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VORTEX2: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data

Summary

This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2 (VORTEX2). This data set includes 1986 high vertical resolution (1-second) Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) soundings from 16 National Weather Service (NWS) rawinsonde stations and 125 high vertical resolution (6-second) MicroArt soundings from Dodge City, Kansas for the VORTEX2 2009 area and time of interest. In addition, this data set includes 1576 high vertical resolution (1-second) Radiosonde Replacement System (RRS) soundings from 17 National Weather Service (NWS) rawinsonde stations and 85 high vertical resolution (6-second) MicroArt soundings from Dodge City, KS for the VORTEX2 2010 area and time of interest. Note that Dodge City, KS radiosonde data stops at 1200 UTC on 11 June 2010 due to the start of the changeover to the RRS radiosonde. This data set covers the period from 1 May to 30 June 2009 and 1 May to 15 June 2010. The soundings were typically released twice a day (0000 and 1200 UTC). The data are in EOL Sounding Composite format (columnar ascii).

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Data Quality final
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  • 1.0 (2010-11-03)
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Spatial Type point
Frequency 12 hourly
Language English
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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2009-05-01 00:00:00
End datetime 2010-06-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.00

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Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Williams, S. 2010. VORTEX2: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/XYP9-QVF7-0801. Accessed 07 Nov 2024.

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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.