For more than three decades, the US Standard Atmosphere has been used by
researchers and professionals in many areas of aeronautics and
atmospheric sciences. It is an idealized, all season average temperature
profile of the earth's atmosphere. But today's modern day and
sophisticated global applications require more extensive representations
of the mean temperature profile. This book is a global augmentation of
the climatological tropospheric temperature profiles in the Northern
Hemisphere for different latitude belts and seasons. There are 72 mean
temperature profile tables from the surface up to 10 kilometers in
height that represent the four seasons for different latitudinal belts
(5° N, 10° N, 15° N, 20° N, 25° N, 30° N, 35° N, 40° N, 45° N, 50° N,
55° N, 60° N, 65° N, 70° N, 75° N, 80° N, 85° N). The model is based on
a neural network algorithm that uses archived radiosonde data, retrieved
temperature profiles from remote sensors, and the solar insolation at
the top of the earth's atmosphere. It is the most comprehensive book of
mean seasonal tropospheric temperature profiles to date. It will be an
indispensible reference to the aeronautic and meteorological industries
worldwide as well as an easy-to-use guide for climatologists,
meteorologists, aeronautic engineers, researchers and aviators.