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Article

JAMC paper Zhang et al. 2022 published

The manuscript "Characteristics of Temperature and Humidity Inversions Based on High-Resolution Radiosonde Observations at Three Arctic Stations" by…
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Article

Atmosphere paper Rosoldi et al. 2022 published

The manuscript "Intercomparison of Vaisala RS92 and RS41 Radiosonde Temperature Sensors under Controlled Laboratory Conditions" has been published on…
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Article

MST paper Colombo et al. 2022 published

The manuscript "Quantifying the interpolation uncertainty of radiosonde humidity profiles, Colombo & Fassò" has been published on Measurement Science…

Meeting

ICM-13 meeting report published

The report of the GRUAN ICM-13 meeting is available for download.

Article

AMT paper von Rohden et al. 2022 published

The paper describes the radiation correction for the RS41 that was developed using the custom-built laboratory test facility SISTER at the Lead…

Article

AMT paper Ingleby et al. 2022 published

The study evaluates the quality of descent data from operational radiosoundings - mainly for Vaisala RS41 - and compares them with ascent profiles…

Article

AMT paper Lee et al. 2021 in review

"Laboratory characterisations and intercomparison sounding test of dual thermistor radiosondes for radiation correction" by Lee et al. The paper is…
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Meeting

ICM-13: presentations and documents available

The 13th GRUAN annual Implementation and Coordination Meeting, ICM-13, took place 15-19 November 2021 as virtual meeting. All presentations and…
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Meeting

ICM-13: agenda available

Due to the global Covid-19 situation, this year's meeting will be organized as a condensed, virtual meeting in the week of 15-19 November 2021.

Article

AMT paper Rosoldi et al. 2021 in review

"Intercomparison of Vaisala RS92 and RS41 radiosonde temperature sensors under controlled laboratory conditions" by Rosoldi et al. The paper is open…

Article

AMT paper Lee et al. 2021 in review

"Radiation correction and uncertainty evaluation of RS41 temperature sensors by using an upper-air simulator" by Lee et al. The paper is open for…

Article Data product

AMT paper von Rohden et al. 2021 in review

"Laboratory characterisation of the radiation temperature error of radiosondes and its application to the GRUAN data processing for the Vaisala RS41"…
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Station

Paramaribo (Suriname) first GRUAN site in South America

With the establishment of a new site in Paramaribo we have reached the landmark of the first GRUAN site on the South American continent. This is…

Article Measurement

AMT paper Ingleby et al. 2021 in review

The following GRUAN-relevant paper was published at AMT: "On the quality of RS41 radiosonde descent data" by Ingleby et al. The paper is open for…
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Conference

ICM-13: virtual meeting 15-19 November 2021

In view of the ongoing Covid-19 situation, ICM-13 will again be organized as a virtual meeting.