Example sondewnpn Archive Data Plot

Datastream : SONDEWNPN

Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): Vaisala-processed winds, press., temp, &RH

Active Dates
1994.04.12 - 2012.09.13

Measurement Categories
Atmospheric State

Originating Instrument
Balloon-Borne Sounding System (SONDE)

Measurements

Only measurements considered scientifically relevant are shown below by default.

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Measurement	Units	Variable
Altitude above mean sea level	m	alt ( time )
Ascent Rate	m/s	asc ( time )
Base time in Epoch	seconds since 1970-1-1 0:00:00 0:00	base_time
Horizontal wind Wind Direction	deg	deg ( time )
Atmospheric moisture Dewpoint Temperature	C	dp ( time )
North latitude	degree_N	lat ( time )
East longitude	degree_E	lon ( time )
Atmospheric pressure Pressure	hPa	pres ( time )
Quality check results on field: Ascent Rate	unitless	qc_asc ( time )
Quality check results on field: Wind Direction	unitless	qc_deg ( time )
Quality check results on field: Dewpoint Temperature	unitless	qc_dp ( time )
Quality check results on field: Pressure	unitless	qc_pres ( time )
Quality check results on field: Relative Humidity	unitless	qc_rh ( time )
Quality check results on field: Dry Bulb Temperature	unitless	qc_tdry ( time )
Quality check results on field: Time offset from midnight	unitless	qc_time ( time )
Quality check results on field: Eastward Wind Component	unitless	qc_u_wind ( time )
Quality check results on field: Northward Wind Component	unitless	qc_v_wind ( time )
Quality check results on field: Wind Speed	unitless	qc_wspd ( time )
Atmospheric moisture Relative Humidity	%	rh ( time )
Atmospheric temperature Dry Bulb Temperature	C	tdry ( time )
Time offset from midnight		time ( time )
Time offset from base_time		time_offset ( time )
Horizontal wind Eastward Wind Component	m/s	u_wind ( time )
Horizontal wind Northward Wind Component	m/s	v_wind ( time )
Horizontal wind Wind Speed	m/s	wspd ( time )
Wind Status	unitless	wstat ( time )

North Slope Alaska (NSA)
- Central Facility, Barrow AK (C1)
Southern Great Plains (SGP)
- Hillsboro, KS (Boundary) (B1)
- Vici, OK (Boundary) (B4)
- Morris, OK (Boundary) (B5)
- Purcell, OK (B6)
- Central Facility, Lamont, OK (C1)
- Lamont, OK (Extended, secondary) (E14)
Tropical Western Pacific (TWP)
- Central Facility, Manus I., PNG (C1)
- Central Facility, Nauru Island (C2)
- Central Facility, Darwin, Australia (C3)
ARM Mobile Facility (FKB)
- Black Forest, Germany (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (GAN)
- Gan Airport, Gan Island, Maldives (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (GRW)
- Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (HFE)
- Shouxian, Anhui, China (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (NIM)
- Niamey, Niger (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (PGH)
- ARIES Observatory, Nainital, Uttarkhand, India (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (PVC)
- Highland Center, Cape Cod MA; AMF 1 (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (PYE)
- Point Reyes, CA (M1)
ARM Mobile Facility (SBS)
- Steamboat Springs CO, Valley Site (M1)