CEPEX GTS Operational Soundings

Summary

This dataset contains the mandatory/significant level sounding data taken at CEPEX sounding stations during CEPEX. Sounding schedule was 00 and 12 daily. Data was extracted from the NCAR/SCD GTS database. This dataset includes pressure, temperature, dew point, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude.

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.66
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Related projects	CEPEX: Central Equatorial Pacific Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes Rawinsonde, Other
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	README.upsondes.gts [6 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1993-03-07 00:00:00
End datetime	1993-04-07 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 20.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -140.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 140.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2006. CEPEX GTS Operational Soundings. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.66. Accessed 18 Sep 2019.

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