Identification

Title

STAR Upper Air Soundings

Alternative title(s)

251.003

Abstract

This dataset contains upper air meteorological rawinsonde soundings from the operational Environment Canada observing stations in the STAR domain. The data contains the Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, and other stations in the STAR domain with soundings taken twice per day at (00 and 12 UTC). Meteorological parameters measured include: pressure, height, speed, direction, temperature, dew point temperature, and other parameters. Iqaluit was the only location on southern Baffin Island where regular 12-hourly upper-air observations were made. During storms and other significant weather events, the standard upper-air releases were supplemented with additional radiosondes at 3- or 6-hourly intervals. From the period of 10 October–30 November 2007, there were 51 special radiosonde releases. A portable radiosonde unit was deployed in the community of Pangnirtung to conduct simultaneous releases with those in Iqaluit during selected severe weather events. A total of 18 radiosondes were released in Pangnirtung between the dates of 2 and 18 November 2007.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu//dataset/251.003

protocol: https

name: STAR Upper Air Soundings homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=251.003

protocol: https

name: STAR Upper Air Soundings Data Order Form

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

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

251.003

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

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VIRTUAL TEMPERATURE

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 WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES

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

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 TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES > ENVIRONMENTAL LAPSE RATE

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

-87.50000

East bounding longitude

-62.50000

North bounding latitude

72.50000

South bounding latitude

57.50000

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2007-09-30T23:00:00Z

End position

2018-11-01T00:00:00Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2020-06-24T21:36:42Z

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

2024-02-07T22:44:24Z

Metadata language

eng; USA