CLIVAR-KESS QC Radiosonde Dataset https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/498.001 Summary The Climate Variability and Predictability (CLIVAR) Project is an international, multi-agency campaign aimed at understanding the physical processes responsible for climate variability and predictability. The Kuroshio Extension Sytem Study (KESS) is a subset of the CLIVAR program and is a collaborative effort between the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, the University of Rhode Island, and the University of Hawaii. The purpose of KESS is to understand the processes that govern the variability of, and the interaction between the warm, northward-flowing waters that leave the Japanese coast to flow eastward into the North Pacific, also known as the Kuroshio Extension, and its recirculation gyre, the large oval current system to the south of the extension. For this study NCAR/EOL deployed a sounding system on a ship off of the coast of Japan, east of the Yokohama port. One hundred and forty-eight radiosonde launches were made from the ship's deck between May 29 and July 4, 2006. For more information in the CLIVAR project please visit: http://www.clivar.org/index.php or for additional information on KESS please visit: http://www.po.gso.uri.edu/dynamics/KESS/ Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 498.001 * doi:10.5065/D6K072FH https://doi.org/10.5065/D6K072FH Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. CLIVAR-KESS QC Radiosonde Dataset. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6K072FH Accessed 28 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 * CLIVAR-KESS: Climate Variability and Predictability Project - Kuroshio Extension Sytem Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CLIVAR-KESS Additional information * Frequency: 1 second * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * NCAR/EOL GAUS/GLASS/CLASS Radiosonde * Radiosondes * Ships Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * 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 > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Documentation * readme.Clivar-KESS.GAUS.radiosondes.pdf [372 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CA0B30D2DC1/readme.Clivar-KESS.GAUS.radiosondes.pdf Related links * homepage: CLIVAR-KESS Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/clivar-kess Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2006-05-29 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2006-07-04 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 28.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 140.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 150.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * processor (DataManager): Kathryn Young https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/328 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/498.001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/498.001?format=isotc211