Tethered Atmospheric Observation System (TAOS) Data [NCAR/EOL]

The Tethered Atmospheric Observing System (TAOS) used during the IHOP project was located one mile east of the Homestead site, on the south side of the road (Lat 36 deg 33.500 min N, Lon 100 deg 36.371 min W, Alt 850m). The tethered system is comprised of up to eight NCAR designed and built sensor platforms using the Vaisala RS-90 P, T and RH sensor package for these measurements. Wind speed comes from an R.M. Young propellor using an optical chopper. Wind direction comes from a Honeywell magnetometer which provides pitch and roll information in addition to direction. The sensor packages are tethered to a large balloon, and are spaced apart at various altitudes along a line attached to the balloon. Each transmits one second resolution data simultaneously over a period of time. The IHOP TAOS datasets were collected on June 12, 14 and 21 of 2002.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2002-06-12T00:00:00Z
    End:  2002-06-21T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2002-06-12T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2002-06-21T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 36.56000
Bounding Box South Lat 36.56000
Bounding Box West Long -100.61000
Bounding Box East Long -100.61000
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Documentation #1 : readme.ihop_taos
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Resource Format ASCII: ASCII Text (text/plain)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 15 MB
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Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
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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/10.5065/D67M067X
Alternate Identifier 77.132
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-12-26T23:52:42Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::77.132
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. (2008). Tethered Atmospheric Observation System (TAOS) Data [NCAR/EOL]. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D67M067X. Accessed 15 June 2025.

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