Oak Ridge National Laboratory Distributed Active Archive Center

nasa-ornldaac-14

Atmos. Profile: Std. Press. Level (FIFE)

ABSTRACT: The FIFE Standard Pressure Level Radiosonde Data Set provides a set of standard level profiles (i.e., 5 mb pressure intervals) from over 450 radiosonde balloon flights, which occurred every one to three hours (daylight hours) during the FIFE IFCs. This derived profile data were computed to 5 mb pressure intervals through simple linear interpolation means. An assumption exists that a linear interpolation scheme may be used with sufficient accuracy to assign meteorological values at 5 mb pressure levels. Some errors are introduced using this method. Several new variables were computed from the original FIFE Radiosonde Data and are included in this derived data set. U (east-west) and V (north-south) winds have been computed from wind speed and direction, and potential temperature has been computed from pressure and temperature. These new parameters are desirable for initial conditions in numerical models as well as forcing functions in models, or as verification and comparison of numerical model's results.

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Identified by : FIFE_BRUT_DRV

This dataset was released on January 01, 1994.

The time range for this dataset is May 26, 1987 to August 12, 1989.

The spatial range for this dataset is 39.12° to 39.12° latitude, and -96.56° to -96.56° longitude. map

DOI : 10.3334/ORNLDAAC/14
Also known as :

• dataset oai:mercury-ops2.ornl.gov:ornldaac_14 (ornl lexicon)
• dataset oai:mercury.ornl.gov:ornldaac_14 (ornl lexicon)