Nairobi Radiosonde L3 Data (ESC Format) [NCAR/EOL]

Summary

This dataset includes 198 high vertical resolution soundings from Nairobi collected during the DYNAMO field campaign for 2011-12. Soundings were typically released daily at 00 UTC from 31 August to 29 September 2011, then two times per day at 00 and 12 UTC from 30 September to 24 November 2011, then daily at 12 UTC from 7-29 January 2012 and finally daily at 00 UTC from 31 January to 6 March 2012. The station used Vaisala RS92-SGPD radiosondes. These soundings were provided by JAMSTEC and had preliminarly quality control by NCAR/EOL. This L3 version of the data set has had a daytime radiation dry bias correction applied by CSU.

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP
• Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.041
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"
Related projects	DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosonde, Vaisala RS92-SGP Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	Readme_DYNAMO_Nairobi_soundings_L3.html [21 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2011-08-31 22:00:00
End datetime	2012-03-05 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: -1.30, Minimum (South) Latitude: -1.30
Minimum (West) Longitude: 36.76, Maximum (East) Longitude: 36.76

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2012. Nairobi Radiosonde L3 Data (ESC Format). Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.041. Accessed 19 Feb 2019.

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