CPS Quality Controlled Radiosonde Dataset

Summary

The Cloud and Precipitation Study (CPS) is a project aimed at examining shallow and deep convection, as well as stratiform precipitation, in a tropical/subtropical environment in an attempt to better understand cloud and precipitation processes. The CPS site was located in Miami, Florida and was equipped with an EOL Integrated Sounding System (ISS). The ISS included a 915 MHz Multiple Antenna Profiling Radar (MAPR), a radiosonde sounding system, a surface meteorology tower, and a ceilometer for measuring cloud base heights. Seventy-eight radiosonde launches were made from the ISS site; seventy-three sounding files 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.

Data access

• ORDER data for delivery by FTP

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	Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS 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 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.CPS2008.ISS.radiosondes.pdf [3 MiB]

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 <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

• author: EOL Data Support
• publisher: EOL Data Support
• resourceProvider: Kathryn Young <kbeierle@ucar.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. CPS Quality Controlled Radiosonde Dataset. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VH5M1N. Accessed 24 May 2019.

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