FAAM BAe-146 Dropsonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/89.135 Summary This data set includes 47 high vertical resolution (0.5-sec) soundings collected from 31 October 2008 to 13 November 2008 aboard the FAAM BAe-146 aircraft, which was based in Arica, in the most northern part of Chile close to the Peruvian border. The data are in the NCAR/EOL Sounding Composite format. Users are strongly encouraged to contact FAAM BAe for guidance on using their dropsonde data. Please contact Grant Allen at grant dot allen at manchester.ac.uk. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 89.135 * doi:10.26023/CX8P-8C8H-AE0W https://doi.org/10.26023/CX8P-8C8H-AE0W Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements, Loehrer, S. 2011. VOCALS: FAAM BAe-146 Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/CX8P-8C8H-AE0W Accessed 24 Apr 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * VOCALS: VAMOS Ocean-Cloud-Atmosphere-Land Study https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/VOCALS Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: criteria * Language: English Categories * Aircraft * Upper Air Platforms * Aircraft, BAE-146 * Dropwindsondes Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * 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 > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED Documentation * Readme_VOCALS_BAE146_soundings.html [17 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/41D611064944/Readme_VOCALS_BAE146_soundings.html Related links * homepage: VOCALS Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/vocals * info: VOCALS Project Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vocals/missions/missions.html * info: VOCALS Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/vocals-data-policy-draft * info: VOCALS Missions http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/vocals/missions/missions.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2008-10-31 13:15:00 * End datetime: 2008-11-13 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: -18.832 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -20.045 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -79.843 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -71.873 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * originator: Scot Loehrer https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/73 * author: Facility for Airborne Atmospheric Measurements https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2813 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/89.135?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/89.135?format=isotc211