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ICECHIP: NIU Black Team Radiosonde Data

Summary

Vertical profiles of temperature, dew point, and winds from the Northern Illinois University Black team iMet-4 mobile radiosonde system that was deployed at locations around the United States plains region for the ICECHIP (In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains) campaign.

Archive note

Radiosondes were released as needed during ICECHIP IOPs. There were typically one or two released during the IOPs.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

authorization required

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/494D-6K62-980G
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2026-01-15): Final data.
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Related projects	ICECHIP: In-situ Collaborative Experiment for the Collection of Hail In the Plains
Frequency	criteria
Language	English
Grant Code	AGS-2410917
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEEP CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE DEW POINT TEMPERATURE HAIL HAIL STORMS PRECIPITATING CONVECTIVE CLOUD SYSTEMS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND DYNAMICS WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 12 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	202084-12_iMet-4_Technical_Data_Sheet.pdf [267 KiB] README_ICECHIP_NIU_Black_Radiosonde.pdf [61 KiB] README_ICECHIP_NIU_Black_Radiosonde.txt [2 KiB] README_ICECHIP_NIU_Black_Radiosonde_Locations.xlsx [19 KiB]
Restrictions	authorization required
Related links	info: ICECHIP Data policy homepage: ICECHIP EOL Homepage info: ICECHIP Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2025-05-16 21:54:00
End datetime	2025-06-28 23:48:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.10, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.80
Minimum (West) Longitude: -108.60, Maximum (East) Longitude: -96.40

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Vittorio A. Gensini <vgensini@niu.edu>
author: Margo S. Andrews <Z1830295@students.niu.edu>

Citation

Gensini, V., Andrews, M. 2026. ICECHIP: NIU Black Team Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/494D-6K62-980G. Accessed 19 Feb 2026.

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