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POST: NOAA/NWS Rawinsonde Data

Summary

This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST) project. This data set includes 121 high vertical resolution (6-second) soundings from the National Weather Service (NWS) rawinsonde station at Oakland, California for 01 July to 31 August 2008. The soundings were typically released twice a day (0000 and 1200 UTC).

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ORDER data to made available for download
Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/13JP-SM3P-ND0K
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2010-01-29)
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Related projects	POST: Physics of Stratocumulus Top (POST)
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 UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_post_nws_sounding.txt [16 KiB]
Related links	info: POST Missions info: POST Project Data Policy homepage: POST Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-07-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2008-08-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.70, Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.70
Minimum (West) Longitude: -122.20, Maximum (East) Longitude: -122.20

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
originator: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2010. POST: NOAA/NWS Rawinsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/13JP-SM3P-ND0K. Accessed 14 Jan 2025.

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