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KOFSE: NMC Upper Air Data

Summary

This dataset contains upper air station data for the Persian Gulf Region derived from the NMC realtime decode collected during the Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment (KOFSE). Data are in ASCII text format and require the provided adpupa.f fortran program to be read.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/60RX-3K7S-EQ0K
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-12-27)
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Related projects	KOFSE: Kuwait Oil-Fire Smoke Experiment
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Platforms	Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	adpupa.f [14 KiB] format.add [6 KiB] format.on29 [359 KiB] nmcraobs.c [21 KiB] nmcraobs.F [16 KiB] raobs.list [3 KiB] raobscmake [1 KiB] raobsfmake [1 KiB] raobshelp [22 KiB] README [2 KiB] station.list [2 KiB]
Related links	homepage: KOFSE/KuDA EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	1991-01-01 00:00:00
End datetime	1991-12-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 34.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 21.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 44.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 54.00

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

Additional contact information

author: National Meteorological Center

Citation

National Meteorological Center. 2018. KOFSE: NMC Upper Air Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/60RX-3K7S-EQ0K. Accessed 13 Sep 2024.

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