CSU/NCSU/NSSL MGAUS Radiosonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.061

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.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 485.061
 * doi:10.5065/D6W66HXN
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6W66HXN

Versions
  1.0
  2.0: Adding NSSL data in EOL format.
  2.1: The NSSL2 sounding: D20150709_061908_QC.eol has been corrected to fix
surface geopotential altitudes.
  3.0: Adding NSSL data in ESC format.

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 27 Jul 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
 * PECAN: Plains Elevated Convection at Night
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PECAN

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * NCAR/EOL GAUS/GLASS/CLASS Radiosonde
 * Radiosondes

Instruments
 * Radiosondes

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

Documentation
 * new.readme.PECAN-2015.NCAR.NSSL.radiosondes.pdf [529 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52C9C139C9F62/new.readme.PECAN-2015.NCAR.NSSL.radiosondes.pdf
 * PECAN_CSU_Mobile_Launch_Notes.xlsx [11 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52C9C1302B026/PECAN_CSU_Mobile_Launch_Notes.xlsx
 * readme_PECAN_MGAUS_radiosonde.pdf [471 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52C9C130CABE1/readme_PECAN_MGAUS_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: 2015-06-02 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2015-07-17 05:29:59 

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

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Conrad L. Ziegler <conrad.ziegler@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1550
 * author: Michael Coniglio <michael.coniglio@noaa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1591
 * author: Matthew Parker <mdparker@ncsu.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2094
 * author: Russ S. Schumacher <russ.schumacher@colostate.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1018
 * processor: Kathryn Young
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/328

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.061?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/485.061?format=isotc211