NCAR GV (HIAPER) Dropsonde Profile Data
Summary
The Terrain Induced Rotor Experiment (T-REX) was conducted during March and April 2006, during which time 306 dropsondes were launched from the NCAR G-V aircraft during eleven research flights. T-REX marks the first project where dropsondes were deployed from NCAR's newest aircraft. T-REX is the second phase of a coordinated effort to explore the structure and evolution of atmospheric rotors, which typically occur parallel to, and downstream from, mountain ridge crests. The first phase was a project conducted in 2004 called the Sierra Rotors Project. Both phases included radiosonde launches from the California Central Valley and Owens Valley, however only the second phase included the use of dropsondes.
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Additional information
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Data Quality | final |
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Spatial Type | point |
Frequency | no set schedule |
Language | English |
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Temporal coverage
Begin datetime | 2006-03-02 00:00:00 |
End datetime | 2006-04-26 23:59:00 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
37.10,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
36.00
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-118.20,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-117.60
Primary point of contact information
EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
Additional contact information
- processor(Producer): Kathryn Young
Citation
UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. NCAR GV (HIAPER) Dropsonde Profile Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6S75DH2. Accessed 13 Feb 2025.
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