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MPEX: Vandenberg AFB Radiosonde Data

Summary

The United States Air Force (USAF) routinely releases radiosondes once per day at 12 UTC from its site at Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB) in Southern California (WMO ID 72393). This data set includes the soundings released during the MPEX field phase (15 May to 15 June 2013). A total of 31 quality controlled, high resolution (~30 m) soundings are contained in the final MPEX data set.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/K8JF-99CQ-TX09
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2013-08-23)
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Related projects	MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_MPEX_Vandenberg_radiosonde.pdf [294 KiB]
Related links	info: MPEX Data Policy info: MPEX Missions homepage: MPEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2013-05-15 12:00:00
End datetime	2013-06-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.737, Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.737
Minimum (West) Longitude: -120.584, Maximum (East) Longitude: -120.584

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author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2013. MPEX: Vandenberg AFB Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/K8JF-99CQ-TX09. Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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