Upper Air Observations at Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica, 2016

Regular upper air observations were made once daily at 00 UTC from February to November 2016 at Jang Bogo Station. Data for pressure, temperature, relative humidity, wind speed, and wind direction were sampled every two seconds, with a minimum observation height over 20 km. The dataset was contributed by AMD_KOPRI and last updated on NASA's Earthdata platform in December 2016.

Use Cases

• Modeling vertical atmospheric structure based on pressure, temperature, and humidity profiles.
• Analyzing wind patterns and jet streams based on wind speed and direction data at altitude.
• Monitoring climate change indicators based on high-altitude meteorological variable trends.
• Validating and calibrating satellite or reanalysis data based on in-situ upper-air measurements.

Strengths

• Data is sampled at a high temporal resolution of every two seconds during each launch.
• Observations reach a minimum height of over 20 km, providing a substantial vertical profile.
• Regular daily launches were conducted over a 10-month period from February to November.

Limitations

• Row count and file format are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Last updated 2016-12-21 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.

Provenance

Source

nasa_earthdata

Collection Method

Observations made via the manual and auto launch of radiosondes (weather balloons).

Time Range

2016, with daily observations from February to November.

Freshness

Last updated 2016-12-21 23:59:59.999000; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Jang Bogo Station, Antarctica.