Indonesia Site - Padang Radiosonde L3.2 Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.170 Summary This data set includes 421 high vertical resolution soundings from Padang, Indonesia (WMO 96163) collected during the DYNAMO field campaign for 2011-12. Soundings were typically released twice daily at 00 and 12 UTC during October and November 2011 and January through March 2012 and four times daily at 00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC during December 2011. The station utilized Meisei RS-06G radiosondes. These soundings were provided by JAMSTEC. This L3.2 version of the data set was released 20 May 2014. It includes the L3.0 corrections (application of PDF matching and correction for the relative humidity discontinuity at the 0C level), the L3.1 correction for reducing the temperature discontinuity at around 300 hPa and the additional L3.2 corrections of setting suspicious zero surface winds to missing and a correction for reducing erroneous heating/cooling data in daytime/nighttime soundings. These adjustments were applied by JAMSTEC. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 347.170 * doi:10.26023/FPEC-XEN1-PT0H https://doi.org/10.26023/FPEC-XEN1-PT0H Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC). 2014. DYNAMO: Indonesia Site - Padang Radiosonde L3.2 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/FPEC-XEN1-PT0H Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * DYNAMO: Dynamics of the Madden-Julian Oscillation https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/DYNAMO Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 12 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS Documentation * Readme_DYNAMO_Indonesia_Padang_soundings_L3.2.html [26 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5121421BF8C99/Readme_DYNAMO_Indonesia_Padang_soundings_L3.2.html Related links * info: DYNAMO Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dynamo/missions/missions.html * info: DYNAMO Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/dynamo-data-policy-and-management * homepage: DYNAMO Home Page http://data.eol.ucar.edu/master_list/?project=DYNAMO * info: DYNAMO Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/dynamo/missions/missions.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2011-09-30 23:00:00 * End datetime: 2012-03-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: -0.884 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -0.884 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 100.353 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 100.353 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * author: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology (JAMSTEC) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1281 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.170?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/347.170?format=isotc211