IMARPE R/V Jose Olaya GAUS Radiosonde Data (EOL Format)

This dataset contains data from the NCAR GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System (GAUS) onboard the Research Vessel Jose Olaya for the VAMOS Ocean-Cloud Atmosphere-Land Study (VOCALS) campaign. The variables pressure, temperature, and relative humidity are calibrated values from measurements made by the radiosonde. The dew point is calculated from the relative humidity and temperature. The geopotential altitude is calculated from the hydrostatic equation using pressure, temperature, and relative humidity. The rate of ascent is calculated from pressure. The radiosonde position (lat, lon, GPSAlt) and winds are measured by use of a GPS receiver in the sonde. NOTE: The VOCALS radiosonde data sets were re-released on June 24, 2009. A correction was made to remove a .4 mb offset incorrectly applied to the pressure data during post-processing.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
    End:  2008-10-17T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2008-10-17T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat -11.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -18.00000
Bounding Box West Long -80.00000
Bounding Box East Long -75.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme.VOCALS2008.GAUS.radiosondes.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format EOL Sounding Format (ASCII) (text/plain)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 73 MB
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Author Kathryn Young
Junhong Wang
William Brown
Dean Lauritsen
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2009-06-25T11:00:19
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SF2TDM
Alternate Identifier 89.095
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:06:43Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::89.095
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Kathryn Young, Junhong Wang, William Brown, Dean Lauritsen. (2009). IMARPE R/V Jose Olaya GAUS Radiosonde Data (EOL Format). 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6SF2TDM. Accessed 26 August 2025.

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