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NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) Hourly RASS Data

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Summary

This data set contains the hourly temperature profiles from the Radio Acoustic Sounding System from a limited set of the NOAA Profiler Network stations (primarily in KS, OK and TX). These data are provided by NOAA/ESRL. The data are provided in daily tar files.

Archive note

Data files are not available from 2008-01-23 to 2011-04-07.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/P4FD-PXZE-BA00
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2012-04-09)
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Related projects	OWLeS: Ontario Winter Lake-effect Systems SAS: The Southeast Atmosphere Study Operational: Operational Datasets DC3: Deep Convective Clouds & Chemistry Project MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	hourly
Language	English
ISO Topic Categories	climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Fixed Observation Stations
Instruments	NOAA Profiler Radio Acoustic Sounding System - RASS Wind Profilers
GCMD Science Keywords	BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE Expand keywords

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2002-02-14 00:00:00
End datetime	2014-09-09 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 66.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -151.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory

Citation

NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory. 2012. NOAA Profiler Network (NPN) Hourly RASS Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/P4FD-PXZE-BA00. Accessed 15 Feb 2026.

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