Maldives KCO Meteorology Rawinsonde Soundings [Heymsfield]

Summary

This dataset consists of rawinsonde data collected during INDOEX from the Kaashidhoo Climate Observatory. Each datafile contains the island's location, the sonde's UTC release time, and a vertical profile of pressure, temperature, humidity, latitude and longitude, total wind speed and direction, and U and V wind components, every 1 second during the sonde's ascent.

Data access

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/22.039
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Related projects	INDOEX: Indian Ocean Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes Rawinsonde, RS80-15GH
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.kaashidhoo [27 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1999-01-13 00:00:00
End datetime	1999-03-29 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 25.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 50.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 100.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

• author: Andrew Heymsfield <heyms1@ucar.edu>
• resourceProvider: Kathryn Young
• originator: NCAR Atmospheric Technology Division
• publisher: EOL Data Support

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

Heymsfield, A. 2007. Maldives KCO Meteorology Rawinsonde Soundings. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/22.039. Accessed 12 Nov 2019.

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