Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the Arctic atmosphere obtained during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) field campaign

Intrieri, J. M.; de Boer, G.; Shupe, M. D.; Spackman, J. R.; Wang, J.; Neiman, P. J.; Wick, G. A.; Hock, T. F.; Hood, R. E.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3917-2014

Articles | Volume 7, issue 11

https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3917-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
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https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-7-3917-2014

© Author(s) 2014. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 7, issue 11

Research article

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25 Nov 2014

Research article |

| 25 Nov 2014

Global Hawk dropsonde observations of the Arctic atmosphere obtained during the Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers (WISPAR) field campaign

J. M. Intrieri, G. de Boer, M. D. Shupe, J. R. Spackman, J. Wang, P. J. Neiman, G. A. Wick, T. F. Hock, and R. E. Hood

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Final revised paper (published on 25 Nov 2014)
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RC C960: 'Reviewer comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 21 May 2014
- AC C2302: 'AMT-2014-58 Author responses to reviewer comments', Janet Intrieri, 21 Aug 2014
RC C1363: 'Reviewers comments', Anonymous Referee #2, 19 Jun 2014
- AC C2304: 'AMT-2014-58 Author responses to reviewer comments', Janet Intrieri, 21 Aug 2014
RC C1565: 'Referee comment', Anonymous Referee #3, 05 Jul 2014
- AC C2308: 'AMT-2014-58 Author responses to reviewer comments', Janet Intrieri, 21 Aug 2014

Short summary

In winter 2011, the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) was deployed over the Arctic to evaluate a UAS dropsonde system at high latitudes. Dropsondes deployed from the Global Hawk successfully obtained high-resolution profiles of temperature, pressure, humidity, and wind speed and direction information between the stratosphere and surface. During the 25-hour polar flight, the Global Hawk released 35 sondes between the North Slope of Alaska and 85° N latitude.