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VORTEX-SE_2018: 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_2018 NWS soundings released at 11 sites throughout the southeastern United States during the VORTEX-SE_2018 field phase (9 March to 16 April 2018). A total of 889 quality-controlled, high vertical resolution (1-second) soundings are contained in the final VORTEX-SE_2018 data set.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6PR7TSM
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2018-07-09): This is the first version of the National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data in ESC format.
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Related projects	VORTEX-SE_2018: The Verification of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment Southeast (VORTEX-SE) 2018 Field campaign
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 RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_V-SE_2018_NWS_radiosonde.pdf [534 KiB]
Related links	homepage: VORTEX-SE 2018 EOL Homepage info: VORTEX-SE Data Policy info: VORTEX-SE EOL Website info: VORTEX-SE_2018 Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2018-03-09 00:00:00
End datetime	2018-04-16 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.326, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.126
Minimum (West) Longitude: -97.298, 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. 2018. VORTEX-SE_2018: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6PR7TSM. Accessed 19 Apr 2024.

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