Identification

Title

GRIP NASA DC-8 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Archive

Alternative title(s)

502.002

Abstract

This data set contains dropsonde data from the NASA DC-8 medium altitude research aircraft. A total of 328 quality-controlled dropsonde soundings were released during 16 research flights, and are contained in the final dropsonde data set.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.002

protocol: https

name: GRIP NASA DC-8 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Archive homepage

description: Dataset homepage

http://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=502.002

protocol: http

name: GRIP NASA DC-8 Quality Controlled Dropsonde Archive Data Order Form

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

502.002

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

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Dropwindsondes

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS

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

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

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

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

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

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS

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

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

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT

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

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-100.00000

East bounding longitude

-50.00000

North bounding latitude

36.00000

South bounding latitude

10.00000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2010-08-15T00:00:00Z

End position

2010-09-30T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-09-16T17:15:23Z

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

eol-datahelp@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

eol-datahelp@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

eol-datahelp@ucar.edu

web address

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

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2021-10-01T16:05:10Z

Metadata language