1997 Soundings from Cocos Island, Costa Rica https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.201 Summary A temporary GPS rawinsonde station was installed on Cocos Island, Costa Rica for PACS-97 by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and operated by rangers from the CR Park Service. These data were processed through automated and visual quality control. The dataset includes pressure, temperature, humidity, winds and altitude taken at 2 seconds vertical resolution. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 15.201 Citation Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation): NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). 2011. 1997 Soundings from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.201 Accessed 17 Oct 2019. If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at: eol-datahelp@ucar.edu We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI. 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 * PACS: Pan American Climate Studies https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PACS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: daily * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes * Rawinsonde, Other Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1997-04-29 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1997-08-09 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 5.60 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.50 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -87.10 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * originator: NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/454 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.201?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.201?format=isotc211