"Smart" Balloon Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.215

Summary
Constant-level "smart" balloons were used to track air masses during the ACE-1
multi-flight lagrangian missions by Steve Businger and Mark Geldmeier (U of
Hawaii). These balloons were released from the R/V Discoverer and transmitted
position and meteorological data to receiving equipment on the C-130 aircraft.
This dataset consist of four balloon flights during the last two lagrangian
missions. The data contain balloon number, time (UTC), GPS location,
atmospheric pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, and a number of
balloon housekeeping parameters.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 2.215
 * doi:10.26023/D2JV-DNZW-XS0V
   https://doi.org/10.26023/D2JV-DNZW-XS0V

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Businger, S., Geldmeier, M. 2006. ACE-1: "Smart" Balloon Data. Version 1.0.
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/D2JV-DNZW-XS0V Accessed 19 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
 * ACE-1: Southern Hemisphere Marine Aerosol Characterization Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ACE-1

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: 5 minute
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Balloons
 * NOAAS Discoverer
 * Ships

Instruments
 * Radiosondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * 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 WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES

Documentation
 * businger.txt [1 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/410501D7/businger.txt

Related links
 * info: ACE-1 Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/ace/summary
 * homepage: ACE-1 EOL Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/ace-1

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 1995-12-02 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 1995-12-09 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: -40.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -70.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 140.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Steve Businger <businger@soest.hawaii.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/138

Additional contact information
 * principalInvestigator: Steve Businger <businger@soest.hawaii.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/138
 * author: Steve Businger <businger@soest.hawaii.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/138
 * author: Mark Geldmeier <markg@soest.hawaii.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2995

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.215?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/2.215?format=isotc211