Identification

Title

U.S. Monsoon Experiment (MONEX) Rawinsonde/radiometersonde System

Abstract

This Technical Note describes a procedure to convert rawinsonde and radiometersonde observations from raw data into the standard message format in the field with the use of two inexpensive programmable calculators and a miniaturized wind-plotting board. The unique combination of elements of an automatic processing system concept (i.e. the simple programmable pocket calculators) and aspects of the more conventional graphical analysis method (i.e. the small-scale wind-plotting board) makes the system described here economical, portable, and easy to operate by support personnel with a minimum of training, especially in locations with difficult logistical requirements. This method was developed at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) for use with portable rawinsonde and radiometersonde systems at remote field sites in Southeast Asia and Nepal in support of the upper-air observational program of the International Monsoon Experiment (MONEX) in 1978-79. The success of the system and data analysis method points to its use as a reference for future field applications.

Resource type

document

Resource locator

Unique resource identifier

code

http://n2t.net/ark:/85065/d7xk8dzx

codeSpace

Dataset language

eng

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

geoscientificInformation

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

Text

originating controlled vocabulary

title

Resource Type

reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > MONSOONS

EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA ANALYSIS AND VISUALIZATION > DATA ANALYSIS

EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING

originating controlled vocabulary

title

U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2021-09-17

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

East bounding longitude

North bounding latitude

South bounding latitude

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

End position

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

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

Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.

Limitations on public access

None

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

OpenSky Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Library

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

OpenSky Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Library

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

opensky@ucar.edu

web address

http://opensky.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2023-08-18T18:03:59.827833

Metadata language

eng; USA