Climatological atmospheric temperature profiles have been derived for the month of January (winter) and for the month of July (summer) over the Northern Hemisphere. The atmospheric temperature profiles are further subdivided into latitudinal belts to account for the latitudinal variations of the temperature profiles (5N, 10N, 15N, 20N, 25N, 30N, 35N, 40N, 45N, 50N, 5N, 60N, 65N, 70N, 75N, 80N, 85N). The mean profiles are primarily based on neural network algorithms that use archived radiosonde measurements, retrieved temperature profiles from remote sensors, climatological tropospheric temperature profiles from NWS stations over the Northern Hemisphere, and the solar insolation at the top of the earth’s atmosphere. The temperature profiles are applicable from sea level up to approximately 10 kilometers atmospheric height.

Winter and Summer Profiles