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Tethered Atmospheric Observation System (TAOS) Data [NCAR/EOL]

Project:

IHOP_2002

Summary

The Tethered Atmospheric Observing System (TAOS) used during the IHOP project was located one mile east of the Homestead site, on the south side of the road (Lat 36 deg 33.500 min N, Lon 100 deg 36.371 min W, Alt 850m). The tethered system is comprised of up to eight NCAR designed and built sensor platforms using the Vaisala RS-90 P, T and RH sensor package for these measurements. Wind speed comes from an R.M. Young propellor using an optical chopper. Wind direction comes from a Honeywell magnetometer which provides pitch and roll information in addition to direction. The sensor packages are tethered to a large balloon, and are spaced apart at various altitudes along a line attached to the balloon. Each transmits one second resolution data simultaneously over a period of time. The IHOP TAOS datasets were collected on June 12, 14 and 21 of 2002.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D67M067X
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	IHOP_2002: International H2O Project 2002
Spatial Type	grid
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Upper Air
Platforms	Balloons
Instruments	Tethersondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Expand keywords
Documentation	readme.ihop_taos [3 KiB]
Related links	info: IHOP 2002 Data Policy info: IHOP 2002 Missions homepage: IHOP 2002 Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2002-06-12 00:00:00
End datetime	2002-06-21 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.56, Minimum (South) Latitude: 36.56
Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.61, Maximum (East) Longitude: -100.61

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
originator: Dave Parsons <dparsons@ucar.edu>

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. Tethered Atmospheric Observation System (TAOS) Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D67M067X. Accessed 16 Mar 2025.

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