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T-PARC: NRL P-3 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data

Summary

Dropsonde sounding profiles released from the NRL P-3 aircraft during the T-PARC (THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign 2008) experiment (12 August to 4 October 2008). These data have been quality controlled by NCAR/EOL and are in the EOL Sounding Format (columnar ASCII). This data set was updated 31 August 2009 with a new version. See the documentation file for a complete description of the changes.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NG4NTS
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2009-11-16) 2.0 (2016-06-30): This dataset has corrected filenames (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC)
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	< 1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NRL P-3
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
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	readme.TPARC2008-P3.dropsondes.pdf [281 KiB]
Related links	info: T-PARC Missions info: T-PARC Project Data Policy homepage: T-PARC Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-08-12 05:16:00
End datetime	2008-10-05 06:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 38.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 8.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 123.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 157.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. T-PARC: NRL P-3 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NG4NTS. Accessed 03 Oct 2024.

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