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PECAN: CSU/NCSU/NSSL MGAUS Radiosonde Data

Summary

During PECAN, Colorado State University (CSU) and the NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory in conjunction with North Carolina State University (NCSU) operated three Mobile GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding (MGAUS) radiosonde systems that released soundings during PECAN Intensive Observation Periods (IOP) around the central United States. During the IOPs, the MGAUS soundings would typically be released starting after 00 UTC and continue during the nights operations. A total of 251 (CSU-84, NSSL1-83, and NSSL2-84) quality-controlled, high vertical resolution (1-second) soundings are contained in the final PECAN data set.

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Versions
  • 1.0 (2016-01-20)
  • 2.0 (2016-03-07):

    Adding NSSL data in EOL format.

  • 2.1 (2016-03-11):

    The NSSL2 sounding: D20150709_061908_QC.eol has been corrected to fix surface geopotential altitudes.

  • 3.0 (2016-03-16):

    Adding NSSL data in ESC format.

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Temporal coverage

Begin datetime 2015-06-02 00:00:00
End datetime 2015-07-17 05:29:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 43.971, Minimum (South) Latitude: 35.005
Minimum (West) Longitude: -101.399, Maximum (East) Longitude: -87.003

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Citation

Ziegler, C., et al. 2016. PECAN: CSU/NCSU/NSSL MGAUS Radiosonde Data. Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6W66HXN. Accessed 07 Dec 2024.

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