OLYMPEX NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/503.001

Summary
Dropsondes were deployed on the NASA DC-8 during the Olympic Mountain
Experiment (OLYMPEX) field campaign. 17 research flights were conducted,
during which 53 dropsondes were launched between November 12 and December 19,
2015.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 503.001
 * doi:10.5065/D6QZ28BN
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QZ28BN

Versions
  1.0: This data has corrected filenames along with a temperature dependent dry
bias correction.
  2.0: This dataset has been corrected to remove GPS lat/lon spikes.

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. OLYMPEX NCAR/EOL AVAPS
 Dropsonde Data. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QZ28BN 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
 * OLYMPEX: Olympic Mountains Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/OLYMPEX

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: < 1 second
 * Progress: completed
 * Language: English

Platforms
 * Dropwindsondes
 * NASA DC-8

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

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

Documentation
 * readme.OLYMPEX-2015.NASA.DC8-Dropsondes.pdf [1063 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CE2F311B66E/readme.OLYMPEX-2015.NASA.DC8-Dropsondes.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: OLYMPEX Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/olympex

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2015-11-02 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2015-12-19 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.20
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 46.30
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -129.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -125.00

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/503.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/503.001?format=isotc211