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CSU PISTON Sounding Data

Summary

This dataset contains the level 3 and level 4 upper-air soundings collected during the Propagation of the Intra-Seasonal Tropical Osillation (PISTON) field campaign. These soundings were launched from the R/V Thomas Thompson over the Northern Equatorial Western Pacific. Please refer to the provided documentation for more information.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/64AA-2NJC-NB0G
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2019-05-14)
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Related projects	PISTON: Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioN
Frequency	continuous
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	R/V Mirai R/V Thomas G. Thompson Radiosondes Ships
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	PISTON_sonde_qc_V0.pdf [1710 KiB] readme_PISTON [3 KiB] read_upaL2_eol.f [8 KiB] read_upaL4.f [6 KiB]
Related links	homepage: PISTON Home Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2018-08-21 00:00:00
End datetime	2018-10-12 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 25.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 120.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 140.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

pointOfContact: Paul Ciesielski <paulc@atmos.colostate.edu>
author: Paul Ciesielski <paulc@atmos.colostate.edu>
author: Steven A. Rutledge <rutledge@atmos.colostate.edu>

Citation

Rutledge, S., Ciesielski, P. 2019. CSU PISTON Sounding Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/64AA-2NJC-NB0G. Accessed 13 Jul 2025.

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