Barbados Rawinsonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.056 Summary This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). Ut includes 139 high vertical resolution (2 second) soundings from Barbados. (WMO 78954). Soundings were typically released twice per day (0000 and 1200 UTC) from 1 July to 29 October 2005. This dataset contains soundings released during hurricanes: Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Ophelia, and Wilma. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 88.056 * doi:10.26023/13NC-HR2F-3204 https://doi.org/10.26023/13NC-HR2F-3204 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), NOAA. 2008. RAINEX: Barbados Rawinsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/13NC-HR2F-3204 Accessed 29 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 * RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RAINEX 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 TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * 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 WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION Documentation * README_RAINEX_Barbados_sounding.html [17 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4192C303BE3/README_RAINEX_Barbados_sounding.html Related links * info: RAINEX Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rainex/missions.html * homepage: RAINEX Project Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rainex Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2005-07-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2005-10-29 23:59:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 13.01 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 13.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -59.60 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -59.40 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * originator: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), NOAA https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/446 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.056?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.056?format=isotc211