On the Correction of Shipboard Miniradiosondes of the Western Mediterranean Circulation Experiment - June 1986

Abstract

Atmospheric soundings taken during the Western Mediterranean Circulation Experiment of June 1986 are found to contain inaccuracies due to instrument miscalibrations and ship-induced distortions. Once a criterion is established to identify those soundings in need of surface-layer modification, several corrective techniques are applied to the data. It is found that a profile correction method using surface measurements corrected for ship-induced distortions is best able to provide realistic and representative soundings within the surface layer.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1989
Accession Number
ADA207208

Entities

People

  • Gerard N. Vogel

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Boundary Layer
  • Data Sets
  • Distortion
  • Errors
  • High Resolution
  • Measurement
  • Military Research
  • Pressure Altimeters
  • Pressure Measurement
  • Radiation
  • Research Facilities
  • Solar Radiation
  • Surface Temperature
  • Temperature Gradients
  • Uss America
  • Wet Bulb Temperature

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Oceanography.