Radiosonde data from the Malcolm Baldridge ship during the First ISCCP Regional Experiment Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (FIRE ASTEX). The dataset contains atmospheric profiles from June 7 to June 28, 1992, collected to improve cloud and radiation models. It includes interpolated soundings at 5-second, 20-meter, and 2-millibar resolutions.
Use Cases
- Analyzing vertical profiles of atmospheric temperature and pressure for climate model validation.
- Studying wind speed and direction at different heights to understand atmospheric dynamics over the ocean.
- Investigating humidity and cloud processes using columns for relative humidity, dew point, and mixing ratio.
- Calibrating satellite-derived cloud data with in-situ ascent rate and height measurements from radiosondes.
Strengths
- Data is interpolated into three consistent resolutions: 5-second, 20-meter, and 2-millibar intervals.
- Each profile contains up to 1500 data lines with multiple measured variables including temperature, pressure, and wind.
- Data collection was part of a targeted scientific experiment (FIRE) designed to improve GCM parameterizations.