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NSF/NCAR GV Dropsonde Data [NCAR/EOL]

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PREDICT

Summary

During PREDICT the NSF/NCAR Gulfstream-V aircraft released EOL/AVAPS dropsondes over the Atlantic basin during the months of August and September 2010. This data set has undergone NCAR/EOL quality control, see the readme for details.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6R78CD4
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-02-09) 1.3 (2016-06-10): This data has been corrected for a dry bias and the files have been renamed. 2.0 (2016-06-28): This dataset has been corrected for a temperature dependent dry bias and the filenames have been changed. 3.0 (2016-08-02): Corrected for a temperature dependent relative humidity and dewpoint dry bias. (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	PREDICT: Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT)
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER
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.V3.PREDICT-2010.GV.dropsondes.pdf [864 KiB]
Related links	info: PREDICT Missions homepage: PREDICT Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2010-08-15 00:00:00
End datetime	2010-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 28.5016, Minimum (South) Latitude: 9.59986
Minimum (West) Longitude: -85.4964, Maximum (East) Longitude: -37.6646

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. NSF/NCAR GV Dropsonde Data. Version 3.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6R78CD4. Accessed 10 Feb 2026.

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