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T-PARC: DLR Falcon NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data

Summary

NCAR/EOL Dropsondes released from the DLR Falcon aircraft during the T-PARC (THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign 2008) experiment (25 August to 1 October 2008). The DLR Falcon was based out of Atsugi Naval Air Station located near Tokyo, Japan. These data have been quality controlled by NCAR/EOL and are in the EOL Sounding Format (columnar ASCII).

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6D21VSC
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2009-11-16) 1.1 (2016-06-29): The filenames on this dataset have been renamed. (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	10 minute
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Upper Air
Platforms	DLR Falcon Dropwindsondes
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-Falcon.dropsondes.pdf [265 KiB]
Related links	info: T-PARC Missions info: T-PARC Project Data Policy homepage: T-PARC Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-08-25 23:43:00
End datetime	2008-10-01 12:32:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 43.80, Minimum (South) Latitude: 21.50
Minimum (West) Longitude: 124.40, Maximum (East) Longitude: 154.10

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. T-PARC: DLR Falcon NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data. Version 1.1. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6D21VSC. Accessed 14 Feb 2026.

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