STAR Upper Air Soundings

This dataset contains upper air meteorological rawinsonde soundings from the operational Environment Canada observing stations in the STAR domain. The data contains the Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, and other stations in the STAR domain with soundings taken twice per day at (00 and 12 UTC). Meteorological parameters measured include: pressure, height, speed, direction, temperature, dew point temperature, and other parameters. Iqaluit was the only location on southern Baffin Island where regular 12-hourly upper-air observations were made. During storms and other significant weather events, the standard upper-air releases were supplemented with additional radiosondes at 3- or 6-hourly intervals. From the period of 10 October–30 November 2007, there were 51 special radiosonde releases. A portable radiosonde unit was deployed in

the community of Pangnirtung to conduct simultaneous releases with those in Iqaluit during selected severe weather events. A total of 18 radiosondes were released in Pangnirtung between the dates of 2 and 18 November 2007.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2007-09-30T23:00:00Z
    End:  2018-11-01T00:00:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2007-09-30T23:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 72.50000
Bounding Box South Lat 57.50000
Bounding Box West Long -87.50000
Bounding Box East Long -62.50000
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Related Links

Documentation #1 : STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf

Documentation #2 : STAR_Upper_Air_Soundings_Metadata.pdf
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Resource Format ASCII: ASCII Text (text/plain)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 171 MB
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Author John Hanesiak
Ron Stewart
Kent Moore
Peter Taylor
Walter Strapp
Mengistu Wolde
Publisher N/A
Publication Date 2020-06-24T21:36:42
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/YD68-12NA-E20K
Alternate Identifier 251.003
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:45:30Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::251.003
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation John Hanesiak, Ron Stewart, Kent Moore, Peter Taylor, Walter Strapp, Mengistu Wolde. (2020). STAR Upper Air Soundings. 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/YD68-12NA-E20K. Accessed 24 October 2025.

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