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FASTEX 5-millibar Resolution Sounding Composite

Summary

This data set consists of a composite of all FASTEX sounding data interpolated to 5-millibar vertical levels collected from the 45 platforms in the experiment domain. This data set includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude. Refer to the README file for details. Refer to the individual station README files for details on the processing conducted on individual sites.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6T43RDC
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-08-24)
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Related projects	FASTEX: Fronts and Atlantic Storm Track Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Aircraft, NOAA P-3 Dropwindsondes NOAA G-IV R/V Knorr Radiosondes Ships Sounding Composite UK Met Office C-130 USAF C-130 WMI Learjet
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	five_mb_interp.txt [18 KiB]
Related links	homepage: FASTEX EOL Project Homepage info: FASTEX Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-01-01 00:00:00
End datetime	1997-03-02 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 75.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 15.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -85.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 15.00

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. 2011. FASTEX 5-millibar Resolution Sounding Composite. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6T43RDC. Accessed 16 Jan 2026.

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