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GALE: CLASS Soundings

Summary

Sounding data from the Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment (GALE) is contained in a tar file for each of the 8 Cross-chain LORAN Sounding System (CLASS) locations. Refer to information within the individual files for the exact time of the beginning of the CLASS ascent.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D69G5K2C
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2014-07-09)
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Related projects	GALE: Genesis of Atlantic Lows Experiment
Frequency	continuous
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 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
Related links	homepage: GALE EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1986-01-16 00:00:00
End datetime	1986-03-13 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 44.638, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.115
Minimum (West) Longitude: -90.029, Maximum (East) Longitude: -65.961

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. 2014. GALE: CLASS Soundings. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D69G5K2C. Accessed 10 Nov 2025.

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