USAF C-130 Dropsonde Data (EOL Format) [NCAR/EOL]

This data set includes 86 high resolution dropsonde data files from the USAF C-130 aircraft that flew over the Atlantic basin and Gulf of Mexico during PREDICT. Data are included from thirteen flights that occurred 31 August to 29 September 2010. The data are in the EOL columnar ASCII sounding format. These data have undergone the NCAR/EOL dropsonde quality control processing, see the readme for details.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2010-08-31T09:00:00Z
    End:  2010-09-29T23:59:59Z

Keywords

Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2010-08-31T09:00:00Z
Temporal Range End 2010-09-29T23:59:59Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 39.27700
Bounding Box South Lat 16.01380
Bounding Box West Long -88.09000
Bounding Box East Long -59.71500
Spatial Representation grid
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : readme.V2.PREDICT-2010.USAF-C130-dropsondes_final.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format EOL Sounding Format (ASCII) (text/plain)
Standardized Resource Format ASCII
Asset Size 7 MB
Legal Constraints

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Access Constraints none
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 2017-03-24T19:50:24
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MG7MQV
Alternate Identifier 126.046
Resource Version 2.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2025-10-07T21:44:06Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::126.046
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. (2017). USAF C-130 Dropsonde Data (EOL Format) [NCAR/EOL]. 2.0. NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6MG7MQV. Accessed 23 January 2026.

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