FASTEX soundings from Thorshavn (Denmark)

This dataset consists of sounding data from Thorshavn on Faroe Island (WMO 06011) which was operated by the Danish Meteorological Institute. Soundings were taken four times per day (00, 06, 12, and 18 UTC). These data were processed through the automated and visual quality control processes. This dataset includes pressure, temperature, dewpoint, relative humidity, wind speed, wind direction, and altitude taken at 10 second vertical intervals. Refer to the station README for details.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
    End:  1997-03-01T23:59:59Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 1997-03-01T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 62.02000
Bounding Box South Lat 62.02000
Bounding Box West Long -6.77000
Bounding Box East Long -6.77000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : thorshavn.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format ESC: EOL Sounding Composite Format (ASCII)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 14 MB
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Author Danish Meteorological Institute
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Publication Date 2021-10-14T14:48:14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/XFE6-QPZH-YD10
Alternate Identifier 2.157
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:03:13Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::2.157
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Danish Meteorological Institute. (2021). FASTEX soundings from Thorshavn (Denmark). 1.0. https://doi.org/10.26023/XFE6-QPZH-YD10. Accessed 05 August 2025.

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