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NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles

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DYNAMO

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.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D67942W6
Data Quality	final
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. (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	DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Upper Air
Platforms	Aircraft, NOAA P-3 Dropwindsondes
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS 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 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.V3.DYNAMO-2011.dropsondes.pdf [816 KiB]
Related links	info: DYNAMO Data Policy homepage: DYNAMO Home Page info: DYNAMO Missions info: DYNAMO Missions

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

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles. Version 3.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D67942W6. Accessed 13 Dec 2025.

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