NOAA N42 P-3 Dropsonde Data (.esc format)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.201

Summary
This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband
and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). It includes 201 dropsondes from the
NOAA P-3 N42RF aircraft. The data are 0.5 second vertical resolution. It
includes dropsondes that occurred during Hurricanes Dennis (2005 Jul 8-11),
Ophelia (2005 Sept 7, 9, 11, 12, 16, and 17), Rita (2005 Sept 22 and 23), and
Wilma (2005 Oct 22 and 23).

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 88.201
 * doi:10.26023/ABTV-8BTW-ZJ01
   https://doi.org/10.26023/ABTV-8BTW-ZJ01

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. RAINEX: NOAA N42 P-3 Dropsonde
 Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 https://doi.org/10.26023/ABTV-8BTW-ZJ01 Accessed 23 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
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
 * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems
 * Dropsondes

Events
 * Hurricane Dennis
 * Hurricane Gert
 * Hurricane Ophelia
 * Hurricane Rita
 * Hurricane Wilma

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

Documentation
 * readme_rainex_noaa_p3_n42_soundings.html [12 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/419323F58DB/readme_rainex_noaa_p3_n42_soundings.html

Related links
 * homepage: RAINEX Project Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rainex
 * info: RAINEX Missions
   https://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 <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

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

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.201?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.201?format=isotc211