NSF C-130 Meteorology Dropsonde Profiles

The Aircraft C-130 Meteorology Dropsonde Profiles dataset is one of several archived by the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support (UCAR/JOSS) in support of the Eastern Pacific Investigation of Climate (EPIC) project. The data was collected by NCAR ATD (aka EOL) and RAF. The dataset consists of 0.5 second vertical resolution profiles derived from dropsondes released from the National Science Foundation (NSF)/NCAR C-130 aircraft during EPIC. Dropsondes were released during aircraft flights on the following days: September 2001(3, 5, 7, 14, 16, 19, 23, 25, 28, and 29) and October 2001(2, 6, 9, and 10).

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2001-09-03T00:00:00Z
    End:  2001-10-10T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2001-09-03T00:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2001-10-10T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 13.00000
Bounding Box South Lat 7.00000
Bounding Box West Long -98.00000
Bounding Box East Long -93.00000
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
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Documentation #1 : readme_aircraft_drophighres.txt
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format NCAR/ATD CLASS (ASCII) Format
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 20 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

Resource Support Name EOL Data Support
Resource Support Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Resource Support Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
Metadata Contact Organization NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory

Author NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory ORCID icon
Publisher NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2008-10-07T06:50:45
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G73C0C
Alternate Identifier 72.026
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:44:33Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::72.026
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. (2008). NSF C-130 Meteorology Dropsonde Profiles. 1.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6G73C0C. Accessed 23 January 2026.

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