosphere T troposphere T T : tropopause; I: inversion (top of boundary layer in this case) troposphere I
Examples of radiosonde profiles: potential temperature vs height Note: θ always increases with height – we can use θ as a vertical coordinate in the stratosphere