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NCAR Electra Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data

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Summary

This data set contains quality controlled dropsonde data collected by the NSF/NCAR L188 Electra aircraft during the Mesoscale Alpine Programme (MAP) project. A total of 147 quality-controlled soundings in 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/10.26023/MWRC-E8X7-080G
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-03-22)
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Related projects	MAP: Mesoscale Alpine Programme
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NCAR Electra (N308D) NCAR Electra (N595KR)
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	HUMIDITY UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE UPPER LEVEL WINDS Expand keywords
Related links	homepage: MAP EOL Homepage info: MAP Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1999-09-19 00:00:00
End datetime	1999-11-13 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 49.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 41.50
Minimum (West) Longitude: 5.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: 15.30

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. NCAR Electra Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/MWRC-E8X7-080G. Accessed 19 Nov 2025.

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