edu.ucar.opensky::articles:17307 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T15:01:33.051314 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7hx1dz0 Assessment of radiosonde temperature measurements in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere using COSMIC radio occultation data 2009-09-09T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7hx1dz0 https://doi.org/10.1029/2009GL038712 He, Wenying author Ho, Shu-peng author Chen, H. author Zhou, Xinjia author Hunt, Douglas C. author Kuo, Ying-Hwa author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher Temperature profiles derived from Global Positioning System (GPS) Radio Occultation (RO) data from the Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere, and Climate (COSMIC) mission are compared with those from four types of radiosonde systems from 12 to 25 km to assess the performance of these radiosonde systems in the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere. Results show that temperature measurements from the Vaisala-RS92 and Shanghai radiosonde systems agree well with those of COSMIC with a close-to-zero mean difference. Large temperature biases are shown for the MRZ and VIZ-B2 radiosonde systems relative to COSMIC, which are probably caused by diurnal radiative effects. In addition, we show that the temperature measurements from a new Chinese radiosonde system are improved compared to those of an older system through a comparison with COSMIC measurements. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication An edited version of this paper was published by AGU. Copyright 2009 American Geophysical Union. None eng geoscientificInformation