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PLOWS: University of Missouri 10-second Vertical Resolution Radiosonde Data Set

Summary

This data set includes high vertical resolution (10-second) soundings from the University of Missouri mobile sounding site from the Profiling of Winter Storms (PLOWS) 2008-2009 and PLOWS 2009-2010 field seasons. During PLOWS 2008-2009 a total of 27 soundings are included from IOP-1 (11-12 February 2009), IOP-2 (18 February 2009), and IOP-5 (28-29 March 2009). During PLOWS 2009-2010 a total of 65 soundings are included from IOP-7 (15-17 November 2009), IOP-8 (23-25 November 2009), IOP-9 (2-3 December 2009), IOP-10 (8-9 December 2009), IOP-13 (16-17 January 2010), IOP-14 (24 January 2010), and IOP-21 (22 February 2010). These soundings were provided by the University of Missouri and converted and quality controlled by NCAR/EOL.

This station used IMET1 AB GPS radiosondes during PLOWS.

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  • 1.0 (2010-04-13)
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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2009-02-11 11:37:00
End datetime 2010-02-22 10:08:42

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 42.70, Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.40
Minimum (West) Longitude: -94.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -86.60

Primary point of contact information

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

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Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Market, P., Loehrer, S. 2010. PLOWS: University of Missouri 10-second Vertical Resolution Radiosonde Data Set. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/QQJ6-FE0X-K01. Accessed 29 Mar 2024.

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