AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/632.001

Summary
Quality controlled NCAR AVAPS dropsonde profiles launched over the Atlantic
Ocean during the 2022 NASA CPEX-CV campaign. The campaign used the NASA DC-8
research aircraft based at Sal Island, Cabo Verde. Data are in netCDF format.

When using this dataset for publications use the CPEX-CV DOI in the related
links below.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 632.001

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Voemel, H., Robinson, C., Thornhill, L. 2023. CPEX-CV: AVAPS Dropsonde
 Profiles. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/632.001 Accessed 03 May 2024.

If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at:
 datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI.

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
 * CPEX-CV: Convective Processes Experiment - Cabo Verde
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/CPEX-CV

Additional information
 * Frequency: 1 second
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Sounding

Platforms
 * Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)

Instruments
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES

Documentation
 * Data_Report_cpex_2022_dropsondes_20230306.pdf [2 MiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5564D26D8BD7D/Data_Report_cpex_2022_dropsondes_20230306.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: AVAPS Dropsonde System
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/node/10082
 * homepage: CPEX-CV Homepage
   https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/project/CPEX-CV
 * info: CPEX-CV DOI: 10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/CPEXCV-Dropsondes_1
   https://doi.org/10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/CPEXCV-Dropsondes_1

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2022-09-01 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2022-10-02 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 39.40
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 1.80
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -14.93

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * pointOfContact: Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2466
 * author: Holger Voemel <voemel@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2466
 * author: Claire Robinson
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3363
 * author: Lee Thornhill
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/3471

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/632.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/632.001?format=isotc211