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VORTEX2: NOAA/NSSL MGAUS Radiosonde Data - EOL Sounding Composite Format

Summary

The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) is a project aimed at investigating tornado genesis and examining tornado structure and evolution using a suite of atmostpheric instruments. The VORTEX2 field campaign included the use of four mobile GPS Advanced Upper_Air Sounding (GAUS) systems. This dataset contains 117 radiosonde soundings collected during the 2009 field campaign (May 11 - June 14, 2009) and 186 radiosonde soundings collected during the 2010 field campaign (May 6 - June 15, 2010) from two of the systems that were operated by the NOAA National Severe Storm Laboratory (NSSL).

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CC0Z0Q
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2010-11-02)
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Related projects	VORTEX2: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment 2
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	NCAR/EOL GAUS/GLASS/CLASS Radiosonde 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_VORTEX2_NSSL_MGAUS_soundings.html [18 KiB]
Related links	homepage: EOL Project Homepage catalog: VORTEX2 2009 Field Catalog catalog: VORTEX2 2010 Field Catalog info: VORTEX2 Project Data Policy

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2009-05-11 22:00:00
End datetime	2010-06-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 41.582, Minimum (South) Latitude: 34.416
Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.351, Maximum (East) Longitude: -95.395

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

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2010. VORTEX2: NOAA/NSSL MGAUS Radiosonde Data - EOL Sounding Composite Format. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CC0Z0Q. Accessed 16 Dec 2025.

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