USAF C-130 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde High Resolution Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/209.094 Summary During ITOP 2010 two USAF C-130 aircraft deployed EOL/AVAPS Dropsondes in 26 flights over the Western Pacific Ocean during the months of August, September, and October 2010. This data set includes the high resolution (0.25 second winds and 0.5 second pressure, temperature and humidity) USAF C-130 dropsonde data set in the EOL columnar ASCII sounding format. This data set has undergone NCAR/EOL quality control. See the readme for details on the QC process and data quality issues. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 209.094 * doi:10.5065/D6GT5KCD https://doi.org/10.5065/D6GT5KCD Versions 1.0 2.0: This dartaset has a corrected temperature dependent dry bias and updated filenames. 3.0: This version was corrected for a temperature dependent relative humidity dry bias and dewpoint was recomputed. This is the latest and most current version of the dataset. Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. USAF C-130 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde High Resolution Data. Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6GT5KCD 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 * ITOP: Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ITOP Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Aircraft * Upper Air Platforms * Dropwindsondes * USAF C-130 Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * 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 > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Documentation * v3_20160930.readme.ITOP-2010.USAF-C130.dropsondes-final.pdf [2 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41E0339C9F64/v3_20160930.readme.ITOP-2010.USAF-C130.dropsondes-final.pdf Related links * info: ITOP 2010 Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/itop_2010/missions/missions.html * homepage: ITOP Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/itop * info: ITOP Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/itop-data-policy Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2010-08-22 19:20:00 * End datetime: 2010-10-18 07:36:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 32.4871 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.10 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 124.2065 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 147.4651 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/209.094?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/209.094?format=isotc211