Lodwar, Kenya High Resolution BUFR Radiosonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.011

Summary
This data set contains temperature, moisture, and wind profiles from the Modem
GPSonde M10 radiosonde system operated by the Kenya Meteorology Department in
Lodwar, Kenya during the HIGH impact Weather LAke SYstem (HIGHWAY) Project
data collection period. A total of 108 2-second vertical resolution soundings
are included in the data set. The data are in BUFR (Binary Universal Form for
data Representation) format.

Lodwar soundings started GTS transmission on 17 October 2019. Twice daily
releases (00 and 12 UTC) through 8 November. There was then a short period of
daily releases at 00 UTC until 19 November 2019. Then there was a gap until
data were transmitted again starting at 12 UTC on 9 February 2020 and daily 12
UTC releases continued through 23 February 2020. No soundings were transmitted
from 24 February 2020 to the end of the HIGHWAY period on 29 February 2020.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 572.011
 * doi:10.26023/2GGE-TZA7-EQ0D
   https://doi.org/10.26023/2GGE-TZA7-EQ0D

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Kenya Meteorological Department. 2020. Lodwar, Kenya High Resolution BUFR
 Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/2GGE-TZA7-EQ0D Accessed 24 Apr 2024.

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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
 * HIGHWAY: High Impact Weather Lake System
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HIGHWAY

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Radiosondes

Instruments
 * Radiosondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

Documentation
 * readme_HIGHWAY_Lodwar_radiosonde_BUFR.pdf [336 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546E41508E07D/readme_HIGHWAY_Lodwar_radiosonde_BUFR.pdf

Related links
 * info: HIGHWAY Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/highway/tools/missions
 * homepage: HIGHWAY Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/highway

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2019-10-17 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2020-02-23 12:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 3.1187
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 3.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 35.5896
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 35.5896

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Kenya Meteorological Department <info@meteo.go.ke>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2501

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.011?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/572.011?format=isotc211