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SWEX: NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles

Summary

Dropsonde profiles onboard from the NPS-CIRPAS Twin Otter were collected by the NCAR/EOL Dropsonde team during the Sundowner Wind Experiment (SWEX) field campaign.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/AGME-MF19-NJ0A
Data Quality	final
Versions	0.1 (2022-06-30) 1.0 (2022-07-27) (Only the current version of the data is available to order. If you have questions about a prior version, please email us.)
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Related projects	SWEX: Sundowner Winds Experiment
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Dropsonde Products Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NCAR/EOL Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Expand keywords
Documentation	Data_Report_swex_2022_dropsondes_20220727.pdf [15 MiB]
Related links	homepage: AVAPS Dropsonde System info: SWEX Data Policy homepage: SWEX Home Page info: SWEX Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2022-04-04 00:00:00
End datetime	2022-05-11 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 31.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -122.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -116.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

pointOfContact: Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>
processor(DataCurator): Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>
author: NSF NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Team

Citation

NSF NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Team. 2022. SWEX: NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/AGME-MF19-NJ0A. Accessed 17 Nov 2025.

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