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T-REX: NAWS China Lake Radiosonde Data

Summary

This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX). It includes 30 high vertical resolution (2 second) soundings from China Lake, CA (WMO 74612). Soundings were released from 1 Mar to 27 Apr 2006. Soundings were only released when required for NAWS operations.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download
Preview dataset (plots/images)

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/PXB7-3BGJ-MH00
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
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 UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	README_TREX_china_lake_sounding.html [16 KiB]
Related links	info: T-REX Data Policy homepage: T-REX Homepage info: T-REX Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2006-03-01 00:00:00
End datetime	2006-04-27 23:59:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 35.70
Minimum (West) Longitude: -117.75, Maximum (East) Longitude: -117.68

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
author: Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory, Naval Air Weapons Station (NAWS) China Lake. 2008. T-REX: NAWS China Lake Radiosonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/PXB7-3BGJ-MH00. Accessed 07 Dec 2025.

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