CSU PISTON Sounding Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/587.001 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. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 587.001 * doi:10.26023/64AA-2NJC-NB0G https://doi.org/10.26023/64AA-2NJC-NB0G Versions 1.0 Citation Rutledge, S., Ciesielski, P. 2019. CSU PISTON Sounding Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/64AA-2NJC-NB0G Accessed 20 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * PISTON: Propagation of Intra-Seasonal Tropical OscillatioN https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/PISTON Additional information * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * R/V Mirai * R/V Thomas G. Thompson * Radiosondes * Ships Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED Documentation * PISTON_sonde_qc_V0.pdf [1710 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5418DF4C557CC/PISTON_sonde_qc_V0.pdf * readme_PISTON [3 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5418DF4C557CE/readme_PISTON * read_upaL2_eol.f [8 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5418DF4C557C7/read_upaL2_eol.f * read_upaL4.f [6 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5418DF4C557C9/read_upaL4.f Related links * homepage: PISTON Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/piston Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2018-08-21 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2018-10-12 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 25.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: 120.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 140.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * pointOfContact: Paul Ciesielski https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/110 * author: Paul Ciesielski https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/110 * author: Steven A. Rutledge https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1386 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/587.001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/587.001?format=isotc211