FASTEX soundings from Wallops Island (USA)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.198

Summary
This dataset consists of sounding data from Wallops Island, Virginia in the
USA (WMO 72402) which was operated by the US National Weather Service.
Soundings were taken two times per day (00 and 12 UTC) except during selected
IOPs when it was up to four times per day (also 06 and 18 UTC). These data
were processed through automated and visual quality control. This dataset
includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and altitude
taken at 1.2 second vertical intervals and wind speed and wind direction taken
at 1 minute vertical intervals. Refer to the station README for details.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 2.198
 * doi:10.26023/M4RZ-P8DV-FB0R
   https://doi.org/10.26023/M4RZ-P8DV-FB0R

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2021. FASTEX soundings from Wallops
 Island. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/M4RZ-P8DV-FB0R Accessed 16 Apr 2024.

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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: 12 hourly
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Radiosondes

Instruments
 * Radiosondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES

Documentation
 * wallops.txt [25 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/422051D4/wallops.txt

Related links
 * info: FASTEX Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/fastex/iop.html
 * homepage: FASTEX EOL Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/fastex

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1997-01-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 1997-02-28 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.94
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 37.93
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -75.49
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -75.48

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.198?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.198?format=isotc211