Galapagos Meteorology Rawinsondes (hi-res) [Esbensen]

Summary

This Dataset consists of rawinsonde data collected from Galapagos during EPIC. Each datafile contains the sonde's UTC release time, and a vertical profile of pressure, temperature, humidity, latitude and longitude, total wind speed and direction, and U and V wind components, every 10 seconds during the sonde's ascent.

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP
• Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.027
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Related projects	PACS: Pan American Climate Studies EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes Rawinsonde, VRS80
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.galapagos_high_res [16 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2001-09-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2001-10-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

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

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

• author: Steven Esbensen <esbensen@coas.oregonstate.edu>
• principalInvestigator: Steven Esbensen <esbensen@coas.oregonstate.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Esbensen, S. 2005. Galapagos Meteorology Rawinsondes (hi-res). Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/72.027. Accessed 21 Aug 2019.

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