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INCOMPASS: Radiosonde measurements from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) airstrip, Kanpur, India
This dataset contains temperature, humidity, wind and GPS location information recorded from 137 radiosondes launched during July 2016 as part of the NERC/MoES Interaction of Convective Organization and Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea (INCOMPASS) field campaign. All radiosondes were launched from the airstrip of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, from the location 26.519N, 80.233E, 126m above sea level. Launches took place between 5th July and 28th July at 00, 06, 12, 18UTC. The Vaisala RS41-SG radiosondes were fitted to Totex TA350 balloons.
The data were collected as part of the INCOMPASS field campaign May-July 2016, funded by Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) (NE/L01386X/1). The aim of the project was to improve the skill of rainfall prediction in operational weather and climate models by way of better understanding and representation of interactions between the land surface, boundary layer, convection, the large-scale environment and monsoon variability on a range of scales.
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Identification info
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-10-18T12:29:59
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2018-10-18T12:29:59
- Identifier
- Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) / 28a48da1141447058f8d5323908e4b3d
- Identifier
- doi / http://dx.doi.org/10.5285/28a48da1141447058f8d5323908e4b3d
- Maintenance and update frequency
- unknown
- Update scope
- dataset
- Keywords
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- NERC
- INCOMPASS
- monsoon
- radiosonde
- temperature
- humidity
- wind
- GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 ()
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- atmospheric conditions
- Limitations on Public Access
- otherRestrictions
- Other constraints
- Access to these data is available to any registered CEDA user. Please Login or Register for an account to gain access.
- Use constraints
- otherRestrictions
- Spatial representation type
- grid
- Topic category
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- Climatology, meteorology, atmosphere
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- Begin date
- 2016-07-05T11:00:00
- End date
- 2016-07-28T22:59:59
- Code
- WGS 84
Distribution Information
- Data format
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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Data are netCDF formatted.
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- Resource Locator
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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CEDA Data Catalogue Page
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- Quality Scope
- dataset
Report
- Dataset Reference Date ()
- 2010-12-08
- Statement
- The Vaisala MW41 DigiCora sounding station receives radiosonde measurements via telemetry and stores them in a packaged (zipped) format consisting of XML files. Only the "SynchronizedSoundingData.xml" file has been used (one for each launch), and converted to Netcdf (by AG Turner during September 2018) using a program running in IDL8.5. The data were then sent to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for archiving.
Metadata
- File identifier
- 28a48da1141447058f8d5323908e4b3d XML
- Metadata Language
- English (en)
- Character set
- 8-bit variable size UCS Transfer Format, based on ISO/IEC 10646
- Parent identifier
- INCOMPASS: radiosonde and in-situ airborne observations by the FAAM BAE-146 aircraft 1873b605e2a74cac8b4f5d12593e54fc
- Resource type
- dataset
- Metadata Date
- 2022-07-01T00:38:39
- Metadata standard name
- UK GEMINI
- Metadata standard version
- 2.3
