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R/V Ron Brown Rawinsonde (hi-res) - Leg 1

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Summary

This Dataset consists of rawinsonde data collected during the EPIC 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 two 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/10.26023/1R2G-W9KK-B10D
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2006-07-18)
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Related projects	PACS: Pan American Climate Studies EPIC: Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	6 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Ship Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	R/V Ronald H. Brown Radiosondes Ships
Instruments	Radiosondes
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	readme.ron_brown [18 KiB]
Related links	homepage: EOL EPIC website info: EPIC Data Policy info: EPIC Missions info: NOAA R/V Ronald H Brown website homepage: PACS EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2001-09-12 00:00:00
End datetime	2001-10-03 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 13.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -98.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -70.00

Primary point of contact information

Walter A. Petersen <walt@radarmet.atmos.colostate.edu>

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
author: Walter A. Petersen <walt@radarmet.atmos.colostate.edu>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, Petersen, W. 2006. R/V Ron Brown Rawinsonde (hi-res) - Leg 1. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/1R2G-W9KK-B10D. Accessed 10 Mar 2026.

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