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SOCRATES: NCAR/EOL Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data

Summary

109 quality controlled dropsonde soundings collected over the Southern Ocean during the SOCRATES field campaign. The dropsondes were deployed from the NCAR GV aircraft during twelve research flights conducted between Jan 19 and Feb 24, 2018.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QZ28SG
Data Quality	final
Versions	0.1 (2018-03-07) 1.0 (2018-09-22) 1.1 (2018-10-26): This version added the EOL Sounding Composite (ESC) format files as an ordering option. The original EOL formatted data are still available. (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	SOCRATES: Southern Ocean Clouds Radiation Aerosol Transport Experimental Study
Spatial Type	unknown
Frequency	< 1 second
Progress	completed
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NSF/NCAR GV HIAPER
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.Socrates-2018.ncar-GV.dropsondes.V1.pdf [950 KiB] readme_SOCRATES_GV_dropsonde_ESC_V1.pdf [564 KiB]
Related links	info: SOCRATES Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2018-01-19 00:00:00
End datetime	2018-02-24 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: -45.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -65.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 140.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 160.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

pointOfContact: Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Voemel, H. 2018. SOCRATES: NCAR/EOL Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data. Version 1.1. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QZ28SG. Accessed 15 Jan 2025.

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