From 1981-09-16 to 1981-10-19 a total of 168 radiosondes were launched from RV Meteor at intervalls of about 6 hours. Measured parameters are temperature, pressure and humidity. Wind direction and speed are determined by OMEGA navigation system. The dataset consists of one archive file (.tar) which contains 168 data files, one for each sounding. The file format is 'ascii-text', the representation of the measured parameters is described in the 'readme'-file inside the .tar-archive and in the 'additional_info' entry (KONTUR1981_meteor_rs_info).
Location(s)
North Sea: Longitude -4.26 to 9.5
Latitude 50 to 62
Spatial Coverage
Longitude 7.9
to 8.1
Latitude 54
to 55
Altitude: 0 m relativ to sea level
Temporal Coverage
1981-09-16
to 1981-10-19
(calendrical)
Use constraints
For scientific use only
Access constraints
registered users
Size
2.78 MiB (2918400 Byte)
Format
tar-File(s)
Progress
completely archived
Creation Date
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Citation
Citation
There is no citation information available on this level,
please see associated experiment and/or dataset group(s) for citation details.
The data has been quality checked. Obviously wrong measurements have been sorted out. For details on sensor type, sensor accuracy, launching procedure, ground check etc. see 'additional_info' entry (KONTUR1981_meteor_rs_info).
Completeness report
See 'consistency_report'
Consistency report
Few dates may be missing due to equipment failure or severe weather. Some sounding may contain data gaps due to transmission errors.
Parameters
Topic
Code
Aggregation
Unit
2002052
air_pressure
not filled
Hectopascal
2001711
air_temperature
not filled
not filled
2001712
dew_point_temperature
not filled
not filled
2004035
height
not filled
metre
2001764
relative_humidity
not filled
not filled
2001738
specific_humidity
not filled
gramm kilogramme**-1
2001763
wind_from_direction
not filled
degree
2001704
wind_speed
not filled
metre second**-1
Contacts
Contact type
Person
Institute
Principal investigator
Prof. Dr. Burghard Brümmer
University of Hamburg (MI)
originator
Dr. Gerd Müller
University of Hamburg (MI)
metadata
Christian Wetzel
University of Hamburg (MI)
Parent
KONTUR 1981 - Convection and Turbulence Experiment