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NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/EOL)

Project:

GOTEX

Summary

Dropsonde sounding data from the NCAR C-130 research aircraft, collected using the NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) during the Gulf Of Tehuantepec Experiment, Coupled Development of Ocean Waves and Boundary Layers (GOTEX aka OceanWaves). Soundings are quality-controlled in the NCAR CLASS format.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D689149K
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-03-15)
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Related projects	GOTEX: Gulf Of Tehuantepec Experiment, Coupled Development of Ocean Waves and Boundary Layers (aka OceanWaves)
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE 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	readme.GOTEX.C130.dropsonde.pdf [64 KiB]
Related links	homepage: GOTEX Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-02-03 00:00:00
End datetime	2004-02-27 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 17.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 12.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D689149K. Accessed 11 Feb 2026.

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