Mobile GPS Radiosonde Data from NSSL https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/371.020 Summary The National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL) operated a mobile radiosonde system for the Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX) during the period from 15 May to 14 June 2013. Soundings were taken intermittently as determined by the weather situation, with a focus on the pre-convective and convectively disturbed environments near deep convective storms in the central United States. Soundings were coordinated with releases from the mobile teams from Colorado State University and the Purdue University. This final NSSL MPEX data set includes a total of 111 quality controlled, high vertical resolution (1 second) soundings. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 371.020 * doi:10.26023/QEFK-V4J1-GJ01 https://doi.org/10.26023/QEFK-V4J1-GJ01 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Coniglio, M., Hitchcock, S. 2014. MPEX: Mobile GPS Radiosonde Data from NSSL. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/QEFK-V4J1-GJ01 Accessed 25 Apr 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 * MPEX: Mesoscale Predictability Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/MPEX Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE Documentation * readme_NSSL_Mobile_radiosonde.pdf [296 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5103E91B2EB11/readme_NSSL_Mobile_radiosonde.pdf Related links * info: MPEX Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/mpex/tools/missions * info: MPEX Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/mpex-data-policy * homepage: MPEX Project Page http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/mpex Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2013-05-15 20:00:00 * End datetime: 2013-06-14 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 42.792 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 32.44 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.821 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -96.894 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: Michael Coniglio https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1591 * author: Stacey Hitchcock https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1923 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/371.020?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/371.020?format=isotc211