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 * doi:10.26023/9RYD-Y201-ZC00 https://doi.org/10.26023/9RYD-Y201-ZC00 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL), NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). 2011. PACS: 1997 Soundings from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/9RYD-Y201-ZC00 Accessed 29 Mar 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 * 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 Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * 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 > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE Related links * homepage: PACS EOL Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pacs 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 * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * author: 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