PIBAL Wind Only Sounding data from PACS-SONET

This data set contains PIBAL wind only sounding data from the Pan American Climate Study Program - Sounding Network (PACS-SONET) collected from twelve sites (the network was later expanded to seventeen sites) over the region from 30 N to 30 S latitude and 60 to 180 W longitude. It also contains PIBAL soundings collected during the South American Low-Level Jet Experiment (SALLJEX) which had field operations from 15 November 2002 thru 15 February 2003. The PIBAL files include site identifier information, the total wind speed and direction, and the u and v wind components. The soundings cover the period starting 07 Apr 1997 thru 09 Sep 2003. However, not all sites collected data during the entire period (Some sites were only operational during SALLJEX). This data set has undergone no quality control. See the README for more details.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1997-04-07T00:00:00Z
    End:  2003-09-10T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1997-04-07T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2003-09-10T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 30.00000
Bounding Box South Lat -30.00000
Bounding Box West Long -180.00000
Bounding Box East Long -60.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : PACS_pibal.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ESC: EOL Sounding Composite Format (ASCII)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 146 MB
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Author UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL)
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2011-08-24T11:09:17
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/RKJR-TKMS-XF0K
Alternate Identifier 15.203
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-12-26T23:47:28Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::15.203
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory, NOAA/National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). (2011). PIBAL Wind Only Sounding data from PACS-SONET. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/RKJR-TKMS-XF0K. Accessed 16 June 2025.

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