BALTEX: Sodankyla Radiosonde Data Set https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/76.193 Summary This data set contains the high resolution (2 second) radiosonde observations for Sodankyla, Finland (WMO code: 02836; latitude: 67 22' 00,0" longitude: 26 37' 44,6" elevation: 179,2 m a.s.l). The data set consists of a gzipped tar files that will expand after untar into individual sounding files named in the form yymmddhh.dat. The files are in columnar ASCII. Data are available for the period 1 October 2002 through 31 December 2008. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 76.193 * doi:10.26023/VMAK-TV7W-KR0M https://doi.org/10.26023/VMAK-TV7W-KR0M Versions 1.0 Citation Ryyppö, T., et al. 2010. BALTEX: Sodankyla Radiosonde Data Set. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/VMAK-TV7W-KR0M 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 * CEOP/EOP-3: Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period EOP-3 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?CEOP%2FEOP-3 * CEOP/EOP-4: Coordinated Enhanced Observing Period EOP-4 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project?CEOP%2FEOP-4 * CEOP: Coordinated Energy and Water Cycle Observation Project https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CEOP Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 12 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * 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 WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED Documentation * BALTEX_Sodankyla_ObservatorSiteA_20050101_20081231_readme.txt [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C82E67AEA/BALTEX_Sodankyla_ObservatorSiteA_20050101_20081231_readme.txt * BALTEX_Sodankyla_sonde.txt [2 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C82312F1A/BALTEX_Sodankyla_sonde.txt Restrictions * EULA: ceop_policy.html [15 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41C823152D1/ceop_policy.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2002-10-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2008-12-31 23:59:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 67.40 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 67.30 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 26.60 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 26.70 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Juha M. Karhu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/666 Additional contact information * originator: Juha M. Karhu https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/666 * author: Rigel Kivi https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3080 * author: Esko Kyro https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3081 * author: Timo Ryyppö https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3097 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/76.193?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/76.193?format=isotc211