STAR Upper Air Soundings https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.003 Summary This dataset contains upper air meteorological rawinsonde soundings from the operational Environment Canada observing stations in the STAR domain. The data contains the Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, and other stations in the STAR domain with soundings taken twice per day at (00 and 12 UTC). Meteorological parameters measured include: pressure, height, speed, direction, temperature, dew point temperature, and other parameters. Iqaluit was the only location on southern Baffin Island where regular 12-hourly upper-air observations were made. During storms and other significant weather events, the standard upper-air releases were supplemented with additional radiosondes at 3- or 6-hourly intervals. From the period of 10 October–30 November 2007, there were 51 special radiosonde releases. A portable radiosonde unit was deployed in the community of Pangnirtung to conduct simultaneous releases with those in Iqaluit during selected severe weather events. A total of 18 radiosondes were released in Pangnirtung between the dates of 2 and 18 November 2007. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 251.003 * doi:10.26023/YD68-12NA-E20K https://doi.org/10.26023/YD68-12NA-E20K Versions 1.0 Citation Hanesiak, J., et al. 2020. STAR Upper Air Soundings. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/YD68-12NA-E20K 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 * STAR: Storm Studies in the Arctic https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/STAR Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES > ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE * 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 TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT DEPRESSION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE Documentation * STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf [12 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5485FC54FB651/STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf * STAR_Upper_Air_Soundings_Metadata.pdf [133 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5485FC5154740/STAR_Upper_Air_Soundings_Metadata.pdf Related links * homepage: STAR Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/star Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2007-09-30 23:00:00 * End datetime: 2018-11-01 00:00:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 72.50 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 57.50 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -87.50 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -62.50 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: John Hanesiak https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2026 * author: Ron Stewart https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2563 * author: Kent Moore https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1287 * author: Peter Taylor https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2564 * author: Walter Strapp https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1716 * author: Mengistu Wolde https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2495 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.003?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.003?format=isotc211