NASA DC-8 QC Dropsonde Data (EOL)
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.001

Summary
This data set contains dropsonde data from the NASA DC-8 medium altitude
research aircraft. A total of 328 quality-controlled dropsonde soundings were
released during 16 research flights, and are contained in the final dropsonde
data set.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 502.001
 * doi:10.5065/D6VX0DRT
   http://doi.org/10.5065/D6VX0DRT

Versions
  1.0
  1.1: This data has been corrected for a dry bias and filenames have been changed.
  1.2: This data has been corrected for a dry bias, the filenames have been changed, and the directory was changed.
  2.0: This dataset has been corrected for a temperature dependent dry bias.  The filenames have also been corrected.
  3.0: This version was corrected for a themperature dependent relative humidity dry bias as well as a dewpoint bias.  This is the latest and most current version of the dataset.

Citation
Example citation following ESIP guidelines (http://bit.ly/data_citation):

 UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2016. NASA DC-8 QC Dropsonde Data,
 Version 3.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory.
 http://doi.org/10.5065/D6VX0DRT. Accessed 30 Sep 2016.

Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI
at CrossCite (http://crosscite.org/citeproc/).

Related projects
 * GRIP: Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/GRIP

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: unknown
 * Frequency: 1 second
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Upper Air

Platforms
 * NASA DC8

Documentation
 * readme.V3.GRIP-2010.DC8.dropsondes.pdf [929 KiB]
   http://data.eol.ucar.edu/datafile/nph-get/502.001/readme.V3.GRIP-2010.DC8.dropsondes.pdf

Related links
 * info: GRIP DC-8 Dropsonde
   http://doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/DROPSONDE/DATA201

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2010-08-15 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2010-09-30 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 36.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: Kathryn Young <kbeierle@ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/328

Additional contact information
 * author: EOL Data Support
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1001

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/502.001?format=isotc211