NOAA Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) Network Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.031 Summary This data set contains 30-minute or hourly profiles of wind speed, wind direction and virtual temperature from profilers around the world (including several in California). These are typically 915 MHz boundary layer profilers; some also include Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS). The data were acquired from NOAA/ESRL/GSD and include data from a number of agencies. The data are in netCDF. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 92.031 * doi:10.26023/TPEG-GREM-QK12 https://doi.org/10.26023/TPEG-GREM-QK12 Versions 1.0 Citation NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL), Barth, M. 2008. T-REX: NOAA Cooperative Agency Profiler (CAP) Network Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/TPEG-GREM-QK12 Accessed 28 Mar 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 * T-REX: Terrain-induced Rotor Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/T-REX Additional information * Spatial Type: multiple * Frequency: 30 minute * Language: English Categories * Profiler * Upper Air Platforms * Fixed Observation Stations Instruments * Radio Acoustic Sounding System - RASS * Wind Profilers GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE Documentation * CAP.html [4 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/4194232CEFE/CAP.html Related links * info: T-REX Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/trex/missions/missions.html * homepage: T-REX Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/t-rex * info: T-REX Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/content/t-rex-data-policy Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2006-03-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2006-04-30 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 90.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: -90.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: 180.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: Mike Barth https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/674 Additional contact information * originator: Mike Barth https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/674 * author: NOAA/Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1210 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.031?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/92.031?format=isotc211