ORCAS Climatology and Flight Information Plots
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/490.031

Summary
This collection of graphics contains climatologies derived from various
sources including the Global Forecast System (GFS) Final Analyses (FNL), the
National Center for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) / National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Global Reanaysis, COSMIC GPS, and Microwave Limb
Sounder (MLS). Also included are GFS-FNL interpolated cross sections with NCAR
GV HIAPER aircraft observations overlayed, and skew-t log-p diagrams for each
NCAR GV up and down profile from the ORCAS (O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne
Southern Ocean Study) field campaign. The graphics are intended to be used as
supplementary material to aid in the analysis of NCAR GV instrument datasets
for both upper troposphere - lower stratosphere (UTLS), and boundary layer
studies.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 490.031
 * doi:10.5065/D6NZ863B
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NZ863B

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Honomichl, S. 2017. ORCAS Climatology and Flight Information Plots. Version
 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6NZ863B
 Accessed 19 Apr 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
 * ORCAS: The O2/N2 Ratio and CO2 Airborne Southern Ocean (ORCAS) Study
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/ORCAS

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

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Models/Analyses

Platforms
 * COSMIC/FORMOSAT-3
 * NCEP Global Forecast System Model (GFS)
 * NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER
 * Reanalysis Models
 * Satellite, Aura

Instruments
 * Microwave Limb Sounder - MLS

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES > ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC OZONE
 * EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > MODELS > WEATHER RESEARCH/FORECAST MODELS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > VAPOR PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC CARBON MONOXIDE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > NITROGEN COMPOUNDS > NITROUS OXIDE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > TROPOPAUSE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY > CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > METHANE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > PLANETARY BOUNDARY LAYER HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD PROPERTIES > CLOUD FRACTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES

Documentation
 * ORCAS_Climatology_FlightInfoPlots.txt [8 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/530D573474D35/ORCAS_Climatology_FlightInfoPlots.txt

Restrictions
 * EULA: ORCAS_Data_Fair_Use.html [3 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/530D576B1730D/ORCAS_Data_Fair_Use.html

Related links
 * superceded_by: 490.032: ORCAS Skew-T Plots
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/490.032
 * info: ORCAS Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/orcas-data-policy
 * info: ORCAS Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/orcas/tools/missions
 * homepage: ORCAS Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/orcas

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2016-01-15 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2016-02-12 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: -30.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -80.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -105.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -30.00

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

Additional contact information
 * author: Shawn Honomichl <shawnh@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2241

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/490.031?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/490.031?format=isotc211