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MPEX: Multi-Network Composite 5mb Vertical Resolution Sounding Composite

Summary

This data set contains a composite of the 5 hPa resolution upper air sounding data from all sources for the Mesoscale Predictability Experiment (MPEX). Sounding data is included from nine sources: the National Weather Service (23 sites and 1484 soundings), the dropsondes from the NSF/NCAR G-V aircraft (426 soundings), the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Central Facility site (123 soundings), Vandenberg Air Force Base (31 soundings), and soundings from MPEX mobile sounding systems operated by Colorado State University (55 soundings), the National Severe Storms Laboratory (111 soundings), Purdue University (93 soundings), and Texas A&M University (23 soundings). Included are 2346 soundings from 30 platforms from 10 May to 16 June 2013.

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Versions
  • 1.0 (2014-07-22)
  • 2.0 (2017-01-06):

    This version corrects a temperature dependent dry bias that was present in the Vaisala RD94 dropsonde relative humidity measurements. Both the relative humidity and dew point values have been corrected.

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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2013-05-10 23:00:00
End datetime 2013-06-16 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 45.455, Minimum (South) Latitude: 29.375
Minimum (West) Longitude: -120.584, Maximum (East) Longitude: -93.402

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Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. MPEX: Multi-Network Composite 5mb Vertical Resolution Sounding Composite. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6J964QB. Accessed 28 Mar 2024.

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