edu.ucar.opensky::technotes:257 UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact 2025-12-26T17:30:15.099600 ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information - Metadata - Part 2: Extensions for Imagery and Gridded Data ISO 19115-2:2009(E) https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7xk8dzx U.S. Monsoon Experiment (MONEX) Rawinsonde/radiometersonde System 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z publication https://n2t.org/ark:/85065/d7xk8dzx https://doi.org/10.5065/D6707ZDQ Meehl, G. author McBeth, R. author Bolhofer, W. author Unninayar, S. author UCAR/NCAR - Library publisher 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. UCAR/NCAR - Library OpenSky Support PO Box 3000 Boulder CO 80307-3000 opensky@ucar.edu http://opensky.ucar.edu/ homepage pointOfContact PDF Text theme Resource Type 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z publication Monsoons Data analysis Data management/data handling theme U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration Global Change Master Directory GCMD 2021-09-17 revision 11.2 NASA Global Change Master Directory originator Valids List: Science and Services Keywords Copyright Author(s). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. None eng geoscientificInformation