SBU Mobile Sounding Profiles for East Coast Snowstorm Research

East Coast atmospheric profiles collected by Stony Brook University for NASA's IMPACTS campaign, the first major study of Atlantic snowstorms in three decades. The dataset contains mobile sounding measurements of temperature, humidity, height, and wind taken approximately every three hours during snow events. Data files are available from January 18, 2020, through February 28, 2023 in netCDF-3 format.

Use Cases

• Analyzing vertical profiles of temperature and humidity to understand atmospheric structure during snowstorms.
• Studying wind speed and direction patterns to model storm dynamics and evolution.
• Calculating atmospheric pressure from GPS height data for thermodynamic analysis.
• Investigating microphysical processes in East Coast snowstorms as part of the IMPACTS campaign.

Strengths

• Data collection funded by NASA's Earth Venture program, ensuring a high standard of scientific rigor.
• Profiles were obtained at a high temporal resolution, approximately every three hours during snow events.
• Covers a multi-year time range from 2020 to 2023, capturing multiple storm seasons.

Limitations

• Specific row counts, file sizes, and a complete column list are not provided by any source.
• License information is inconsistently reported: one source specifies 'other-license-specified', while another lists 'None'.

Provenance

Source

Stony Brook University (SBU), funded by NASA's Earth Venture program.

Collection Method

Mobile sounding profiles collected approximately every three hours during snow events.

Time Range

January 18, — 2020 through February 28, 2023

Freshness

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Geography

East Coast of the United States, focusing on Atlantic Coast-threatening snowstorms.