NRL P-3 Dropsonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.047

Summary
NCAR/EOL dropsonde profile sounding from the NRL P-3 aircraft during the
Hurricane RAinband and INtensity change EXperiment (RAINEX), which took place
from August 27 to November 23, 2005. Profiles have been checked for quality.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 88.047
 * doi:10.5065/D60R9MK0
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D60R9MK0

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. RAINEX: NRL P-3 Dropsonde Data.
 Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D60R9MK0 Accessed 08 May 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
 * RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RAINEX

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

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Dropwindsondes
 * NRL P-3

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

Events
 * Hurricane Katrina
 * Hurricane Ophelia
 * Hurricane Rita

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * 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 > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS

Documentation
 * README_RAINEX_NRL_dropsondes.pdf [293 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4192A301337/README_RAINEX_NRL_dropsondes.pdf

Related links
 * superceded_by: 88.037: NRL P-3 dropsonde data [NCAR/EOL] - Raw
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.037
 * homepage: RAINEX Project Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rainex
 * info: RAINEX Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rainex/missions.html

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2005-08-27 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2005-09-23 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00

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

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.047?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.047?format=isotc211