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T-PARC: NCAR/EOL Driftsonde Data

Summary

Driftsonde sounding data for the THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC) project. The files are in EOL format, an ascii text format including a header and typically seventeen columns of high resolution data. See the Documentation for a more complete descrition of this data set.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D64J0C98
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2009-11-16) 2.0 (2017-04-13): This version has been corrected for a temperature dependent dry bias. (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)
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Driftsonde Dropwindsondes
Instruments	Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS 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 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.V2.TPARC2008.driftsonde.pdf [819 KiB]
Related links	info: T-PARC Missions info: T-PARC Project Data Policy homepage: T-PARC Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-08-19 00:00:00
End datetime	2008-09-29 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 35.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 0.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 170.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -140.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. T-PARC: NCAR/EOL Driftsonde Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D64J0C98. Accessed 16 Jan 2025.

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