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NAME: Radiosonde Cross Section Imagery

Summary

This data set contains Cross_Section imagery from the NAME Field Catalog. The following imagery products are included: across_southern_gulf_of_CA, across_northern_gulf_of_CA, along_100_W, along_105_W, along_110_W, along_20_N, along_25_N, along_30_N, along_gulf_of_CA.

NOTE: This data set was developed based on real-time preliminary data. These soundings contained a significant dry bias (see Ciesielski et al 2009 in JTECH).

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ORDER data to made available for download
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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/QZ9S-D2PJ-NX0C
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2009-04-29)
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Related projects	NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	12 hourly
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Radiosondes
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
Related links	homepage: EOL NAME website info: NAME Data Policy info: NAME Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-07-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2004-08-15 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -75.00

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

Additional contact information

author: Paul Ciesielski <paulc@atmos.colostate.edu>

Citation

Ciesielski, P. 2009. NAME: Radiosonde Cross Section Imagery. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/QZ9S-D2PJ-NX0C. Accessed 14 Mar 2026.

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