Radiosonde Data from Limon, Costa Rica https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/590.015 Summary The dataset presented here contains sounding measurements collected at Limon, Costa Rica during the Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection (OTREC) field campaign, using a Grawmet v 5.9.3.13 Sounding System. The observations were carried out between 16 August 2019 and 30 September 2019, launching 12-hourly soundings with periods of 2-3 hourly launches, for a total of 115 soundings. A launch on 9 Aug 2019 at 21Z was a test launch of the system. The sounding system at Limon had software issues that resulted in poor realtime altitude and pressure information about 20-25% of the time. The system permits "simulating" the soundings after they have been completed. See the readme for details. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 590.015 * doi:10.26023/9KHX-9BBH-TX0E https://doi.org/10.26023/9KHX-9BBH-TX0E Versions 1.0 1.1: This version replaces corrupted file OTREC_LIMON_sounding_20190809_19Z_final.txt with a good version. Citation Serra, Y., et al. 2020. Radiosonde Data from Limon, Costa Rica. Version 1.1. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/9KHX-9BBH-TX0E Accessed 16 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 * OTREC: Organization of Tropical East Pacific Convection https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/OTREC Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: 12 hourly * Language: English Categories * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Radiosondes Instruments * Radiosondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES Documentation * OTREC_Radiosonde_Limon_README.pdf [750 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/546FD453CAFB8/OTREC_Radiosonde_Limon_README.pdf Related links * companion: 590.014: Upper-air Measurements at Santa Cruz, Costa Rica https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/590.014 * companion: 590.013: Upper-air Measurements at Nuquí, Colombia https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/590.013 * info: OTREC Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/otrec-data-policy * info: OTREC Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/otrec/missions * homepage: OTREC Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/otrec Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2019-08-09 19:00:00 * End datetime: 2019-10-01 00:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 9.9622 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 9.9622 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -83.0255 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -83.0255 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * principalInvestigator: Yolande L. Serra https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/178 * author: Yolande L. Serra https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/178 * author: David J. Gochis https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/47 * author: Ana María Durán-Quesada https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2612 * author: Benjamin Lintner https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2613 * author: David Adams https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2614 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/590.015?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/590.015?format=isotc211