NSF/NCAR C-130 Dropsonde Data

During the second field phase of PLOWS (November 2009 to 10 March 2010) the NSF/NCAR C-130 aircraft released dropsondes over the north-central United States. Dropsondes were deployed ny NCAR/EOL during six research flights, of which 41 are included in this final quality controlled data set. These data are in a columnar ASCII format, the EOL sounding format.

To Access Resource:

Questions? Email Resource Support Contact:

  • EOL Data Support
    datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2009-10-23T20:13:00Z
    End:  2010-02-09T18:35:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2009-10-23T20:13:00Z
Temporal Range End 2010-02-09T18:35:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 48.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 40.00000
Bounding Box West Long -103.00000
Bounding Box East Long -88.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme.PLOWS-2010.C130.dropsondes.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ASCII: ASCII Text (text/plain)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 5 MB
Legal Constraints

none
Access Constraints none
Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization N/A
Distributor N/A
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization N/A

Author N/A
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2017-02-16T20:12:41
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6W0943D
Alternate Identifier 113.067
Resource Version 3.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:44:05Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::113.067
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation (2017). NSF/NCAR C-130 Dropsonde Data. 3.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6W0943D. Accessed 24 October 2025.

Harvest Source