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CAESAR: AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles

Summary

Quality controlled dropsonde profiles onboard the NSF NCAR C-130 were collected by the EOL Dropsonde team during the Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region (CAESAR) field campaign.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/4KSV-GMKT-AT0R
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2024-05-24)
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Related projects	CAESAR: Cold Air Outbreak Experiment in the Sub-Arctic Region
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Language	English
Categories	Sounding
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NCAR/EOL Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) NSF NCAR C-130
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	data_report_caesar_2024_dropsondes_20240614.pdf [12 MiB] NCAR_EOL_ISF_dropsonde_NetCDF_data_files_v2.pdf [284 KiB]
Related links	info: CAESAR Data Policy homepage: CAESAR EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2024-02-28 17:06:56
End datetime	2024-04-03 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 82.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 66.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -14.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 24.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR/EOL AVAPS Dropsonde Team. 2024. CAESAR: AVAPS Dropsonde Profiles. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/4KSV-GMKT-AT0R. Accessed 09 Feb 2026.

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