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Documentation

SURTHREF Handbook (PDF)
Instrument Mentor Monthly Summary (IMMS) reports
SURTHREF Data Quality Assessment (DQA) reports
SURTHREF netCDF File Header Descriptions
(Data Object Design Files)

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Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference System for Sondes (SURTHREF)

Instrument Categories: Surface Meteorology

General Overview

Picture of the Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference (SURTHREF) system

The Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference (SURTHREF) system is intended to provide accurate reference values of ambient temperature and relative humidity for comparison with radiosonde prelaunch values at the Southern Great Plains site.

Primary Measurements Taken

The following measurements are those considered scientifically relevant. Refer to the netCDF File Header Descriptions (Data Object Design Files) for the list of all available measurements, including those recorded for diagnostic or quality assurance purposes.

Available Datastreams

surthref - Surface Temperature and Humidity Reference system for sondes

Sites / Facilities

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Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)

Mentor(s)

Michael Ritsche
(630) 252-1554
mtritsche@anl.gov

Barry Lesht
associate
(630) 252-4208
bmlesht@anl.gov