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TORUS_2019: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data

Summary

This data set includes 1343 quality controlled NWS (National Weather Service) soundings released at eighteen sites throughout the plains region of the central United States during the Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019 (TORUS_2019) field phase (15 May to 20 June 2019). Fifteen of the stations are available at 1-second vertical resolution (1128 soundings) and three stations are available at mandatory and significant level resolution (215 soundings).

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/BAY2-R62Z-E107
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2019-08-22)
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Related projects	TORUS_2019: Targeted Observation by Radars and UAS of Supercells 2019
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 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_TORUS_2019_NWS_radiosonde.pdf [572 KiB]
Related links	info: TORUS Data Policy homepage: TORUS Home Page info: TORUS_2019 Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2019-05-15 12:00:00
End datetime	2019-06-21 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.30, Minimum (South) Latitude: 29.30
Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: -93.40

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
originator: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Loehrer, S. 2019. TORUS_2019: National Weather Service High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/BAY2-R62Z-E107. Accessed 04 Dec 2024.

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