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NASA DC-8 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data

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Summary

Dropsonde sounding profile data from the NASA DC-8 medium altitude research aircraft. A total of 95 dropsonde soundings were collected during 11 research flights primarily off the west coast of Central and South America. All 95 quality-controlled soundings are contained in the final dropsonde data set.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D60P0X74
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2016-02-19) 1.1 (2016-06-29): The filenames in this dataset have been corrected. (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	TC4: Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NASA DC-8
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
Related links	homepage: TC4 Projects Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2007-06-28 00:00:00
End datetime	2007-08-08 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 20.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -5.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -96.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -74.00

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Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. NASA DC-8 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data. Version 1.1. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D60P0X74. Accessed 19 Sep 2024.

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