Real-Time Sensor Application for the Measurement of the Vertical Profiles of Atmosphere

Abstract

Weather and climate are the main factors that are very influential in the activities of human life. The profile measurement of air pressure, temperature, humidity, horizontal wind direction speed and other information related to weather observations in the vertical structure of the atmospheric is essential for the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency (BMKG). Therefore, it is compulsory to implement a tool to measure the vertical profile of the atmosphere and greenhouse gases (GHG) in real-time in Indonesia. The tool will assist the observation of climate parameters in each area so that weather forecasting can be more efficient to be conducted in various locations. In this study, authors had developed a method to measure the vertical profile of the atmosphere and greenhouse gases in real-time. The proposed method of this research has several parameters, namely air temperature, humidity, air pressure, carbon monoxide, and carbon dioxide. The design of the capacity platform will be tested at the Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysics Agency. The results of the measurement conducted at BMKG are still within the tolerance limits of the average deviation of the measurement of the weather parameters set by the World Meteorological Organization (No.8 of 2006), which are 0.2 °C for air temperatures, 0, 3 hPa (mbar) for air pressure and 3 % of humidity.