USAF C-130 Dropsonde Data (EOL Format) [NCAR/EOL] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/126.046 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. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 126.046 * doi:10.5065/D6MG7MQV https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MG7MQV Versions 1.0 2.0 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 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * PREDICT: Pre-Depression Investigation of Cloud-systems in the Tropics (PREDICT) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PREDICT Additional information * 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 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE Documentation * readme.V2.PREDICT-2010.USAF-C130-dropsondes_final.pdf [744 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/424FE3391351/readme.V2.PREDICT-2010.USAF-C130-dropsondes_final.pdf Related links * homepage: PREDICT Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/predict/ * info: PREDICT Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/predict/missions/missions.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2010-08-31 09:00:00 * End datetime: 2010-09-29 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 39.277 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 16.0138 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -88.09 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -59.715 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * publisher: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * resourceProvider: Kathryn Young https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/328 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/126.046?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/126.046?format=isotc211