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May, P.T., Strauch, R.G. and Moran, K.P. (1988). The altitude coverage of temperature measurements using RASS with wind profiler radars. Geophysical Research Letters 15: doi: 10.1029/88GL03824. issn: 0094-8276. |
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The Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) technique for measuring temperature profiles with good time and height resolution has been applied using wind profiling radars operating at three frequencies (49.8, 404.37 and 915 MHz). The performance of the three systems is discussed in terms of the altitude coverage of the temperature measurements and physical processes limiting the coverage. The lower frequencies can probe greater altitudes, but the 49.8 MHz wind profilers have a minimum range of about 2.1 km limiting their usefulness for some studies. These preliminary results indicate that the use of RASS in concert with wind profilers has promise for operational meteorology. |
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Keywords
Meteorology and Atmospheric Dynamics, Thermospheric dynamics |
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Publisher
American Geophysical Union 2000 Florida Avenue N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009-1277 USA 1-202-462-6900 1-202-328-0566 service@agu.org |
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