Correction for Radiation Dry Bias Found in RS92 Radiosonde Data during the MISMO Field Experiment
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- Yoneyama Kunio
- Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC
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- Fujita Mikiko
- Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC
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- Sato Naoki
- Institute of Observational Research for Global Change, JAMSTEC
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- Fujiwara Masatomo
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
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- Inai Yoichi
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
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- Hasebe Fumio
- Graduate School of Environmental Science, Hokkaido University
Abstract
Atmospheric soundings using the Vaisala RS92 radiosonde were intensively conducted during the field experiment MISMO (Mirai Indian Ocean cruise for the Study of the MJO-convection Onset) in the central and eastern equatorial Indian Ocean from October to December 2006. By comparing the RS92 relative humidity data with that from the Meteolabor Snow White (SW) chilled-mirror dew/frost-point hygrometers launched on the same ship around the local noon time, the dry bias was found to increase significantly with height. In addition, it was also revealed that the dry bias had a clear diurnal variation with its maximum at local noon and near-zero at night from the comparison of precipitable water vapor (PWV) with that derived from the shipboard Global Positioning System (GPS) data. Therefore, the dry bias of the RS92 data could be attributed to a solar radiation-induced error that was recently discussed by Vömel et al. (2007).<BR>In this study, we developed a correction scheme for the MISMO RS92 humidity data as a function of pressure and local time using SW data, and then confirmed its validity with GPS-derived PWV.
Journal
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- SOLA
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SOLA 4 13-16, 2008
Meteorological Society of Japan
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Details 詳細情報について
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- CRID
- 1390001205223004928
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- NII Article ID
- 130004448445
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- ISSN
- 13496476
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- HANDLE
- 2115/64819
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
- IRDB
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- CiNii Articles
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- Disallowed