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For more than three decades, the US Standard Atmosphere has been used by researchers and professionals in many areas of aeronautics and atmospheric sciences. It is an idealized, all season average temperature profile of the earth’s atmosphere. But today’s modern day sophisticated global applications require more extensive representations of the mean temperature profile. This book is a global augmentation of the climatological tropospheric temperature profiles in the Northern Hemisphere for different latitude belts and seasons. There are 72 mean temperature profile tables from the surface up to 10 km in height that represent the four seasons of the year for different latitudinal belts (5°, 10°, 15°, 20°, 25°, 30°, 35°, 40°, 45°, 50°, 55°, 60°, 65°, 70°, 75°, 80°, 85°). The model is based on a neural network algorithm that uses archived radiosonde data, retrieved temperature profiles from remote sensors, and the solar insolation at the top of the earth’s atmosphere. It is the most comprehensive book of mean seasonal tropospheric temperature profiles to date. It will be an indispensable reference to the aeronautic and meteorological industries worldwide as well as an easy-to-use guide for climatologists, research meteorologists, aeronautic engineers, educators and aviators.
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Yee, Y.P., Yee, K.Y., Yee, E.Y. (2012). Basis of the Tables. In: Atmospheric Temperature Profiles of the Northern Hemisphere. Springer Atmospheric Sciences. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4029-7_1
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