Atmospheric temperature, density, and wind data retrieved by various means are intercompared, covering the 1980-1984 period. The study encompasses such data sources as radiosonde, rocketsonde, in situ measurements, remote measurements, satellites, and NOAA-6 and 7 TOVS data. Larger temperature differences (up to 7-8 K) are noted for the rocketsonde/satellite comparison than for the radiosonde/satellite comparison (less than 1 K). The rocketsonde measurements were found to be internally consistent to less than 1 K up to 50 km and to less than 3 K up to 60 km. A general agreement of the density data obtained from small rocketsondes and large sounding rocket systems is suggested to be within 15 percent up to 85 km of altitude. The usefulness of intermixing the measurements of the various atmospheric parameters obtained from different instruments is emphasized, and some suggestions are made concerning the approaches to such intermixing.


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    Title :

    Intercomparisons of temperature, density and wind measurements from in situ and satellite techniques


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    Publication date :

    1984-01-01



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    Miscellaneous


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    Language :

    English