| contributor author | Aberson, Sim D.;Sellwood, Kathryn J.;Leighton, Paul A. | |
| date accessioned | 2018-01-03T10:59:56Z | |
| date available | 2018-01-03T10:59:56Z | |
| date copyright | 6/20/2017 12:00:00 AM | |
| date issued | 2017 | |
| identifier other | jtech-d-17-0023.1.pdf | |
| identifier uri | http://138.201.223.254:8080/yetl1/handle/yetl/4245844 | |
| description abstract | AbstractCurrent practice is to transmit dropwindsonde data from aircraft using the TEMP-DROP format, which provides only the release location and time with 0.1° latitude ? 0.1° longitude (about 11 km) and 1-h resolutions, respectively. The current dropwindsonde has a fall speed of approximately 15 m s?1, so the instrument will be advected faster horizontally than it will descend if the wind speed exceeds this value. Where wind speeds are greatest, such as in tropical cyclones, this will introduce large errors in the location of the observations, especially near the surface. A technique to calculate the correct time and location of each observation in the TEMP-DROP message is introduced. The mean differences between the calculated and reported locations are about 0.5 km for distance and 15 s for time, or <1% of the error size for distance and <10% for time. | |
| publisher | American Meteorological Society | |
| type | Journal Paper | |
| journal volume | 34 | |
| journal issue | 8 | |
| journal title | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology | |
| identifier doi | 10.1175/JTECH-D-17-0023.1 | |
| journal fristpage | 1673 | |
| journal lastpage | 1678 | |
| tree | Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology:;2017:;volume( 034 ):;issue: 008 | |
| contenttype | Fulltext | |