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RAINEX: Trinidad Rawinsonde Data

Summary

This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). It includes 180 high vertical resolution (2 second) soundings from Trinidad. (WMO 78970). Soundings were typically released twice per day (0000 and 1200 UTC) from 6 July to 31 October 2005. This dataset includes sounding during hurricanes: Dennis, Emily, Gert, Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, and Wilma.

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Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/D3W5-29KT-AG0Q
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
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 VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 9 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	README_RAINEX_Trinidad_sounding.html [17 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-07-06 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-10-31 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 10.60, Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.50
Minimum (West) Longitude: -61.40, Maximum (East) Longitude: -61.30

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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. 2008. RAINEX: Trinidad Rawinsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/D3W5-29KT-AG0Q. Accessed 10 Dec 2024.

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