Initial Analysis of Water Vapor and Temperature Profiles Retrieved from Integrated Ground-Based Remote Sensors
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Defining the state of the atmosphere is an essential task in order for the improvements in radiative and single-column models to become a reality. The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program (ARM) currently relies on radiosondes to gather the detailed soundings of temperature, pressure, moisture, and wind because automated remote-sensing methods have been heretofore unable to provide this information. Since radiosondes constitute the single largest expense at the Southern Great Plains (SGP) Cloud and Radiation Testbed (CART) (Sisterson et al. 1994), great effort has been directed to the development of automated, remote-sensed sounding techniques in order to lessen our radiosonde burden.
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