cops_rsdu_imkfixrs: meteorological profile data from fixed radiosounding stations run by FZK/IMK-TRO during COPS 2007

The Soundings were usually performed during the daytime of IOPs at two fixed locations. Scheduled launching times were at 05, 08, 11, 14, 17 and 20 UTC.


Radiosounding at Burnhaupt le Bas, France:

Sondes of the type DFM-06 manufactured by the Company GRAW ( http://graw.de ) have been used.


Radiosounding at FZK, Karlsruhe, Germany

Sondes of the type DFM-97 manufactured by GRAW ( http://graw.de ) have been used. From 26 July at 5:02 DFM-06 sondes of the same company have been used.

On 25 July at 11:08 there was a test run of a DFM-06 sonde.

Identification

Data identification

Citation

Date (Publication)
2011-11-18
Edition

1
Citation identifier
cops_rsdu_imkfixrs
Citation identifier
doi:10.1594/WDCC/cops_rsdu_imkfixrs
Principal investigator
  n/a - Norbert Kalthoff
n/a
Originator
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Martin Kohler
http://www.imk-tro.kit.edu
Author
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Martin Kohler
http://www.imk-tro.kit.edu
Author
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Norbert Kalthoff
http://www.imk-tro.kit.edu
Publisher
  WDC Climate at DKRZ
Point of contact
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Norbert Kalthoff
http://www.imk-tro.kit.edu

Format

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netCDF.tar.gz
Keywords

  • ground based
Keywords

  • meteorological station data
Keywords

  • observational data
Keywords

  • sounding
Use limitation

COPS scientific use: For scientific use only. No commercial use allowed. Please be aware of the common COPS/GOP/D-PHASE data policy http://cops.wdc-climate.de/

Language

eng; USA
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Begin date
2007-06-05
End date
2007-08-16
 

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OnLine resource
https://www.wdc-climate.de/ui/entry?acronym=cops_rsdu_imkfixrs
 

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n/a
Measure description

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Content

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_pressure
Descriptor

air_pressure [CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_pressure
Descriptor

air_pressure [CF-Standard Name]; unit: hPa

Coverage Description

Attribute description
geopotential_height
Descriptor

Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Coverage Description

Attribute description
dew_point_temperature
Descriptor

Dew point temperature is the temperature at which a parcel of air reaches saturation upon being cooled at constant pressure and specific humidity. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Coverage Description

Attribute description
wind_from_direction
Descriptor

Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
virtual_temperature
Descriptor

The virtual temperature of air is the temperature at which the dry air constituent of a parcel of moist air would have the same density as the moist air at the same pressure. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Coverage Description

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Coverage Description

Attribute description
air_temperature
Descriptor

Air temperature is the bulk temperature of the air, not the surface (skin) temperature. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Coverage Description

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Coverage Description

Attribute description
wind_speed
Descriptor

Speed is the magnitude of velocity. Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) The wind speed is the magnitude of the wind velocity.[CF-Standard Name]; unit: m s-1

Coverage Description

Attribute description
geopotential_height
Descriptor

Geopotential is the sum of the specific gravitational potential energy relative to the geoid and the specific centripetal potential energy. Geopotential height is the geopotential divided by the standard acceleration due to gravity. It is numerically similar to the altitude (or geometric height) and not to the quantity with standard name height, which is relative to the surface. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: m

Coverage Description

Attribute description
relative_humidity
Descriptor

relative_humidity [CF-Standard Name]; unit: 0.01

Coverage Description

Attribute description
wind_from_direction
Descriptor

Wind is defined as a two-dimensional (horizontal) air velocity vector, with no vertical component. (Vertical motion in the atmosphere has the standard name upward_air_velocity.) In meteorological reports, the direction of the wind vector is usually (but not always) given as the direction from which it is blowing (wind_from_direction) (westerly, northerly, etc.). In other contexts, such as atmospheric modelling, it is often natural to give the direction in the usual manner of vectors as the heading or the direction to which it is blowing (wind_to_direction) (eastward, southward, etc.) "from_direction" is used in the construction X_from_direction and indicates the direction from which the velocity vector of X is coming. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degree

Coverage Description

Attribute description
virtual_temperature
Descriptor

The virtual temperature of air is the temperature at which the dry air constituent of a parcel of moist air would have the same density as the moist air at the same pressure. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC

Coverage Description

Attribute description
dew_point_temperature
Descriptor

Dew point temperature is the temperature at which a parcel of air reaches saturation upon being cooled at constant pressure and specific humidity. [CF-Standard Name]; unit: degC
 

Metadata

Metadata

File identifier
wdc-climate.de:2284879 XML
Metadata language

eng; USA
Hierarchy level
collection
Hierarchy level name

cops_rsdu_imkfixrs
Date stamp
2009-10-26T17:30:35
Metadata standard name

ISO 19115
Metadata standard version

ISO 19115-2:2009
Point of contact
  Karlsruher Institut für Technologie - Norbert Kalthoff
http://www.imk-tro.kit.edu
 
 

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