Free flying cluster of miniaturized radiosondes for multi-parameter atmospheric fluctuation observations

We present a newly developed methodology to track Lagrangian fluctuations of physical and chemical quantities in the atmosphere. The measurements are carried out by using a freely floating cluster of mini, innovative radiosondes. The radiosonde are light (∼20 gr) and are carried out by biodegradable small balloons. The primary aim of this method is to obtain Lagrangian statistics of the turbulence fluctuations inside warm clouds, their boundaries and the surrounding sub-saturated environmental air. This is important information, difficult to find at the state of the art and very useful for modeling cloud formations which are still a primary source of uncertainty in the numerical simulation of climatic and meteorological information.