DOTSTAR ASTRA NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/110.092

Summary
Dropsonde sounding profiles released from the DOTSTAR ASTRA aircraft between
16 July to 28 September 2008. See the documentation file for further
information.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 110.092
 * doi:10.5065/D689142F
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D689142F

Versions
  1.0
  1.1: The filenames in this dataset have been corrected.

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. T-PARC: DOTSTAR ASTRA NCAR/EOL
 Dropsonde Data. Version 1.1. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D689142F Accessed 24 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC)
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-PARC

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * DOTSTAR Astra
 * Dropwindsondes

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES

Documentation
 * readme.TPARC2008-Dotstar.dropsondes.pdf [237 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C7D39C9EF1/readme.TPARC2008-Dotstar.dropsondes.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: T-PARC Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/t-parc
 * info: T-PARC Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/tparc_2008/missions/index.html
 * info: T-PARC Project Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/t-parc-data-policy-draft

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2008-07-16 09:04:00 
 * End datetime: 2008-09-28 00:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 27.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 14.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 116.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 130.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/110.092?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/110.092?format=isotc211