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A technique of radiosonde launch under the surface wind of high speed

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Upper-air sounding is impacted by the surface wind of high speed in polar regions and in the areas affected by tropical cyclones. Considered are the main existing methods of radiosonde launching under such conditions. It is suggested to use the cone tower in order to provide a greater initial height of launching of the instrumental box as compared with the routine launching method. The employement of the tower allows using the wind force jointly with the lifting force of the balloon to deliver the instrumental box up to the top of the tower. Installation of the tower into the wind shelter secures the operator and provides the radiosonde launching even in the case of the very strong wind. The field model experiment corroborated the efficiency of the proposed scheme of radiosonde launching.

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Original Russian Text © B.S. Yurchak, 2014, published in Meteorologiya i Gidrologiya, 2014, No. 1. pp. 60–71.

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Yurchak, B.S. A technique of radiosonde launch under the surface wind of high speed. Russ. Meteorol. Hydrol. 39, 38–46 (2014). https://doi.org/10.3103/S1068373914010063

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