GTS Mandatory/Significant Level Sounding Data (EOL Format) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.003 Summary National weather agencies around the world routinely release radiosondes at 00 and/or 12 UTC with occasional special releases. This data set includes the quality controlled Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) Global Telecommunication System (GTS) soundings released at sites near the locations of TCI flown tropical cyclones. TCI flew two storms in the Atlantic (Erika and Joaquin) and two storms in the eastern Pacific basin (Marty and Patricia). For Erika, this data set includes soundings from 25-30 August 2015 from Cape Canaveral, Nassau, Kingston, Grand Cayman, Saint Maarten, and Guadeloupe. For Joaquin, the included soundings are from 25 September to 6 October 2015 from Bermuda, Cape Canaveral, Nassau, Kingston, Grand Cayman, and Saint Maarten. For Patricia, the included soundings are from 19-24 October 2015 from Monterrey, Guadalupe, Guadalajara, Manzanillo, Mexico City, Acapulco, La Paz, Mazatlan, and Veracruz. For Marty the included soundings are from 25 September to 1 October 2015 from Guadalupe, Guadalajara, Manzanillo, Mexico City, and Acapulco. A total of 349 quality-controlled, mandatory and significant level resolution soundings are contained in the final TCI data set. On 2/6/2019, new soundings were added to this dataset to cover the time period when the High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study project was operating out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The 238 new soundings are from 8/9/2015 through 8/24/2015. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 488.003 * doi:10.5065/D6B27SHM https://doi.org/10.5065/D6B27SHM Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. GTS Mandatory/Significant Level Sounding Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6B27SHM Accessed 24 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 * HIWC-RADAR-2015: High Ice Water Content (HIWC) Radar Study 2015 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/HIWC-RADAR-2015 * TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TCI 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 > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * 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 WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT Documentation * readme_HIWC_Radar_2015_GTS_radiosonde.pdf [584 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CC0C4A6E05A/readme_HIWC_Radar_2015_GTS_radiosonde.pdf * readme_TCI_GTS_radiosonde.pdf [887 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CC0C309192F/readme_TCI_GTS_radiosonde.pdf Related links * info: TCI Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/tci/tools/missions * info: TCI Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/TCI%20Data%20Policy_010616revised.pdf * homepage: TCI Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/tci Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-08-09 22:55:00 * End datetime: 2015-10-24 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.93 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 16.27 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -110.33 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -61.52 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 Echo-Hawk https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/815 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.003?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.003?format=isotc211