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RICO: Soundings Multi-Network Composite 5-mb Level Upper Air Data

Summary

This dataset contains upper-air sounding data interpolated to a constant vertical resolution of 5 hPa in the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Earth Observing Laboratory (EOL) Sounding Composite Format from stations in the following networks:

  • NCAR GAUS,
  • NCAR/NSF C-130 Dropsonde,
  • NOAA National Weather Service (NOAA/NWS), and the
  • R/V Seward Johnson

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 5-mb Resolution Upper-Air Dataset contains 554 soundings from 4 sites.

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Data Quality final
Versions
  • 1.0 (2008-10-07)
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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>

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Citation

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. RICO: Soundings Multi-Network Composite 5-mb Level Upper Air Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6862DSH. Accessed 12 Nov 2024.

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This material is based upon work supported by the NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, a major facility sponsored by the U.S. National Science Foundation and managed by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material do not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. National Science Foundation.