National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/577.009 Summary This data set includes 1343 quality controlled NWS (National Weather Service) soundings released at eighteen sites throughout the plains region of the central United States during the Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 (TORUS_2019) field phase (15 May to 20 June 2019). Fifteen of the stations are available at 1-second vertical resolution (1128 soundings) and three stations are available at mandatory and significant level resolution (215 soundings). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 577.009 * doi:10.26023/BAY2-R62Z-E107 https://doi.org/10.26023/BAY2-R62Z-E107 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Loehrer, S. 2019. TORUS_2019: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/BAY2-R62Z-E107 Accessed 26 Apr 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 * TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TORUS_2019 Additional information * Frequency: 12 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * 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 TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Documentation * readme_TORUS_2019_NWS_radiosonde.pdf [572 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546D974E99AEE/readme_TORUS_2019_NWS_radiosonde.pdf Related links * info: TORUS_2019 Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/torus_2019/tools/missions * info: TORUS Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/torus-data-policy * homepage: TORUS Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/torus Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2019-05-15 12:00:00 * End datetime: 2019-06-21 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.30 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 29.30 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.50 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -93.40 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 * originator: Scot Loehrer https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/577.009?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/577.009?format=isotc211