Multi-Network Composite Highest Resolution Upper Air Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/209.102 Summary This data set is a composite of radiosondes and dropsondes collected from 2 dropsonde and 6 radiosonde platforms (see Section 2.3) during the Impact of Typhoons on the Ocean in the Pacific (ITOP) 2010 project with data collected from 1 August 2010 through 31 October 2010. This project was conducted in the western Pacific Ocean. This composite contains a total of 1753 high resolution soundings. Included are dropsondes from the DOTSTAR Astra Jet (94 dropsondes) and two United States Air Force C-130 (683 dropsondes) as well as radiosonde data from the US National Weather Service sites in Guam, Chuuk, Koror, Majuro, Ponape and Yap (976 radiosondes). All soundings are provided at the highest possible resolution (i.e., the 'native' resolution) and were quality controlled by NCAR/EOL. Data are available in the NCAR/EOL Sounding Composite Format (columnar ASCII). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 209.102 * doi:10.5065/D6JS9NSD https://doi.org/10.5065/D6JS9NSD Versions 1.0 2.0: This version corrects a temperature dependent dry bias that was present in the Vaisala RD94 dropsonde relative humidity measurements. Both the relative humidity and dew point values have been corrected. 3.0: It was discovered that the temperature dependent dry bias correction applied in Version 2.0 was incorrectly applied for the USAF C-130 dropsonde data. This version corrects the USAF C-130 dropsonde data. The DOTSTAR ASTRA dropsonde and NWS radiosonde data are unchanged from Version 2.0. Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. ITOP: Multi-Network Composite Highest Resolution Upper Air Data. Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6JS9NSD Accessed 28 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: no set schedule * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Sounding Composites * Upper Air Platforms * DOTSTAR Astra * Dropwindsondes * Radiosondes * USAF C-130 Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT Documentation * Readme_ITOP_2010_HiResComposite_soundings_V3.html [19 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4243E340799E/Readme_ITOP_2010_HiResComposite_soundings_V3.html Related links * info: ITOP 2010 Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/itop_2010/missions/missions.html * info: ITOP Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/itop-data-policy * homepage: ITOP Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/itop Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2010-08-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2010-10-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 32.4871 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 7.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 116.36204 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 171.30 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * processor: Scot Loehrer https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73 * processor: Linda Cully https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/136 * processor: Linda Echo-Hawk https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/815 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/209.102?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/209.102?format=isotc211