Abstract
About ten different sounding systems are used by the aerological networks of the Northern Hemisphere. The main characteristics of these systems with regard to sensors and telemetry are described. The method of reducing the daytime readings of radiosondes to nighttime readings is used in order to illustrate that worldwide compatibility in synoptic analyses of higher atmospheric levels is still unsatisfactory. Some features in the field of aerodynamics are demonstrated. The results show that a freely rising balloon is not an ideal sensor for measuring wind velocity aloft, and that the radiation error of temperature sensors is not only a function of the solar elevation angle, the air density and the rate of ascent, but is also influenced by the microstructure of the air. It is shown that the wind speed aloft may be used as a measure of the microstructure. Some aspects of improved sensors are discussed which may serve as a reference for the present sounding systems.
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Hinzpeter, M.F.E. (1970). Problems and Status of Worldwide Development of Upper Air Sounding Systems. In: Teweles, S., Giraytys, J. (eds) Meteorological Observations and Instrumentation. Meteorological Monographs, vol 11. American Meteorological Society, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-935704-35-5_47
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