EPOCH 2017 Global Hawk QC Dropsonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/549.001

Summary
Dropsondes profiles deployed from three research flights on the NASA Global
Hawk during the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes (EPOCH)
campaign. 216 quality controlled profiles were collected between August 1 and
August 30, 2017.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 549.001
 * doi:10.5065/D60G3HX6
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D60G3HX6

Versions
  0.1
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2018. EPOCH 2017 Global Hawk QC
 Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D60G3HX6 Accessed 24 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
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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
 * EPOCH: East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes Dropsondes
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/EPOCH

Additional information
 * Frequency: < 1 second
 * Language: English

Platforms
 * Dropwindsondes
 * NASA Global Hawk

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > HUMAN DIMENSIONS > NATURAL HAZARDS > TROPICAL CYCLONES > HURRICANES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS

Documentation
 * readme.EPOCH-2017.GH.dropsondes_20180228.pdf [1071 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/530EFD3758168/readme.EPOCH-2017.GH.dropsondes_20180228.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: EPOCH Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/epoch

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2017-02-28 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2017-08-31 14:48:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 33.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 18.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -83.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/549.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/549.001?format=isotc211