NCAR/EOL Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data

109 quality controlled dropsonde soundings collected over the Southern Ocean during the SOCRATES field campaign. The dropsondes were deployed from the NCAR GV aircraft during twelve research flights conducted between Jan 19 and Feb 24, 2018.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2018-01-19T00:00:00Z
    End:  2018-02-24T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2018-01-19T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2018-02-24T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat -45.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -65.00000
Bounding Box West Long 140.00000
Bounding Box East Long 160.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme.Socrates-2018.ncar-GV.dropsondes.V1.pdf

Documentation #2 : readme_SOCRATES_GV_dropsonde_ESC_V1.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format EOL Sounding Format (ASCII) (text/plain)
ESC: EOL Sounding Composite Format (ASCII)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 52 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory

Author NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2018-10-26T21:04:14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QZ28SG
Alternate Identifier 552.010
Resource Version 1.1
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:15Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::552.010
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. (2018). NCAR/EOL Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data. 1.1. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6QZ28SG. Accessed 23 January 2026.

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