Effects of Atmospheric Refraction on an Airborne Weather Radar Detection and Correction Method

Table 3

Sounding data for the Haikou area at 8:00, August 2, 2014.

Altitude (m)	Temperature (°C)	Atmospheric pressure (hPa)	Vapour pressure (hPa)	Refraction index
24	27.8	998	27.6	371.43
157	27.0	984	27.1	366.82
401	29.4	959	22.5	338.05
550	28.4	944	22.8	336.82
742	27.0	925	23.5	336.79
876	26.2	911	22.4	329.81
1098	24.9	893	21.1	321.29
1375	23.0	876	19.4	312.18
1486	22.6	850	17.8	299.22