Earth System Research Laboratory Ozone Water Vapor Group Ozonesonde Measurements

Description

The Ozone and Water Vapor Group is part of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory (ESRL) in Boulder, CO. The Ozone Water Vapor Group conducts research on the nature and causes of the depletion of the stratospheric ozone layer and the role of stratospheric and tropospheric ozone and water vapor in forcing climate change and in modifying the chemical cleaning capacity of the atmosphere. This is accomplished through long-term observations and intensive field programs that measure ozone and water vapor levels in the upper troposphere and stratosphere. The Reference Network used by the Ozone and Water Vapor Group is part of NOAA's Earth System Research Laboratory in Boulder, CO. The measurement programs include Total Column Ozone Measurements (Dobson Ozone), Surface Ozone Measurements, Ozonesonde Measurements using balloons, and Water Vapor measurements using balloons. An ozonesonde is a lightweight, balloon-borne instrument that is mated to a conventional meteorological radiosonde. As the balloon ascends through the atmosphere it sends information on ozone and standard meteorological quantities (air temperature, pressure, and relative humidity) back to a ground receiving station. The balloon is able to ascend to altitudes of about 115,000 feet (35 km) in about two hours before it will burst. Ozonesonde are launched approximately weekly from 9 locations including American Samoa, Antarctica, Greenland, Fiji, and the United States (Alabama, California, Colorado, Hawaii, and Rhode Island). The data have been collected since 1967.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
0 Landing page for the dataset. https://doi.org/10.7289/V5CC0XZ1
0 Dataset landing page with general information and access links for the dataset. https://data.nodc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/iso?id=C01563
0 Direct download for data. ftp://aftp.cmdl.noaa.gov/ozwv
21 ESRL/GMD Ozonesondes Website https://www.esrl.noaa.gov/gmd/ozwv/ozsondes/index.html
0 Overview of the GCOS Essential Climate Variables. https://public.wmo.int/en/programmes/global-climate-observing-system/essential-climate-variables
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 PDF from Wiley Online Library http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/2001JD000557/abstract
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords
0 The information provided on this page seeks to define how the GCMD Keywords are structured, used and accessed. It also provides information on how users can participate in the further development of the keywords. https://earthdata.nasa.gov/about/gcmd/global-change-master-directory-gcmd-keywords

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  • vertical location
  • balloons
  • 1 km
  • esrl
  • united states of america
  • colorado
  • nesdis
  • atmospheric - composition - ozone
  • weather balloon
  • atmospheric chemistry
  • american samoa
  • atmosphere
  • continent
  • noaa
  • hawaii
  • antarctica
  • ozone
  • weekly - < monthly
  • atmospheric - upper-air - upper-air water vapour
  • troposphere
  • earth system research laboratory
  • north america
  • u.s. department of commerce
  • earth science
  • global monitoring division
  • fiji
  • ocean
  • earth system research laboratory (noaa)
  • oxygen compounds
  • doc/noaa/nesdis/ncei
  • california
  • greenland
  • eastern pacific ocean
  • polynesia
  • central pacific ocean
  • galapagos islands
  • rhode island
  • alabama
  • gps
  • radiosondes
  • ozonesondes
  • pacific ocean
  • national centers for environmental information
  • stratosphere
  • doc/noaa/esrl/gmd
  • south pacific ocean

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