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    • CAMEX-3 AIRBORNE VERTICAL ATMOSPHERE PROFILING SYSTEM (AVAPS) V1

    Metadata Updated: August 22, 2025

    The CAMEX-3 DC-8 Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dataset consists of measurements from AVAPS, which uses dropsonde and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to measure the atmospheric state parameters (temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction, pressure) and location in 3-dimensional space during the dropsonde's descent once each half second. These measurements were collected in support of the third field campaign in the Convection And Moisture EXperiment (CAMEX) series, CAMEX-3. This field campaign took place from August to September 1998 based out of Patrick Air Force Base in Florida, with the purpose of studying various aspects of tropical cyclones in the region. AVAPS provided vertical profiles of temperature, humidity, pressure, and winds. The dataset files are available in netCDF-3 and ASCII format with browse imagery available in GIF image format.

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    Public: This dataset is intended for public access and use. License: No license information was provided. If this work was prepared by an officer or employee of the United States government as part of that person's official duties it is considered a U.S. Government Work.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date April 11, 2025
    Metadata Updated Date August 22, 2025
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier 10.5067/CAMEX-3/DROPSONDE/DATA101
    Data Last Modified 2025-08-06
    Category Earth Science
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Program Code 026:000
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    Source Hash 751ef069ecc794150b6f08d9cb06c546634e4c97369a39cb35eb55a5a425aff6
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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