NOAA G-IV Dropsonde Data (.esc format)

This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). It includes 954 dropsondes from the NOAA G-IV N49RF aircraft. The data are 0.5 second vertical resolution. It includes dropsondes that occurred during Hurricanes Dennis (2005 Jul 6-9), Emily (2005 Jul 16-19), Katrina (2005 Aug 24-28), Ophelia (2005 Sept 8-15), Rita (2005 Sept 19-24), and Wilma (2005 Oct 18-24).

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2005-07-06T00:00:00Z
    End:  2005-10-24T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2005-07-06T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2005-10-24T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 40.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 10.00000
Bounding Box West Long -100.00000
Bounding Box East Long -50.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme_rainex_noaa_giv_n49_soundings.html
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format EOL Sounding Composite Format (ASCII)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 204 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

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Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
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Author UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2008-10-07T06:50:45
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/MNPH-QWR3-X20S
Alternate Identifier 88.203
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-02-07T22:47:47Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::88.203
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. (2008). NOAA G-IV Dropsonde Data (.esc format). 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/MNPH-QWR3-X20S. Accessed 24 April 2024.

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