Nairobi Radiosonde L3 Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.041 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. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 347.041 * doi:10.26023/4Y87-E3AR-NH0Y https://doi.org/10.26023/4Y87-E3AR-NH0Y Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC), Colorado State University (CSU). 2012. DYNAMO: Nairobi Radiosonde L3 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/4Y87-E3AR-NH0Y 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 * DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DYNAMO Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * 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 > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES Documentation * Readme_DYNAMO_Nairobi_soundings_L3.html [21 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/42611145094D/Readme_DYNAMO_Nairobi_soundings_L3.html Related links * homepage: DYNAMO Home Page http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=DYNAMO * info: DYNAMO Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dynamo/missions/missions.html * info: DYNAMO Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/dynamo-data-policy-and-management * info: DYNAMO Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dynamo/missions/missions.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2011-08-31 22:00:00 * End datetime: 2012-03-05 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: -1.30 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -1.30 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 36.76 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 36.76 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 * author: Colorado State University (CSU) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/473 * author: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1281 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.041?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.041?format=isotc211