Experimento de sondeo vertical de la atmósfera en el Valle de Cumbayá, Ecuador protocolo de lanzamiento de sondas meteorológicas y resultados preliminares

摘要

There is no information available about the upper atmosphere in the city of Quito. Therefore, in order to collect information, 5 flights are launched from the EMA-USFQ meteorology station. Radiosondes and ozonesondes are used to collect information, which reach an altitude of approximately 31 km. A detailed description of the protocol that needs to be followed is given. It is based on the protocol of the NOAA organization, and adapted to local conditions. Additionally, a preliminary study of two of the flights is carried out (flight 1 and 4). These are selected for examples of calculations, and as a sample of the vertical profiles of ozone and physical variables measured. Tentatively, it was determined that the height of the tropopause in Quito is around the 16.5 – 17 km. The adiabatic lapse rate of the troposphere at the time and date of the launches is of 6.8 and 7 K/km.