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
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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 13 Apr 2021.
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