Identification

Title

Reference Radiosonde Data [NCAR/EOL]

Alternative title(s)

77.025

Abstract

During the International H20 Project 2002 (IHOP 2002), Reference Radiosondes were released sixteen times. Either a Vaisala RS80 radiosonde released from the Homestead site or a National Weather Service (NWS) VIZ radiosonde released from Dodge City, KS accompanied the Reference Radiosondes during their flights. Consult the README for dates and times when the Reference Sondes were released and from which site sondes were released simultaneously. There are some issues with the Reference Radiosonde data. The following is just a summary. For a more detailed explanation please see the "Important Notes to Users" section in the readme file. Pressure Errors: The Reference Sonde (RS) uses a hypsometer to measure pressure, and this sensor hasbeen found to be unreliable. We suggest not using the RS pressure data. Time difference: The time difference in the launch time between the RS sounding files and the VIZ/Vaisala soundings is due to the RS recording data on the ground, while the other sondes began recording closer to, or at, the actual launch time. Wind data: The RS wind data were not corrected for balloon pendulum swing because the effects of the balloon swing are large, they vary from sounding to sounding, and because the focus of the RS for IHOP was on the humidity measurements.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/77.025

protocol: https

name: Reference Radiosonde Data [NCAR/EOL] homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=77.025

protocol: https

name: Reference Radiosonde Data [NCAR/EOL] Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

77.025

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Radiosondes

Keyword set

keyword value

Sounding

Upper Air

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-106.00000

East bounding longitude

-91.00000

North bounding latitude

42.00000

South bounding latitude

32.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2002-05-10T00:00:00Z

End position

2002-06-23T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-10-07T06:50:45Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-12-26T23:49:25Z

Metadata language

eng; USA