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Radio Occultation System (ROC) for Stratospheric Balloons Version 0 Data

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CONCORDIASI

Summary

This data set contains GPS radio occultation data from the Purdue University Radio Occultation system which was flown on two stratospheric balloons launched on 29 September and 8 October 2010 over Antarctica. This is Version 0 of this data set, it contains the raw GPS data without any quality control applied. See the documentation files provided for warnings about the use of this version of the data. Quality controlled data and additional processing will follow in later versions. These data were provided by Jennifer Haase of Purdue University. These data are in RINEX (Receiver Independent Exchange Format Version 2.10.

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/221.001
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Related projects	CONCORDIASI: Concordiasi
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Balloons Global Positioning System - GPS
Instruments	GPS Receivers
Documentation	haase_0814290_nsf-detailed-report_2011-02-21.pdf [1106 KiB] README_BEWARE.txt [2 KiB] RINEX_2.10_format.html [99 KiB] ROC_software_v16_2010-09-23.pdf [2 MiB]
Restrictions	authorization required user agreement required: acknowledgements.txt [2 KiB]
Related links	info: CONCORDIASI Project Data Policy homepage: U.S. CONCORDIASI Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2010-09-29 00:00:00
End datetime	2010-10-22 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: -55.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00

Primary point of contact information

Jennifer Haase <jhaase@purdue.edu>

Additional contact information

originator: Jennifer Haase <jhaase@purdue.edu>

Citation

Haase, J. 2011. Radio Occultation System (ROC) for Stratospheric Balloons Version 0 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/221.001. Accessed 07 Oct 2024.

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