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NASA ER-2 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/ATD)

Project:

CRYSTAL-FACE

Summary

Dropsonde data from the NASA ER-2 research aircraft, collected by the NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) during the Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment (CRYSTAL-FACE). A total of 47 quality-controlled soundings in the NCAR CLASS format are contained in the final dropsonde data set.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6D21W1X
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-03-15)
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Related projects	CRYSTAL-FACE: The Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers - Florida Area Cirrus Experiment
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NASA ER-2
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	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 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.CRYSTAL-FACE.ER2.dropsonde.pdf [72 KiB]
Related links	homepage: CRYSTAL-FACE Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2002-07-03 00:00:00
End datetime	2002-07-29 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 29.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 24.25
Minimum (West) Longitude: -83.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: -80.50

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. NASA ER-2 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6D21W1X. Accessed 07 Nov 2025.

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