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CPS: ISS Radiosonde Profiles

Summary

Radiosonde launches deployed by the EOL Integrated Sounding System (ISS) during the Cloud and Precipitation Study (CPS) project. Data are in eol ascii format. 73 radiosonde are included in the final archive. The average horizontal distance traveled by the radiosondes during this project was 31.5 km (19.6 miles) from surface to 20.3 km.

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ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VH5M1N
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-01-22)
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Related projects	CPS: Cloud and Precipitation Study 2008
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System - ISS Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.CPS2008.ISS.radiosondes.pdf [3 MiB]
Related links	homepage: CPS Project Homepage homepage: Integrated Sounding System

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-07-30 00:00:00
End datetime	2008-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 26.20, Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -81.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: -79.50

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

originator: William Brown <wbrown@ucar.edu>
author: NSF NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System Team

Citation

NSF NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System Team. 2016. CPS: ISS Radiosonde Profiles. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VH5M1N. Accessed 17 Jul 2025.

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