Purdue University Mobile Radiosonde Data

This data set contains vertical profiles of pressure, temperature, mixing ratio, wind speed, and wind direction from the University of Purdue mobile radiosonde system during the VORTEX-SE 2017 field season. Purdue released a total of 18 radiosondes from locations around northern Alabama on 25, 27, 28, and 30 March; 3, 5, 27, 28, and 30 April; and 1 May 2017. These data are available in either the original columnar ASCII format provided by Purdue or the EOL Sounding Composite Format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2017-03-25T00:00:00Z
    End:  2017-05-01T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2017-03-25T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2017-05-01T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 34.95650
Bounding Box South Lat 34.36340
Bounding Box West Long -87.66520
Bounding Box East Long -85.66440
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme_VORTEX-SE_2017_Purdue_mobile_radiosonde_ESC.pdf

Documentation #2 : VORTEX-SE_Purdue_sonde_data_description.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format Tabular/Columnar ASCII
ESC: EOL Sounding Composite Format (ASCII)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 4 MB
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Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization N/A
Distributor N/A
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Author Michael E. Baldwin
Daniel T. Dawson
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2018-04-26T20:38:53
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D66Q1VZ9
Alternate Identifier 541.019
Resource Version 1.1
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:08Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::541.019
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Michael E. Baldwin, Daniel T. Dawson. (2018). Purdue University Mobile Radiosonde Data. 1.1. https://doi.org/10.5065/D66Q1VZ9. Accessed 26 November 2025.

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