The Jimsonde-A high resolution temperature sensor

Camp, D. W.

doi:10.1029/jc076i036p08613

J. Geophys. Res.

1971

DOI: 10.1029/jc076i036p08613

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The Jimsonde-A high resolution temperature sensor

D. W. Camp

Abstract: The Jimsonde, a high‐resolution lightweight temperature sensor developed for use with the FPS‐16 Radar/Jimsphere wind system, and its related systems are discussed; and an error analysis that shows the sonde to have an rms error of 0.41C at sea level and 0.56C at 18 km is presented. Five flight tests, a sequence of four tests and one individual test, of the Jimsonde were made. For comparative purposes, radiosonde temperature data are presented along with the Jimsonde data.

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Spectral structure of tropospheric vertical temperature profiles over Cape Kennedy, Florida

Fichtl¹,

Camp

1973

J. Geophys. Res.

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Recent Jimsphere/Jimsonde measurements of tropospheric temperature profile spectra in the wavelength band 50 ≤ λ ≤ 2000 meters above the atmospheric boundary layer, taken over Cape Kennedy, Florida, are summarized. The results suggest that the spectra can be represented in the nondimensional form (ωg/σw)ϕ(k)/σT2 = S(K), where ϕ(k) is the temperature profile spectrum at wave number k, ωg is the Brunt‐Väsälä frequency, σw, and σT denote the standard deviations of the vertical velocity and temperature profiles, and S is a universal function of nondimensional wave number K = kσw/ωg. As K → ∞, the results suggest that S(K) ∼ K−1, whereas, for intermediate values of K ∼ O (10−2), S(K) ∼ K−3.

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Spectral structure of tropospheric vertical temperature profiles over Cape Kennedy, Florida

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Camp

1973

J. Geophys. Res.

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High-resolution system for tropospheric wind and temperature profile measurements

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Vaughan²

1975

J. Geophys. Res.

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This paper briefly describes the Jimsphere/Jimsonde system and presents some possible applications of the system. As space vehicles became larger and more sophisticated, an improved method for obtaining wind profile data had to be found. To satisfy this need, the FPS-16 radar/Jimsphere system was developed. The Jimsphere is an aluminized mylar spherical balloon 2 m in diameter. The balloon is under superpressure and is tracked with a high-precision radar system. The development of this detailed wind profile system was started in 1963, and the present design was established in 1964. To improve the system, a program was initiated in 1965 to obtain high-resolution temperature data simultaneously with the wind profile data.

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The Jimsonde-A high resolution temperature sensor

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Spectral structure of tropospheric vertical temperature profiles over Cape Kennedy, Florida

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