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VOCALS: NOAA R/V Ron Brown Radiosonde Data

Summary

During the VAMOS Ocean-Cloud Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS) campaign, sounding data were collected onboard the NOAA R/V Ronald H. Brown. Leg 1 was conducted between October 6 and November 3, 2008 (from Charleston, SC to Arica, Chile). Leg 2 was conducted from November 9 to December 2, 2008 (from Arica to the IMET Buoy at 85W and back to Arica). A total of 215 high vertical resolution (1 second) soundings are included in this data set. The data are in the NCAR/EOL Sounding Composite format.

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ORDER data to made available for download
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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/7HXV-CT2W-NQ0W
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2011-01-25)
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Related projects	VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Ship Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	R/V Ronald H. Brown Radiosondes Ships
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_VOCALS_Ron_Brown_soundings.html [17 KiB]
Related links	info: VOCALS Data Policy homepage: VOCALS Homepage info: VOCALS Missions info: VOCALS Project Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-10-07 14:15:00
End datetime	2008-12-01 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 28.80, Minimum (South) Latitude: -21.534
Minimum (West) Longitude: -85.846, Maximum (East) Longitude: -70.237

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
originator: Scot Loehrer <loehrer@ucar.edu>
author: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. 2011. VOCALS: NOAA R/V Ron Brown Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/7HXV-CT2W-NQ0W. Accessed 15 Dec 2025.

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