SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, South Africa, Dry Season 2000

Description

The University of Wyoming has a series of balloonborne radiosonde measurements from all around the world, from the surface to 30 km. This data set contains upper air meteorological profiles from 594 radiosonde launches deployed from sites in South Africa. These sonde launches were made to augment the regional sounding network in the region during the SAFARI 2000 Dry Season Campaign of 2000.Vaisala RS80 sondes were launched from nine sites in South Africa between August 1, 2000 and September 30, 2000. The launch sites were Pietersburg (changed to Polokwane after 2000), Pretoria (Irene), Bethlehem, Springbok, De Aar, Durban, Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, and Gough Island. The parameters measured by the radiosonde instruments include: pressure, air temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and wind direction.

Resources

Name Format Description Link
21 This link allows direct data access via Earthdata login https://daac.ornl.gov/daacdata/safari2k/atmospheric/met_profile_SA/
34 Browse Image https://daac.ornl.gov/graphics/browse/project/square/safari_logo_square.png
21 ORNL DAAC Data Set Documentation https://daac.ornl.gov/S2K/guides/met_profile_SA.html
33 Data Set Documentation https://data.ornldaac.earthdata.nasa.gov/public/safari2k/atmospheric/met_profile_SA/comp/met_profile_SA_readme.pdf
21 Search results for publications that cite this dataset by its DOI. https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=10.3334%2FORNLDAAC%2F729
21 Data set Landing Page DOI URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/729

Tags

  • atmospheric-water-vapor
  • atmosphere
  • atmospheric-temperature
  • atmospheric-winds
  • earth-science

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