PACS-97 Upper Air Soundings from the R/V Ron Brown
Summary
This dataset consists of sounding data from the PACS-97 (TEPPS; Tropical Eastern Pacific Process Study) cruise of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Ship Ron Brown.
Soundings were released from 2 to 12 times per day at various times of the cruise.
The cruise started in Panama, went to 8N 125W, then San Diego, and finally to a subtropical location.
The cruise started 28 July 1997 and ended 6 September 1997.
These data were processed through automated and visual quality control. This data set includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude taken at 2 second vertical intervals.
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Temporal coverage
| Begin datetime | 1997-07-28 00:00:00 |
| End datetime | 1997-09-06 23:59:59 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
32.50,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
6.90
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-129.40,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-79.50
Primary point of contact information
Yolande L. Serra <yserra@uw.edu>
Additional contact information
- author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
- author: Yolande L. Serra <yserra@uw.edu>
- author: Sandra E. Yuter <yuter@atmos.washington.edu>
- originator: University of Washington
Citation
NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, Serra, Y., Yuter, S. 2011. PACS-97 Upper Air Soundings from the R/V Ron Brown. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/5C6N-N19B-7506. Accessed 13 Nov 2025.
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