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Efforts are underway to replace the outdated upper-air ground tracking and data processing systems with modern equipment.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.
RRS Deployment
RRS Deployment RRS deployment schedule and other information
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) January, 2009
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 & Evaluation Package (Word version) UPDATED May, 2009
RRS IT Security Commissioning Checklist (Word version) UPDATED April, 2009
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
Soundings with RRS A virtual tour by WFO Reno, NV, on preparing and launching a GPS radiosonde with RRS.
Telemetry Receiving System More photos of the new ground tracking antenna
RSOIS Photos of the Radiosonde Surface Observing Instrumentation System
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