DOE ARM SGP Radiosonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/71.006 Summary This data set contains 2-second vertical resolution radiosonde data from the Department of Energy (DOE) Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Southern Great Plains (SGP) site. Radiosondes are released at the ARM Central Facility every 6 hours (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC). The ARM SGP Boundary Facilities only release radiosondes during special Intensive Observing Period. These stations are located in southern Kansas and northern Oklahoma. This data set covers the period from 1 July 2001 through present. These data files are in monthly zip files that have an average size of 10 Mb. NCAR/EOL has not done any additional processing or quality control on these data. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 71.006 * doi:10.26023/GK80-YSQZ-0N02 https://doi.org/10.26023/GK80-YSQZ-0N02 Versions 1.0 Citation Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility. 2010. GAPP: DOE ARM SGP Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/GK80-YSQZ-0N02 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 * GAPP: GEWEX Americas Prediction Project https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/GAPP Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 6 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * 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 VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS Documentation * ARM_SONDE.txt [1 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C375AE/ARM_SONDE.txt * DQR_SGP_SONDE_200107_200112.html [14 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C372C51AD/DQR_SGP_SONDE_200107_200112.html * DQR_SGP_SONDE_200201_200212.html [33 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C372C51AE/DQR_SGP_SONDE_200201_200212.html * DQR_SGP_SONDE_200301_200312.html [17 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C372C51AF/DQR_SGP_SONDE_200301_200312.html * DQR_SGP_SONDE_200401_200412.html [8 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C372C51B0/DQR_SGP_SONDE_200401_200412.html * DQR_SGP_SONDE_200501_200712.html [8 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C375065D9/DQR_SGP_SONDE_200501_200712.html * DQR_SGP_SONDE_2008.html [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C37743502/DQR_SGP_SONDE_2008.html * DQR_SGP_SONDE_2009.html [4 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C37AFA6C3/DQR_SGP_SONDE_2009.html Related links * info: GAPP EOL Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/gapp Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2001-07-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2009-12-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.50 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.50 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -99.50 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -95.50 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Scot Loehrer https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73 Additional contact information * author: Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) user facility https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2126 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/71.006?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/71.006?format=isotc211