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Vaisala DigiCORA Tethersonde System Data Playa Site (UoU)

Project:

MATERHORN-X

Summary

This data set contains the University of Utah's Vaisala DigiCORA tethersonde data from the Playa launch site. Data was collected during intense observation periods on 2012 September 25, 26, 28, 29 and October 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14, 15, 18, 19, 20, 21 for the Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations (MATERHORN-X) field campaign. Files are the original data and have not been quality controlled. The format is ASCII tab separated and consists of separate data and log files. The time stamps are based off of UTC time for all the instruments for the MATERHORN-X data, unless it was stated otherwise. Please refer to the readme file for more information.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D62J6993
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-05-26)
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Related projects	MATERHORN-X: Mountain Terrain Atmospheric Modeling and Observations
Frequency	30 minute
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Balloons
Instruments	Tethersondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE HUMIDITY MIXING RATIO RELATIVE HUMIDITY SPECIFIC HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	UoU_TB-PL_Tetheredsonde_Readme.pdf [179 KiB]
Restrictions	user agreement required: MATERHORN_Data_Fair_Use_20170731.pdf [499 KiB]
Related links	info: DigiCORA Tethersonde System info: MATERHORN-X Data Policy homepage: MATERHORN-X Home Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2012-09-25 00:00:00
End datetime	2012-10-21 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.13491, Minimum (South) Latitude: 40.13491
Minimum (West) Longitude: -113.45097, Maximum (East) Longitude: -113.45097

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Eric R. Pardyjak <pardyjak@mech.utah.edu>

Citation

Pardyjak, E. 2017. Vaisala DigiCORA Tethersonde System Data Playa Site. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D62J6993. Accessed 11 Dec 2024.

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