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Identification of stratospheric disturbance information in China based on the round-trip intelligent sounding system
College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
Xiaoqian Zhu
College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
Zheng Sheng
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College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
Mingyuan He
College of Meteorology and Oceanography, National University of Defense Technology, Changsha, 410073, China
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The round-trip intelligent sounding system (RTISS) is a new detection technology, developed in recent years, that can capture atmospheric fine-structure information via three-stage (rising, flat-floating, and falling) detection. Based on the RTISS, we developed a method to quantify stratospheric atmospheric disturbance information; this method shows sufficient potential in the analysis of stratospheric disturbances and their role in material transport and energy transfer.
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