Identification

Title

NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/EOL)

Alternative title(s)

203.005

Abstract

This data set contains dropsonde data from the NCAR C-130 research aircraft, collected using the NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) during the Gulf Of Tehuantepec Experiment, Coupled Development of Ocean Waves and Boundary Layers (GOTEXaka OceanWaves). A total of 65 quality-controlled soundings in the NCAR CLASS format are contained in the final dropsonde data set.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/203.005

protocol: https

name: NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/EOL) homepage

description: Dataset homepage

http://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=203.005

protocol: http

name: NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/EOL) Data Order Form

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

203.005

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

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Dropsonde, NCAR/EOL AVAPS

Dropwindsondes

Aircraft, NSF/NCAR C-130

Keyword set

keyword value

Upper Air

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE

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

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

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-98.00000

East bounding longitude

-92.00000

North bounding latitude

17.00000

South bounding latitude

12.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2004-02-03T00:00:00Z

End position

2004-02-27T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2017-03-15T18:21:08Z

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

eol-datahelp@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

eol-datahelp@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

eol-datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

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

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-10-01T16:05:10Z

Metadata language