PIBAL Wind Only Sounding data from PACS-SONET
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.203

Summary
This data set contains PIBAL wind only sounding data from the Pan American
Climate Study Program - Sounding Network (PACS-SONET) collected from twelve
sites (the network was later expanded to seventeen sites) over the region from
30 N to 30 S latitude and 60 to 180 W longitude. It also contains PIBAL
soundings collected during the South American Low-Level Jet Experiment
(SALLJEX) which had field operations from 15 November 2002 thru 15 February
2003. The PIBAL files include site identifier information, the total wind
speed and direction, and the u and v wind components. The soundings cover the
period starting 07 Apr 1997 thru 09 Sep 2003. However, not all sites collected
data during the entire period (Some sites were only operational during
SALLJEX). This data set has undergone no quality control. See the README for
more details.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 15.203
 * doi:10.26023/RKJR-TKMS-XF0K
   https://doi.org/10.26023/RKJR-TKMS-XF0K

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, NOAA/National Severe Storms
 Laboratory (NSSL), NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). 2011. PIBAL
 Wind Only Sounding data from PACS-SONET. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth
 Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/RKJR-TKMS-XF0K Accessed 23 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
 * PACS: Pan American Climate Studies
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PACS
 * SALLJEX: South American Low-Level Jet Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SALLJEX
 * EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/EPIC

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

Categories
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Pilot Balloon - PIBAL

Instruments
 * THEODOLITE

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS

Documentation
 * PACS_pibal.txt [17 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/421B7F0/PACS_pibal.txt

Related links
 * homepage: PACS EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pacs
 * info: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/codiac_data/salljex/docs/SalljexRAOBandPIBALstnlist.txt
 * info: EPIC Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/epic/catalog/missions/
 * info: SALLJEX Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/4839
 * homepage: EOL EPIC website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/epic
 * info: SALLJEX Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/salljex/catalog/missions.html
 * homepage: SALLJEX Project Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/salljex
 * info: EPIC Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/epic-2001-data-policy

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1997-04-07 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2003-09-10 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 30.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -30.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -60.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1
 * author: NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/454
 * 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/15.203?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/15.203?format=isotc211