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PECAN: Mobile PISA 3 UW/SSEC SPARC Radiosonde Data

Summary

The PECAN Mobile PISA (PECAN Integrated Sounding Array) 3 was the SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC) facility run by the University of Wisconsin-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC). SPARC released radiosondes at locations around the Central United States during some of the PECAN Intensive Observation Periods (IOPs) and Unofficial Field Operations (UFOs). This data set includes the 82 high vertical resolution (1-second), quality controlled PECAN Mobile PISA 1 CLAMPS soundings released for the PECAN field phase (2 June to 16 July 2015).

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ORDER data to made available for download
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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VH5M7B
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2015-10-28) 2.0 (2016-10-20) (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes SSEC Portable Atmospheric Research Center (SPARC)
Instruments	Radiosondes
Sites	Mobile PISA 3 - UW SPARC
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_PECAN_MP3_SPARC_radiosonde.pdf [320 KiB]
Related links	info: PECAN Data Policy homepage: PECAN Home Page info: PECAN Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2015-06-02 03:00:00
End datetime	2015-07-16 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 42.64, Minimum (South) Latitude: 36.993
Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.896, Maximum (East) Longitude: -92.038

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Timothy J. Wagner <tim.wagner@ssec.wisc.edu>
author: Erik Olson <erik.olson@ssec.wisc.edu>
author: Nadia Smith <nadia.smith@ssec.wisc.edu>
author: Wayne F. Feltz <wayne.feltz@ssec.wisc.edu>

Citation

Wagner, T., et al. 2016. PECAN: Mobile PISA 3 UW/SSEC SPARC Radiosonde Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VH5M7B. Accessed 21 Mar 2025.

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