St. Maarten Rawinsonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.058 Summary This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). This data set includes 39 high vertical resolution (2 second) soundings from St Maarten. (WMO 78866). Soundings were typically released twice per day (0000 and 1200 UTC) from 12 August to 31 August 2005. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 88.058 * doi:10.26023/D263-5MHX-TJ0F https://doi.org/10.26023/D263-5MHX-TJ0F Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), NOAA. 2008. RAINEX: St. Maarten Rawinsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/D263-5MHX-TJ0F Accessed 16 Apr 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 WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * 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 > VERTICAL 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 > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Documentation * README_RAINEX_StMaarten_sounding.html [17 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4192E303D58/README_RAINEX_StMaarten_sounding.html Related links * 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: 2005-08-12 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2005-08-31 23:59:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 18.10 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 18.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -63.20 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -63.00 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/88.058?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.058?format=isotc211