Multi-Network Composite 5mb Vertical Resolution Sounding Composite
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/371.025

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.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 371.025
 * doi:10.5065/D6J964QB
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6J964QB

Versions
  1.0
  2.0: 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.

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 23 Apr 2024.

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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
 * Sounding Composites
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Dropwindsondes
 * NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER
 * Radiosondes

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes
 * Radiosondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES

Documentation
 * readme_MPEX_5hPa_composite_radiosonde_V2.pdf [376 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/51A0773274785/readme_MPEX_5hPa_composite_radiosonde_V2.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: MPEX Project Page
   http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/mpex
 * info: MPEX Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/mpex-data-policy
 * info: MPEX Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/mpex/tools/missions

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

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

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1
 * processor: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73
 * processor: Linda Cully <cully@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/136
 * processor: Linda Echo-Hawk <echohawk@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/815

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/371.025?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/371.025?format=isotc211