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SNOWBAND: NCAR/EOL AVAPS Electra Dropsonde Profiles

Summary

Dropsonde profile data collected by the NSF/NCAR L188 Electra aircraft during the Snowband Dynamics (SNOWBAND) project that took place concurrently with the Lake-ICE project. A total of 62 dropsondes were launched, of which 55 profiles are quality controlled and publicly available.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/MV0A-JEWW-360T
Data Quality	final
Versions	0.1 (2017-03-23) 1.0 (2021-11-30): Quality controlled netcdf files created July 1998. (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	SNOWBAND: Snowband Dynamics (coincident w/ Lake-ICE)
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NCAR Electra (N308D) NCAR Electra (N595KR)
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Related links	homepage: SNOWBAND EOL Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1997-12-10 00:00:00
End datetime	1998-01-21 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 38.80
Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.20, Maximum (East) Longitude: -83.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2021. SNOWBAND: NCAR/EOL AVAPS Electra Dropsonde Profiles. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/MV0A-JEWW-360T. Accessed 21 Mar 2025.

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