Belize City, Belize Rawinsonde Data

Summary

This data set includes 140 high vertical resolution (2 second) soundings from the Belize City site in Belize (WMO 78583). Soundings were typically released once per day (1200 UTC) from 1 June to 13 July 2004 and twice per day from 14 July to 2 September 2004. The sites antenna failed on 3 September 2004 so no soundings are available for the remainder of the NAME period.

Data access

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/82.023
Metadata download	Text DataCite ISO/TC 211 Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"
Related projects	NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	< 1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes Rawinsonde, CLASS
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	README_NAME_Belize_sounding.html [16 KiB]
Related links	info: NAME Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-06-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2004-09-03 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 17.49, Minimum (South) Latitude: 17.47
Minimum (West) Longitude: -88.31, Maximum (East) Longitude: -88.29

Primary point of contact information

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

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. Belize City, Belize Rawinsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/82.023. Accessed 16 Nov 2019.

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