Identification

Title

Water Vapor Sensing System (Winds, Temperatures, and Water Vapor Fields from Commercial Aircraft) [NCAR/EOL]

Alternative title(s)

51.001

Abstract

This data set contains the JOSS quality controlled WVSS-I data. This data has consistent water vapor information (dewpoint, RH, and mixing ratio are consistent), and has the benefit of time continuity to check for changes in WVSS-I calibration. IMPORTANT NOTE: The sensor technology of the first generation Water Vapor Sensing System (WVSS-I) is Vaisala's thin-film capacitor. Though a better sensor than found on radiosondes, it still loses calibration over time. The data from WVSS-I gathered from July 1, 1999 to December 31, 1999 has been evaluated and a scientific article is being prepared. This data is useful with data from four of the six aircraft considered quite good. One aircraft (#376) appears approximately 5% too wet and one aircraft (#441) appears approximately 5% too dry (very dry in November and December 1999). See the README for further information.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/51.001

protocol: https

name: Water Vapor Sensing System (Winds, Temperatures, and Water Vapor Fields from Commercial Aircraft) [NCAR/EOL] homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=51.001

protocol: https

name: Water Vapor Sensing System (Winds, Temperatures, and Water Vapor Fields from Commercial Aircraft) [NCAR/EOL] Data Order Form

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

51.001

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

Aircraft

Keyword set

keyword value

Aircraft

Upper Air

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > HUMIDITY MIXING RATIO

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

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE

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

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Global Change Master Directory (GCMD)

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-126.00000

East bounding longitude

-66.00000

North bounding latitude

54.00000

South bounding latitude

24.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

1999-07-01T00:00:00Z

End position

2003-07-31T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2008-10-07T06:50:45Z

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

2024-12-26T23:49:24Z

Metadata language

eng; USA