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NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles

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Summary

Dropsonde sounding profiles deployed from the NOAA P-3 aircraft. From November 9 through December 13, 2011, thirteen research flights were conducted and 469 dropsonde profiles collected.

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  • ORDER data for delivery by FTP

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Versions
  • 1.0 (2012-02-16)
  • 2.0 (2016-06-09):

    This dataset has a temperature dependent dry bias correction and updated filenames.

  • 1.3 (2016-06-23):

    This dataset has been corrected for a dry bias and the filenames have been changed and moved to another directory.

  • 3.0 (2016-07-27):

    This version was corrected for a temperature dependent relative humidity dry bias as well al a dewpoint bias.  This is the latest and most current version of the dataset.

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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2011-11-09 07:45:00
End datetime 2011-12-13 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 0.079, Minimum (South) Latitude: -14.362
Minimum (West) Longitude: 70.353, Maximum (East) Longitude: 82.915

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles. Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D67942W6. Accessed 28 Mar 2024.

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