Reports of the U.S. - U.S.S.R. Weddell Polynya Expedition, October-November 1981. Volume 6. Upper-Air Data.

• Main Author: Andreas,E L
• Other Authors: COLD REGIONS RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING LAB HANOVER NH
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1983
• Subjects: Meteorology; *Meteorological data; Scientific expeditions; Marine meteorology; Antarctic regions; High altitude; Low altitude; Barometric pressure; Atmospheric temperature; Humidity; Wind velocity; Wind direction; Tables(Data); Weddell Polynya Expedition; Antarctic; Weddell; Antarc*; Sea ice
• Online Access: http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADA134871; http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADA134871

This report summarizes the most extensive set of upper-air data ever collected over Antarctic sea ice in winter, the data that we obtained using radiosondes during the U.S.-U.S.S.R. Weddell Polynya Expedition. The report includes a description of the two radiosonde systems that we used, a chronological listing of all 110 soundings that we made during the expedition, a discussion of measured and derived quantities, listings of all of the sounding data, and plots to 5 km of the potential temperature profile from each sounding. (Author) See also Volume 7, AD-A134 476. Sponsored in part by Grant NSF-DPP82-03489.