FASTEX soundings from Aberporth (United Kingdom) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.170 Summary This dataset consists of sounding data from Aberporth in the United Kingdom (WMO 03502) which was operated by the UK Meteorological Office. Soundings were taken four times per day (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC) except during selected IOPs when it was up to eight per day (also 03, 09, 15, and 21 UTC). This dataset includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude taken at two second vertical intervals. Refer to the station README for details. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 2.170 * doi:10.26023/TB45-7VZ9-4K0A https://doi.org/10.26023/TB45-7VZ9-4K0A Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, UK Met Office (UKMO). 2021. FASTEX soundings from Aberporth. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/TB45-7VZ9-4K0A Accessed 28 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 * FASTEX: Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/FASTEX Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 6 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION Documentation * aberporth.txt [20 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/421E91B8/aberporth.txt Related links * homepage: FASTEX EOL Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/fastex * info: FASTEX Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/fastex/iop.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1997-01-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 1997-03-01 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 52.13 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 52.13 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -4.57 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -4.57 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * author: UK Met Office (UKMO) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1411 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.170?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.170?format=isotc211