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PACS: 1997 Soundings from Cocos Island, Costa Rica

Summary

A temporary GPS rawinsonde station was installed on Cocos Island, Costa Rica for PACS-97 by NOAA National Severe Storms Laboratory and operated by rangers from the CR Park Service.
These data were processed through automated and visual quality control.
The dataset includes pressure, temperature, humidity, winds and altitude taken at 2 seconds vertical resolution.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/9RYD-Y201-ZC00
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-08-24)
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Related projects	PACS: Pan American Climate Studies
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	daily
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	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
Related links	homepage: PACS EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-04-29 00:00:00
End datetime	1997-08-09 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 5.60, Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.50
Minimum (West) Longitude: -87.10, Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

originator: NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
author: NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). 2011. PACS: 1997 Soundings from Cocos Island, Costa Rica. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/9RYD-Y201-ZC00. Accessed 10 Jul 2025.

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