SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, Skukuza, Dry Seasons 1999-2000

Vaisala RS80 sondes were deployed from Skukuza Airport, South Africa, to collect atmospheric sounding profiles of temperature and moisture data from the surface to 30 km. These sonde launches were coordinated to augment the regional sounding network in the region during the SAFARI 2000 Dry Season Campaigns of 1999 and 2000. The radiosondes were launched from Skukuza Airport between August 14-September 3, 1999, and between August 24-September 23, 2000. The radiosonde instrument package RS80 measured the following meteorological parameters: pressure in hecto-Pascals (P), ambient temperature in degrees Celsius (T), and relative humidity in percentage (RH). A hydrostatic equation was applied to the recorded data, after error-checking, to calculate the output parameters: height above sea level in meters, dew point temperature in degrees Celsius, and q (g/kg) which is specific humidity in grams per kilogram.

Vaisala RS80探空仪在南非洲的Skukuza机场部署，用于收集从地表至30公里的温度和湿度大气探测剖面数据。这些探空仪的发射被协调，旨在增强该区域在1999年和2000年SAFARI 2000干旱季节活动期间的区域探测网络。RS80无线电探空仪仪器包于1999年8月14日至9月3日以及2000年8月24日至9月23日之间从Skukuza机场发射。该仪器包测量了以下气象参数：以百帕为单位的大气压力（P）、以摄氏度为单位的环境温度（T）和以百分比表示的相对湿度（RH）。在数据记录后的误差检查之后，应用了静力方程来计算输出参数：海平面以上高度（米）、露点温度（摄氏度）以及q（g/kg），即每千克特定的湿度（克/千克）。