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RICO: Soundings Multi-Network Composite Highest Resolution Upper Air Data

Summary

The upper air highest resolution sounding data for the Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean (RICO) 2004-2005 domain (15°N to 21°N latitude and 75°W to 72°W longitude) are contained within this dataset. The dataset covers the time period 1 December 2004 through 31 January 2005. This RICO 2004-2005 Sounding Composite Highest Resolution Upper-Air Dataset contains 554 soundings from 4 sites.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CZ35GG
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	RICO: Rain in Cumulus Over the Ocean
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NCAR/EOL GAUS/GLASS/CLASS Radiosonde NSF NCAR C-130 R/V Seward Johnson Radiosondes Ships Sounding Composite
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes 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_RICO_HighRes_sounding.html [27 KiB]
Related links	info: RICO Data Policy homepage: RICO Homepage info: RICO Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2004-12-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-01-31 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 21.60, Minimum (South) Latitude: 17.30
Minimum (West) Longitude: -74.50, Maximum (East) Longitude: -61.45

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

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

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. RICO: Soundings Multi-Network Composite Highest Resolution Upper Air Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CZ35GG. Accessed 07 Mar 2026.

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