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    • SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, Skukuza, Dry Seasons 1999-2000

    Metadata Updated: December 6, 2023

    Vaisala RS80 sondes were deployed from Skukuza Airport, South Africa, to collect atmospheric sounding profiles of temperature and moisture data from the surface to 30 km. These sonde launches were coordinated to augment the regional sounding network in the region during the SAFARI 2000 Dry Season Campaigns of 1999 and 2000. The radiosondes were launched from Skukuza Airport between August 14-September 3, 1999, and between August 24-September 23, 2000. The radiosonde instrument package RS80 measured the following meteorological parameters: pressure in hecto-Pascals (P), ambient temperature in degrees Celsius (T), and relative humidity in percentage (RH). A hydrostatic equation was applied to the recorded data, after error-checking, to calculate the output parameters: height above sea level in meters, dew point temperature in degrees Celsius, and q (g/kg) which is specific humidity in grams per kilogram.

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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 November 1, 2023
    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 November 1, 2023
    Metadata Updated Date December 6, 2023
    Publisher ORNL_DAAC
    Maintainer
    Identifier C2789020292-ORNL_CLOUD
    Data First Published 2023-10-18
    Language en-US
    Data Last Modified 2023-10-24
    Category SAFARI 2000, geospatial
    Public Access Level public
    Bureau Code 026:00
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    Citation Swap, R.J., S.J. Piketh, K.E. Ross, M. Barenbrug, and K.A. Billmark. 2004. SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, Skukuza, Dry Seasons 1999-2000. ORNL DAAC, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA. http://dx.doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/728
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    Homepage URL https://doi.org/10.3334/ORNLDAAC/728
    Metadata Type geospatial
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    Program Code 026:001
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    Source Hash 069d6f50a1475a020029263cb6da8cffddafa01383645ddf94be88b4c8a0952d
    Source Schema Version 1.1
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    Temporal 1999-08-14T00:00:00Z/2000-09-23T23:59:59Z

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