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VORTEX-SE_2017: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data

Summary

The National Weather Service (NWS) routinely releases radiosondes at 00 and 12 UTC with occasional special releases at sites throughout the United States. This data set includes the quality controlled VORTEX-SE_2017 NWS soundings released at 10 sites throughout the southeastern United States during the VORTEX-SE_2017 field phase (1 March to 8 May 2017). A total of 1430 quality-controlled, high vertical resolution (1-second) soundings are contained in the final VORTEX-SE_2017 data set.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DR2SXM
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-06-15)
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Related projects	VORTEX-SE_2017: Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes EXperiment-Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2017 Field Campaign
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT HUMIDITY UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_V-SE_2017_NWS_radiosonde.pdf [356 KiB]
Related links	info: VORTEX-SE Data Policy homepage: VORTEX-SE EOL Website homepage: VORTEX-SE_2017 EOL Homepage info: VORTEX-SE_2017 Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2017-03-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2017-05-09 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.236, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.126
Minimum (West) Longitude: -93.842, Maximum (East) Longitude: -84.30

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
processor: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>
processor: Linda Cully <cully@ucar.edu>

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. VORTEX-SE_2017: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6DR2SXM. Accessed 09 Nov 2024.

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