Radiosonde Data for: TexAQS-GoMACCS 2006
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The radiosonde data were taken by Dan Wolfe and crew
from NOAA-ESRL-PSD.
The radiosonde data for TexAQS - GoMACCS on the R/V Ronald Brown
were collected with a Vaisala receiver using Vaisala RS92 GPS
radiosondes.
These sondes directly measured temperature, pressure and relative
humidity. By tracking the position of the sondes from GPS signals, the
sondes horizontal position was measured from which the horizontal wind
speed were calculated.
The data files can be access here or at the
NOAA-ESRL-PSD ftp site at:
ftp://ftp.etl.noaa.gov/et6/cruises/TexAQS_2006/RHB/balloon/
The raw data files have data at 2 second intervals during the sounding,
with the typical assent rates, this gives data points about every 5-10
meters. For plotting these data were interpolated onto a standard 50
meter altitude grid.
Radiosonde Wind Vectors: In all plots winds speeds are in
m/s. The horizontal wind vectors are plotted with arrows the whose
length is proportional to the wind speed. The length of a standard wind
vector of 20 m/s is shown at the bottom of each plot. Arrows pointing
down indicate wind from the north, Arrows pointing right indicate wind
from the west.
U.S.Dept of Commerce /
NOAA /
OAR /
PMEL /
Atmospheric Chemistry