TWERLE Southern Hemisphere Drifting Balloon Data

This dataset contains data from the Tropospheric Wind Earth Radio Location Experiment (TWERLE) constant-level balloons over the Southern Hemisphere for June 1975 to August 1976. The balloon measurements were taken at pressures near 150mb and include temperature and wind.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1975-06-14
    End:  1976-08-12

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1975-06-14
Temporal Range End 1976-08-12
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat N/A
Bounding Box South Lat N/A
Bounding Box West Long N/A
Bounding Box East Long N/A
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links N/A
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NetCDF
Binary
Standardized Resource Format NetCDF
Binary
Asset Size 30.839 MB
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Author Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison
Publisher NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research
Publication Date 1981-05-14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/SFFY-VA96
Alternate Identifier d615000
Resource Version N/A
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-09T01:24:53Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.gdex::d615000
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison. (1981). TWERLE Southern Hemisphere Drifting Balloon Data. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research. https://doi.org/10.5065/SFFY-VA96. Accessed 11 October 2025.

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