Stratospheric tropospheric wind profiling radars in the Australian network
Abstract The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology completed the installation of a network of 9 new wind profiling radars across mainland Australia in 2017, which complement an existing network of 5 profilers and 5 research systems. This results in a network of 14 operational, and 19 total, pr...
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ftdoajarticles:oai:doaj.org/article:8d1e9b3d20984014946f36d98504e958 2023-05-15T13:46:06+02:00 Stratospheric tropospheric wind profiling radars in the Australian network Bronwyn K. Dolman Iain M. Reid Chris Tingwell 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0944-z https://doaj.org/article/8d1e9b3d20984014946f36d98504e958 EN eng SpringerOpen http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40623-018-0944-z https://doaj.org/toc/1880-5981 doi:10.1186/s40623-018-0944-z 1880-5981 https://doaj.org/article/8d1e9b3d20984014946f36d98504e958 Earth, Planets and Space, Vol 70, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2018) Stratospheric tropospheric wind profilers Wind measurements Forecast error impacts Geography. Anthropology. Recreation G Geodesy QB275-343 Geology QE1-996.5 article 2018 ftdoajarticles https://doi.org/10.1186/s40623-018-0944-z 2022-12-31T14:32:16Z Abstract The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology completed the installation of a network of 9 new wind profiling radars across mainland Australia in 2017, which complement an existing network of 5 profilers and 5 research systems. This results in a network of 14 operational, and 19 total, profilers across Australia and Davis Station in Antarctica. Four of the new profilers are higher power stratospheric tropospheric systems, designed to measure winds from near ground level to the tropopause, and maintain the upper air network in Australia where sonde launches are no longer available. Wind measurements in the near field of the radar are demonstrated to be both possible and accurate by comparison with co-located radiosondes. Quality control procedures producing winds of sufficient accuracy for presentation to forecasters and ingestion into global numerical weather prediction models are described. The Australian network data are available on the global telecommunications system and are currently being ingested into all major models. First results from impact studies on forecast error reduction in the Australian Community Climate and Earth Systems Simulator show remote stations have the greatest impact. Article in Journal/Newspaper Antarc* Antarctica Directory of Open Access Journals: DOAJ Articles Davis Station ENVELOPE(77.968,77.968,-68.576,-68.576) Davis-Station ENVELOPE(77.968,77.968,-68.576,-68.576) Earth, Planets and Space 70 1 |
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Abstract The Australian Government Bureau of Meteorology completed the installation of a network of 9 new wind profiling radars across mainland Australia in 2017, which complement an existing network of 5 profilers and 5 research systems. This results in a network of 14 operational, and 19 total, profilers across Australia and Davis Station in Antarctica. Four of the new profilers are higher power stratospheric tropospheric systems, designed to measure winds from near ground level to the tropopause, and maintain the upper air network in Australia where sonde launches are no longer available. Wind measurements in the near field of the radar are demonstrated to be both possible and accurate by comparison with co-located radiosondes. Quality control procedures producing winds of sufficient accuracy for presentation to forecasters and ingestion into global numerical weather prediction models are described. The Australian network data are available on the global telecommunications system and are currently being ingested into all major models. First results from impact studies on forecast error reduction in the Australian Community Climate and Earth Systems Simulator show remote stations have the greatest impact. |
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Stratospheric tropospheric wind profiling radars in the Australian network |
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Stratospheric tropospheric wind profiling radars in the Australian network |
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