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ACE-ASIA: R/V Ron Brown Rawinsonde Data

Summary

This dataset consists of rawinsonde data collected during the ACE-ASIA cruise of the NOAA Ship Ron Brown. Each datafile contains the ships location, the sonde's UTC release time, and a vertical profile of pressure, temperature, humidity, latitude and longitude, total wind speed and direction, and U and V wind components, every 10 seconds during the sonde's ascent.

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ORDER data to made available for download
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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/G1MY-Y915-VX0F
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2006-06-12)
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Related projects	ACE-ASIA: Asian Pacific Regional Aerosol Characterization Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	R/V Ronald H. Brown Radiosondes Ships
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS 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 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.ron_brown [16 KiB]
Related links	info: ACE-ASIA Data Policy info: ACE-ASIA Missions homepage: EOL project page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2001-03-15 00:00:00
End datetime	2001-04-19 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 100.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 170.00

Primary point of contact information

James E. Johnson <johnson@pmel.noaa.gov>

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
principalInvestigator: James E. Johnson <johnson@pmel.noaa.gov>
author: James E. Johnson <johnson@pmel.noaa.gov>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, Johnson, J. 2006. ACE-ASIA: R/V Ron Brown Rawinsonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/G1MY-Y915-VX0F. Accessed 18 Nov 2025.

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