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Dropsondes observations during the Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment

Project:

ACTIVATE

Summary

Quality controlled NCAR AVAPS dropsonde profiles launched over the western North Atlantic Ocean during the 2019-2022 NASA ACTIVATE campaign. These data are in netCDF format.

Archive note

When using this dataset for publications use the ACTIVATE DOI in the related links below.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
OPeNDAP access

Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/627.001
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2023-01-30)
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Related projects	ACTIVATE: Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment
Frequency	1 second
Progress	completed
Language	English
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 SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 8 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	NCAR_EOL_ISF_dropsonde_NetCDF_data_files_4.pdf [146 KiB]
Related links	info: ACTIVATE DOI: doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/ACTIVATE_MetNav_AircraftInSitu_KingAir_Data_1 info: ACTIVATE Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2019-12-16 00:00:00
End datetime	2022-06-18 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 33.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -77.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -45.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

pointOfContact: Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>
author: Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>
author: Armin Sorooshian
author: Claire Robinson
author: Taylor Shingler
author: Kenneth L. Thornhill
author: Luke D. Ziemba
publisher: Langley Research Center
originator: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Citation

Voemel, H., et al. 2023. Dropsondes observations during the Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment. Version 1.0. Langley Research Center. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/627.001. Accessed 14 Dec 2025.

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