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USAF C-130 Dropsonde Data (EOL Format) [NCAR/EOL]

Project:

PREDICT

Summary

This data set includes 86 high resolution dropsonde data files from the USAF C-130 aircraft that flew over the Atlantic basin and Gulf of Mexico during PREDICT. Data are included from thirteen flights that occurred 31 August to 29 September 2010. The data are in the EOL columnar ASCII sounding format. These data have undergone the NCAR/EOL dropsonde quality control processing, see the readme for details.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MG7MQV
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2012-05-02) 2.0 (2017-03-24) (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	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes USAF C-130
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.V2.PREDICT-2010.USAF-C130-dropsondes_final.pdf [744 KiB]
Related links	info: PREDICT Missions homepage: PREDICT Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2010-08-31 09:00:00
End datetime	2010-09-29 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 39.277, Minimum (South) Latitude: 16.0138
Minimum (West) Longitude: -88.09, Maximum (East) Longitude: -59.715

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

publisher: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
resourceProvider: Kathryn Young

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. USAF C-130 Dropsonde Data (EOL Format). Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MG7MQV. Accessed 16 Jan 2025.

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