Earth Observing Laboratory

development, deployment, data services, discovery

Find data

Projects

Platforms

Instruments

Keywords

Datasets listed reflect the metadata choices previously made, and the current choices above reflect available metadata from those datasets.

NCAR/NSF C-130 Dropsonde Data [NCAR/EOL]

Project:

RICO

Summary

NCAR/EOL dropsonde profile soundings from the NCAR C-130 aircraft for the Rain In Cumulus over the Ocean (RICO) project. Eighteen missions and one ferry flight were completed near Antigua between 7 December 2004 and 26 January 2005.

Data access

Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6KK9906
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
Subscribe	Subscribe to receive email when new or updated data is available.
Related projects	RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Sounding
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NSF NCAR C-130
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
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_RICO_EOL_dropsondes.pdf [225 KiB]
Related links	info: RICO Data Policy homepage: RICO Homepage info: RICO Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-12-07 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-01-26 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 20.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 17.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -67.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -60.00

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

processor(RelatedPerson): Terry Hock <hock@ucar.edu>
originator: NCAR Atmospheric Technology Division

Citation

NCAR Atmospheric Technology Division. 2008. NCAR/NSF C-130 Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6KK9906. Accessed 11 Sep 2024.

Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Additional citation styles

The citation text below is from the DataCite Content Resolver service and may take a few seconds to load. The styles and locales are obtained from CrossCite, which also provides a citation formatter. See ReFindit for another alternative. Formatting is not perfect: please verify and edit before use. Today's date is shown: please replace with the date of your most recent access.

Style: Locale:

Ancillary information

Metadata download

Note that your browser may not display the above metadata links, but automatically save them as files in a folder such as "Downloads"