NSF C-130 Meteorology Dropsonde Profiles
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.026

Summary
The Aircraft C-130 Meteorology Dropsonde Profiles dataset is one of several
archived by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office
for Science Support (UCAR/JOSS) in support of the Eastern Pacific
Investigation of Climate (EPIC) project. The data was collected by NCAR ATD
(aka EOL) and RAF. The dataset consists of 0.5 second vertical resolution
profiles derived from dropsondes released from the National Science Foundation
(NSF)/NCAR C-130 aircraft during EPIC. Dropsondes were released during
aircraft flights on the following days: September 2001(3, 5, 7, 14, 16, 19,
23, 25, 28, and 29) and October 2001(2, 6, 9, and 10).

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 72.026
 * doi:10.5065/D6G73C0C
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G73C0C

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Young, K. 2008. NSF C-130 Meteorology
 Dropsonde Profiles. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G73C0C 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
 * PACS: Pan American Climate Studies
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PACS
 * EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/EPIC

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: no set schedule
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Dropwindsondes
 * NSF/NCAR C-130

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE

Documentation
 * readme_aircraft_drophighres.txt [12 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/418385C5/readme_aircraft_drophighres.txt

Related links
 * info: C-130 aircraft
   http://www.eol.ucar.edu/raf/Aircraft/c130.html
 * homepage: PACS EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pacs
 * info: EPIC Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/epic/catalog/missions/
 * homepage: EOL EPIC website
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/epic
 * info: EPIC Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/epic-2001-data-policy

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2001-09-03 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2001-10-10 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 13.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 7.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -93.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1
 * originator: Kathryn Young
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/328

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.026?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.026?format=isotc211