https://doi.org/10.1140/epjp/i2013-13104-3
Regular Article
Characterization of the atmospheric depth profile using the ground-level temperature: The case of Malargüe, Argentina
1
Departamento de Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Calles 49 y 115, La Plata, Argentina
2
Instituto de Física La Plata, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientıficas y Tecnológicas (CONICET), La Plata, Argentina
Received:
2
November
2012
Accepted:
16
August
2013
Published online:
11
September
2013
We present a study of the atmospheric depth profile and the dependence with its characteristic parameters. We introduce a new model, named GAMMA, based on a parameterization that allows us to obtain the atmospheric depth profile specifying only one simple physical parameter, namely the temperature at ground. The GAMMA model consists of a multilayer representation of the atmosphere that can be adjusted conveniently via constrained fits that are built to ensure interlayer continuity for both atmospheric depth and density profiles. Our analysis uses experimental data collected at Malargüe, Argentina by meteorological radiosondes. The GAMMA model can reproduce the averaged atmospheric depth profiles in all the cases available for analysis with good accuracy. The relative differences between model predictions and averaged data are always less than approximately 0.7%.
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