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    • GRIP BARBADOS/CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    The GRIP Barbados/Cape Verde radiosonde data set consists of generally two soundings per day (06Z and 12Z) launched from Barbados, and one sounding per day (12Z) launched from Cape Verde during the Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes (GRIP) field campaign. The major goal was to better understand how tropical storms form and develop into major hurricanes. These radiosondes measure the profile of atmospheric pressure, temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction, from the ground to an altitude of up to 40 km (in general, the sondes reached at least a pressure of 100 milibars). The launch program began on August 14, 2010 and ended September 24, 2010. The sondes used were type DFM-06, built by GRAW Radiosondes, Nuremberg Germany. Most ascents were done with TOTEX 200-g latex balloons using the DMF-06 sondes. A few launches were made using TOTEX 800-g Balloons with the DFM-97 package (connected with ECC ozonesonde). On some days launch times were changed, and multiple launches were made from Barbados on September 9, 10 and 21. The data were retrieved using a GRAWMET GS-E ground station. The sample rate of the data was 4 seconds for the Barbados data and 2 seconds for the Cape Verde data.

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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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    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023

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    Harvested from NASA Data.json

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    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date December 1, 2022
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher NASA/MSFC/GHRC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C1979860117-GHRC_DAAC
    Data First Published 2011-04-07
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2022-05-23
    Category GRIP (HURRICANE), geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Citation Jenkins, Gregory S and Miliaritiana L Robjhon.2011. GRIP BARBADOS/CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE indicate subset used. Dataset available online from the NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, Alabama, U.S.A. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/RADIOSONDE/DATA101
    Graphic Preview Description N/A
    Graphic Preview File https://ghrc.nsstc.nasa.gov/pub/fieldCampaigns/grip/Radiosonde/browse/
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/RADIOSONDE/DATA101
    Metadata Type geospatial
    Old Spatial -59.6251 13.1 -24.8671 16.8644
    Program Code 026:001
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash 1e1f9e247d269ef6f327192b0c92a8cdda0cb3f4ff4beb93bb50d3ce470b6c1b
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    Temporal 2010-08-14T19:00:00Z/2010-09-24T06:00:00Z

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