NOAA N42 P-3 Dropsonde Data (.frd format)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.188

Summary
This dataset contains dropsondes dropped from the NOAA N42 aircraft while
sampling Hurricane Ophelia and Hurricane Rita as part of the Hurricane
Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). It includes 124 high
resolution (.5 sec) soundings dropped on Sept 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, 17, 22, and
23, 2005.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 88.188

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA. 2007. NOAA N42 P-3 Dropsonde Data.
 Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.188 Accessed 02 Jul 2022.

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 eol-datahelp@ucar.edu
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Acknowledgement
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please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RAINEX

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: no set schedule
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Sounding
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * Aircraft, NOAA P-3
 * Dropwindsondes

Instruments
 * Dropsondes

Events
 * Hurricane Ophelia
 * Hurricane Rita

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

Related links
 * info: RAINEX Missions
   http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rainex/missions.html

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2005-07-08 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2005-10-23 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/486

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.188?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.188?format=isotc211