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Comparison of tropopause height and frontal boundary locations based on radar and radiosonde data
Author(s) -
Larsen M. F.,
Röttger J.
Publication year - 1983
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/gl010i004p00325
Subject(s) - radiosonde , meteorology , tropopause , radar , geology , remote sensing , geodesy , climatology , geography , stratosphere , telecommunications , computer science
In February of 1982 the SOUSY‐VHF‐Radar, located near Hannover, West Germany, was operated during the passage of a warm front. The timing of the radiosonde ascent from nearby Hannover was such that the narrow frontal zone boundary was immediately overhead at a height of approximately 7 km. The data from this event has made it possible to make a detailed comparison of the radar and radiosonde reflectivity data that has not been possible before. We find that the frontal boundary that is detected by the radar appears as a very low tropopause height in the radiosonde data (approximately 3 km less than the mean during this time).