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NAME: NOAA/NWS High Resolution Radiosonde Data

Summary

This data set contains rawinsonde profiles from 63 National Weather Service (NWS) upper-air sites archived during the North American Monsoon Experiment (NAME) for the tier-3 area. During NAME, rawinsondes were released twice daily at 00 and 12 UTC with more released during the IOPs. The data files consist of vertical profiles of temperature, dew point, relative humidity, u and v wind components, total wind speed, wind direction, and altitude. The vertical resolution is six seconds. This data set has been quality controlled by The Joint Office of Science Support (JOSS). Consult the README for more information.

NOTE: This data set has been corrected as of 23 March 2010 for a significant dry bias. Only the following 5 stations were corrected: Amarillo, TX (KAMA), El Paso, TX/Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), Flagstaff, AZ (KFGZ), Midland, TX (KMAF), and Tucson, AZ (KTUS). 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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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/955G-W0C6-FA12
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2010-03-23)
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Related projects	NAME: North American Monsoon Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
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 VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	README_NAME_NWS_SOUNDING.txt [17 KiB]
Related links	homepage: EOL NAME website info: NAME Data Policy info: NAME Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-06-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2004-09-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 20.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -75.00

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

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author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
originator: National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), NOAA

Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, National Climatic Data Center (NCDC), NOAA. 2010. NAME: NOAA/NWS High Resolution Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/955G-W0C6-FA12. Accessed 27 Apr 2024.

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