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RASS
Radio Acoustic Sounding System

The Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) is an active ground-based acoustic sounder that provides profiles of virtual temperature. It uses radar techniques to measure acoustic disturbances and derive the virtual temperature. RASS is typically used alongside radar wind profilers (RWPs) and operates at frequencies of 915 MHz and 1290 MHz. It has a sampling rate of approximately 5 to 15 minutes, a vertical resolution of 150 m, and a horizontal resolution of 60 m.

NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Instrument Details

Acoustic
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Surface Temperature > Boundary Layer Temperature
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Planetary Boundary Layer Height
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature > Vertical Profiles
Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature > Virtual Temperature
Boundary Layer, Troposphere
5-15 min
60 m
915 MHz, 1290 MHz
Currently unavailble
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Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

1992
Azores and Madeira islands
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1 Deployment
· 61 Data Products
SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005
Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico
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4 Deployments
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GRAINEX

Great Plains Irrigation Experiment

2018
Southeastern Nebraska
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1 Deployment
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