GTS Mandatory and Significant Level Radiosonde Data (NOAA/ESRL Format) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/486.012 Summary This dataset contains the mandatory and significant level radiosonde data from locations in northeastern South America and the Caribbean during the 2015 High Altitude Ice Crystals – High Ice Water Content (HAIC-HIWC) campaign in Cayenne, French Guiana. Data are included from Belem, Boa Vista, Macapa, Manaus, Santarem, and Tirios in Brazil as well as Cayenne, French Guiana; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Trinidad. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 486.012 * doi:10.26023/AE8P-6Q22-VY0P https://doi.org/10.26023/AE8P-6Q22-VY0P Versions 1.0 Citation NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL). 2016. GTS Mandatory and Significant Level Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/AE8P-6Q22-VY0P Accessed 28 Mar 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 * HAIC-HIWC_2015: High Altitude Ice Crystals - High Ice Water Content Project - 2015 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HAIC-HIWC_2015 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 WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * 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 WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE Documentation * readme_HAIC-HIWC_radiosonde.pdf [223 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CC9630D72DB/readme_HAIC-HIWC_radiosonde.pdf Related links * homepage: HAIC-HIWC Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/haic-hiwc * info: HAIC-HIWC Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/Data_sharing_update_2016-05-18-v2.pdf * info: HAIC-HIWC 2015 Cayenne Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/haic-hiwc_2015/tools/missions Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-05-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2015-05-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 18.50 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 3.20 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -66.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -48.40 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1210 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/486.012?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/486.012?format=isotc211