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START08: Canadian GTS Sounding Data

Summary

This data set contains the mandatory and significant level radiosonde data from 33 Canadian radiosonde stations in the START08 region. These data were grabbed from the NOAA ESRL/GSD Radiosonde data archive for the START08 period (April through June 2008). Each file contains one month of data for all stations. The data are in columnar ASCII. Please see the readme file for more information.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/F0GS-401A-DG0G
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2009-12-21)
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Related projects	START08: Stratosphere-Troposphere Analyses of Regional Transport (START08)
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	START08_radiosonde_gts.html [8 KiB]
Related links	homepage: EOL START08 Homepage info: START08 Missions info: START08 Project Data Policy

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-04-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2008-06-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 82.50, Minimum (South) Latitude: 43.87
Minimum (West) Longitude: -135.07, Maximum (East) Longitude: -52.75

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

Additional contact information

originator: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>
author: NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL)

Citation

NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Loehrer, S. 2009. START08: Canadian GTS Sounding Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/F0GS-401A-DG0G. Accessed 11 Dec 2024.

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