NWS Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS)
Efforts are underway to replace the outdated upper-air ground tracking and data processing systems with modern equipment. Click Here for more information on the program.
Handbooks and User Guides
NWSM 10 1401 Rawinsonde Observations
This upper air manual replaces NWS Observing Handbook #10,
Rawinsonde Observations, dated October, 2005.
Scroll down to "NDS 10-14 Upper Air Program" and then select,
"10-1401 Rawinsonde Observations".
The file is in PDF format.
User Guide - RRS Workstation User Guide (PDF Version) October, 2005
EHB #9 - RRS Workstation Operations and Maintenance Manual and supporting documentation (Word & PDF Version) November, 2005
Technical Information
RRS WMO Levels
Generation for Coded Messages (PDF Version) July, 2005.
Documentation and Plans
Commissioning Plan
Addendum III RRS Site Component Commissioning Plan and Evaluation Package for NWS Field Office Use (PDF version) Sept, 2005
Appendices A - F for Addendum III (PDF version) Sept, 2005
Decommissioning Plan
Legacy System Site Component Decommissioning Plan: MicroART & Sippican W9000 (Word version) Nov, 2005
Decommissioning Report Sample (PDF version)
System Tests
RRS Phase II System Test Plan (PDF version) held in Caribou, ME. May, 2005. Click Here for a Word version
System Test Phase II Test Report for RRS (PDF Version) June, 2005.
RAOB Plots and Supporting Documentation (PDF Version) June, 2005.
Photos and other information
RSOIS Photos of the Radiosonde Surface Observing Instrumentation System
Sample Screen Displays from the new RRS computer workstation
Telemetry Receiving System Photos of the new ground tracking antenna
GPS Radiosondes Photos of prototype GPS radiosondes under development
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