Multi-Network Composite Highest Resolution Upper Air Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.116 Summary This data set is a composite of radiosondes collected from 5 sounding platforms (see Section 2.3) during the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 (VORTEX2) with data collected from 10 May 2009 through 13 June 2009 and from 1 May 2010 through 15 June 2010. This project was conducted in the central United States and contains a total of 4697 soundings. The 2009 data includes 2578 soundings with 241 high vertical resolution (2-sec) soundings from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility (C1) site near Lamont, OK, 106 radiosonde soundings from two mobile GPS Advanced Upper_Air Sounding (GAUS) systems operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 118 radiosonde soundings from two mobile GPS Advanced Upper_Air Sounding (GAUS) systems operated by the NOAA National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL), two high vertical resolution (2 sec) soundings from the West Texas Mesonet Reese Center, TX site, and 2111 soundings from 17 National Weather Service (NWS) sites (all but one have 1 sec vertical resolution, other is 6 sec). The 2010 data includes 2121 soundings with 182 high vertical resolution (2-sec) soundings from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) Central Facility (C1) site near Lamont, OK, 174 radiosonde soundings from two mobile GPS Advanced Upper_Air Sounding (GAUS) systems operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), 186 radiosonde soundings from two mobile GPS Advanced Upper_Air Sounding (GAUS) systems operated by the NOAA National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL), three high vertical resolution (2 sec) soundings from the West Texas Mesonet Reese Center, TX site, and 1576 soundings from 17 National Weather Service (NWS) sites (all but one have 1 sec vertical resolution, other is 6 sec). All soundings are provided at the highest possible resolution (i.e. the 'native' resolution). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 114.116 * doi:10.5065/D6RN366M https://doi.org/10.5065/D6RN366M Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Loehrer, S. 2010. VORTEX2: Multi-Network Composite Highest Resolution Upper Air Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6RN366M Accessed 25 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VORTEX2 Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Sounding Composites * Upper Air Platforms * NCAR/EOL GAUS/GLASS/CLASS Radiosonde * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS Documentation * Readme_VORTEX2_HiResComposite_soundings.html [18 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41D3EAFFCCC/Readme_VORTEX2_HiResComposite_soundings.html Related links * info: VORTEX2 2009 Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2009/missions/missions.html * info: VORTEX2 2010 Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vortex2_2010/missions/missions.html * homepage: EOL Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vortex2 * info: VORTEX2 Project Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/VORTEX2_data_policy_15apr09.pdf Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2009-05-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2010-06-16 00:00:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.455 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.943 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.477 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.26 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * originator: Scot Loehrer https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.116?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/114.116?format=isotc211