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SMEX03: NWS Mandatory/Significant Level Radiosonde Data

Summary

This data set contains mandatory and significant level sounding data extracted from the NOAA/FSL radiosonde database for 33 National Weather Service sites over the central US (30-48N and 80-104W). The data cover the time period from 01 June to 31 July 2003. These data have not been changed or quality controlled by NCAR/EOL.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/YENV-CP16-9M04
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-05-28)
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Related projects	SMEX03: Soil Moisture Experiments in 2003
Spatial Type	point
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
Documentation	Sounding_GTS.txt [8 KiB]
Related links	homepage: SMEX03 EOL Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2003-06-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2003-07-31 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 48.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 30.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -104.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -80.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory

Citation

NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory. 2008. SMEX03: NWS Mandatory/Significant Level Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/YENV-CP16-9M04. Accessed 12 Feb 2026.

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