NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/EOL)

Dropsonde sounding data from the NCAR C-130 research aircraft, collected using the NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) during the Gulf Of Tehuantepec Experiment, Coupled Development of Ocean Waves and Boundary Layers (GOTEX aka OceanWaves). Soundings are quality-controlled in the NCAR CLASS format.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2004-02-03T00:00:00Z
    End:  2004-02-27T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2004-02-03T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2004-02-27T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 17.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 12.00000
Bounding Box West Long -98.00000
Bounding Box East Long -92.00000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme.GOTEX.C130.dropsonde.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NCAR/ATD CLASS (ASCII) Format
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 2 MB
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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
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Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Publication Date 2017-03-15T18:21:08
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D689149K
Alternate Identifier 203.005
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-08-01T18:03:16Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::203.005
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation (2017). NCAR C-130 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Data (NCAR/EOL). 1.0. https://doi.org/10.5065/D689149K. Accessed 05 August 2025.

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