Multi-Network Composite 50 Meter Radiosonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/552.049 Summary This data set contains a composite of interpolated 50m resolution upper air sounding data from all sources for the Southern Ocean Clouds, Radiation, Aerosol Transport Experimental Study (SOCRATES) project in the EOL Sounding Composite (ESC) columnar ASCII format. The data set currently contains 1888 soundings including the dropsonde data (109 soundings) from the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V HIAPER aircraft and the radiosonde data from the ships R/V Investigator (234 soundings), RSV Aurora Australis (208 soundings) and from 19 Australia, New Zealand, and Antarctica operational locations (1337 soundings). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 552.049 * doi:10.26023/TTZT-5KBY-B114 https://doi.org/10.26023/TTZT-5KBY-B114 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2019. SOCRATES: Multi-Network Composite 50 Meter Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/TTZT-5KBY-B114 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 * SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/SOCRATES Additional information * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Sounding Composites * Upper Air Platforms * Dropwindsondes * NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER * R/V Investigator * RSV Aurora Australis * Radiosondes * Ships Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * 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 > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE Documentation * readme_SOCRATES_50m_Composite_V1.pdf [535 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5418FB4C68061/readme_SOCRATES_50m_Composite_V1.pdf Related links * info: SOCRATES Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/socrates/tools/missions Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2018-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2018-03-01 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: -30.784 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -68.575 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 62.874 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 174.984 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 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/552.049?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/552.049?format=isotc211