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NAME: NCAR Integrated Sounding System (ISS) Rawinsonde

Summary

The Integrated Sounding System (ISS) radiosonde dataset contains 458 soundings launched from three sites in Mexico; Port Penasco (ISS2), Kino Bay (ISS3), and Los Mochis (ISS4), between July 3 and August 15, 2004.

NOTE: These data have been corrected as of 10 March 2010 for a significant dry bias. See the documentation file for details on the correction(s) applied to this data set. Also see Ciesielski et al 2009 in JTECH.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6H130C0
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-08-24)
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Related projects	NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	NCAR/EOL Integrated Sounding System - ISS Radiosondes
Instruments	Radiosondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	NAME_EOL_radiosondes.pdf [134 KiB]
Related links	homepage: EOL NAME website info: NAME Data Policy info: NAME Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-07-04 00:00:00
End datetime	2004-08-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 32.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 25.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -114.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -108.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
publisher: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
resourceProvider: Junhong Wang <jwang20@albany.edu>
resourceProvider: Kathryn Young

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2011. NAME: NCAR Integrated Sounding System (ISS) Rawinsonde. Version 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6H130C0. Accessed 16 Dec 2025.

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