NASA DC-8 NCAR/EOL Dropsonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.001

Summary
This data set contains dropsonde data from the NASA DC-8 medium altitude
research aircraft. A total of 328 quality-controlled dropsonde soundings were
released during 16 research flights, and are contained in the final dropsonde
data set.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 502.001
 * doi:10.5065/D6VX0DRT
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VX0DRT
 * doi:10.5065/D6XG9PHJ
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6XG9PHJ

Versions
  1.0
  2.0: This dataset has been corrected for a temperature dependent dry bias.
The filenames have also been corrected.
  2.1: This version was thought to have been corrected for a temperature
dependent relative humidity dry bias as well as a dewpoint bias, but was
not actually corrected.
  3.0: This version has been corrected for a temperature dependent dry bias of
the relative humiidty measurements. Dewpoint temperatures were
recomputed as well.

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. GRIP: NASA DC-8 NCAR/EOL
 Dropsonde Data. Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6VX0DRT Accessed 18 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
 * GRIP: Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/GRIP

Additional information
 * 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
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES

Documentation
 * readme.V3.GRIP-2010.DC8.dropsondes.pdf [929 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CC15338828F/readme.V3.GRIP-2010.DC8.dropsondes.pdf

Related links
 * superceded_by: 502.002: GRIP NASA DC-8 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Archive
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.002
 * homepage: GRIP Project Homepage
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/grip

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2010-08-15 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2010-09-30 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00

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

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.001?format=isotc211