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Global Hawk NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data

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WISPAR

Summary

Dropsonde sounding profiles deployed on the NOAA/NASA Global Hawk using a NCAR/NOAA dropsonde system specially designed for remote operation. Quality-controlled soundings in EOL file format are provided.

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ORDER data for delivery by FTP

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6S46Q5N
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-02-17) 2.0 (2017-04-05): A temperature dependent dry bias correction has been applied to these data. (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	WISPAR: Winter Storms and Pacific Atmospheric Rivers
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NASA Global Hawk
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
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.WISPAR2011.GHdropsonde.pdf [784 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2011-02-11 00:00:00
End datetime	2011-03-10 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 0.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -170.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -120.00

Primary point of contact information

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

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UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. Global Hawk NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6S46Q5N. Accessed 27 Sep 2023.

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