AFRL Radiosonde and Thermosonde Data (ESC Format) [NCAR/EOL]

Summary

The Air Force Research Laboratory was a participant in the T-REX campaign from 20 March 2006 through 6 April 2006, which included IOPs 6 through 9. 16 thermosondes with their radiosondes and 10 additional radiosondes are included in this data set. The sondes were released from the Ash Mountain Helibase near the Ash Mountain Entrance to the Sequoia National Park.

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP
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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.051
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"
Related projects	T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes Rawinsonde, Military
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_trex_afrl_sounding.html [16 KiB] T-REX_AFRL_Data.pdf [644 KiB] t-rex_rise_rate_data.pdf [9 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2006-03-22 00:00:00
End datetime	2006-04-06 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.50, Minimum (South) Latitude: 36.40
Minimum (West) Longitude: -118.90, Maximum (East) Longitude: -118.80

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

• originator: George Y. Jumper <george.jumper@hanscom.af.mil>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Jumper, G. 2008. AFRL Radiosonde and Thermosonde Data (ESC Format). Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.051. Accessed 19 Sep 2019.

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