Characterization of the atmospheric depth profile using the ground-level temperature: The case of Malargüe, Argentina.

J. C. MORENO; S. J. SCIUTTO

The European Physical Journal Plus

Springer

Año: 2013 vol. 128 p. 104 - 118

2190-5444

We present a study of the atmospheric depth profile and the dependence with its characteristicparameters. We introduce a new model, named GAMMA, based on a parameterization that allowsus to obtain the atmospheric depth profile specifying only one simple physical parameter, namely thetemperature at ground. The GAMMA model consists of a multilayer representation of the atmospherethat can be adjusted conveniently via constrained fits that are built to ensure interlayer continuity forboth atmospheric depth and density profiles. Our analysis uses experimental data collected at Malarg¨ue,Argentina by meteorological radiosondes. The GAMMA model can reproduce the averaged atmosphericdepth profiles in all the cases available for analysis with good accuracy. The relative differences betweenmodel predictions and averaged data are always less than approximately 0.7%.