National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.053 Summary The National Weather Service (NWS) routinely releases radiosondes at 00 and 12 UTC with occasional special releases at sites throughout the United States. This data set includes the quality controlled PECAN NWS soundings released at 22 sites throughout the Central Plains during the PECAN field phase (1 June to 16 July 2015). A total of 2055 quality-controlled, high vertical resolution (1-second) soundings are contained in the final PECAN data set. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 485.053 * doi:10.5065/D6R20ZFV https://doi.org/10.5065/D6R20ZFV Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2015. PECAN: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6R20ZFV Accessed 23 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 * PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PECAN Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 12 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * 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 TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY Documentation * readme_PECAN_NWS_radiosonde.pdf [408 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52B5962FB8704/readme_PECAN_NWS_radiosonde.pdf Related links * info: PECAN Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/pecan/tools/missions * homepage: PECAN Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/pecan * info: PECAN Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/pecan-data-policy Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-06-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2015-07-17 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.565 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.943 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.477 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -88.112 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 * processor: Scot Loehrer https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73 * processor: Linda Cully https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/136 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.053?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.053?format=isotc211