Identification

Title

FASTEX soundings from Wallops Island (USA)

Alternative title(s)

2.198

Abstract

This dataset consists of sounding data from Wallops Island, Virginia in the USA (WMO 72402) which was operated by the US National Weather Service. Soundings were taken two times per day (00 and 12 UTC) except during selected IOPs when it was up to four times per day (also 06 and 18 UTC). These data were processed through automated and visual quality control. This dataset includes pressure, temperature, dew point, relative humidity, and altitude taken at 1.2 second vertical intervals and wind speed and wind direction taken at 1 minute vertical intervals. Refer to the station README for details.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/2.198

protocol: https

name: FASTEX soundings from Wallops Island (USA) homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=2.198

protocol: https

name: FASTEX soundings from Wallops Island (USA) Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

2.198

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Radiosondes

Keyword set

keyword value

Sounding

Upper Air

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-75.49000

East bounding longitude

-75.48000

North bounding latitude

37.94000

South bounding latitude

37.93000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

End position

1997-02-28T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2021-11-15T18:49:22Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-02-07T22:51:05Z

Metadata language

eng; USA