Instrument

Radiosonde
Radiosonde

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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

Overview

Instrument Details

Measurement Type

Multi

Measurement/Variables

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Profiles

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles

Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature

Vertical Measurement Regions

Full Column Profile

Temporal Resolution

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Spatial Resolution

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Measurement Frequency

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Calibration Details

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Online Information

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Instrument Operation

Platform

Campaigns, where the platform was used with this instrument

Balloon Launch Site

Campaign Balloons

65 Campaigns · 22 Instruments

IPHEx

Integrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

2014

Southern Appalachians, including portions of North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia

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· 47 Data Products

HyMeX

Hydrological Cycle in Mediterranean Experiment

2012—2013

The Mediterranean

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· 3 Data Products

IMPACTS

Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms

2020—2023

Eastern United States

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· 66 Data Products

NAMMA

NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

2006

Cape Verde Islands, Atlantic Ocean

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· 23 Data Products

MC3E

Mid-latitude Continental Convective Clouds Experiment

2011

Central Oklahoma, Southern Plains

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· 34 Data Products

DISCOVER-AQ

Deriving Information on Surface Conditions from COlumn and VERtically Resolved Observations Relevant to Air Quality

2011—2014

Baltimore MD, San Joaquin Valley CA, Houston TX, Denver CO

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· 12 Data Products

FIFE

First International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

1987—1989

Central Kansas

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· 101 Data Products

LISTOS

Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

2017—2019

New York City metropolitan and Long Island Sound area, Northeastern U.S.

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· 16 Data Products

TC4

Tropical Composition, Cloud and Climate Coupling

2007

Costa Rica, tropical Eastern Pacific

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· 1 Data Product

MACPEX

Mid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

2011

Central United States, based out of Ellington, Texas

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· 7 Data Products

CR-AVE

Costa Rica Aura Validation Experiment

2006

Costa Rica

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· 0 Data Products

NAAMES

North Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study

2015—2018

Northwestern Atlantic Ocean

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· 12 Data Products

ATom

Atmospheric Tomography Mission

2016—2018

Western Arctic, South Pacific, Atlantic Ocean, Greenland, Central North America

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· 32 Data Products

TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005

Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific

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· 14 Data Products

TARFOX

Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment

1996

Western Atlantic Ocean, US Eastern Seaboard

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· 5 Data Products

OLYMPEX

Olympic Mountains Experiment

2015—2016

Olympic Peninsula in U.S. Washington State

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· 36 Data Products

SAFARI 2000

Southern African Regional Science Initiative

1999—2001

Southern Africa

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· 117 Data Products

LPVEx

Light Precipitation Evaluation Experiment

2010

Gulf of Finland

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· 22 Data Products

GRIP

Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

2010

Tropical Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Eastern North Pacific, Caribbean Sea

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· 24 Data Products

BOREAS

Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

1994—1996

Boreal forests of central Canada

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· 303 Data Products

GCPEx

GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

2012

Ontario, Canada and northern portions of the United States (e.g., New York state, the New England area, etc.)

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· 44 Data Products

S-MODE

Sub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

2021—2023

Centered approximately 300 km offshore of San Francisco, California, USA

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· 33 Data Products

POSIDON

Pacific Oxidants, Sulfur, Ice, Dehydration, and cONvection

2016

Guam, western Pacific

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· 0 Data Products

CalWater

2015

California, Sierra Nevada Range

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· 0 Data Products

AASE

Airborne Arctic Stratospheric Expedition

1988—1992

Arctic

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· 2 Data Products

ABLE

Global Tropospheric Experiment - Atmospheric Boundary Layer Experiment

1984—1990

Tropical North Atlantic Ocean, Amazon Rainforest, Greenland, Eastern Canada, Alaska

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· 0 Data Products

FIRE

First International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

1986—1998

Central and Midwest United States, California Coast, Northwest Africa, Alaska

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· 131 Data Products

CRYSTAL-FACE

Cirrus Regional Study of Tropical Anvils and Cirrus Layers Florida Area Cirrus Experiment

2002

Southern Florida

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· 1 Data Product

CLAMS

Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites

2001

Chesapeake Bay, Atlantic Ocean

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· 5 Data Products

DCOTSS

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

2021—2022

Central United States

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· 5 Data Products

ACCLIP

Asian Summer Monsoon Chemical & Climate Impact Project

2022

West Pacific, South Korea

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· 8 Data Products

SPADE

Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition

1992—1993

Western United States

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· 1 Data Product

CPEX-CV

Convective Processes EXperiment - Cabo Verde

2022

Cabo Verde, Tropical East Atlantic Ocean

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· 7 Data Products

GloPac

Global Hawk Pacific

2010

Northern Pacific Ocean, Arctic Ocean

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· 0 Data Products

ACCENT

Atmospheric Chemistry of Combustion Emissions Near the Tropopause

1999—2000

Southern United States

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· 0 Data Products

MidCiX

Middle Latitude Cirrus Experiment

2004

South-central United States

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· 0 Data Products

STRAT

Stratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport

1995—1996

Pacific Ocean, Moffett Field, California, Barbers Point Naval Air Station, Hawaii

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· 9 Data Products

ASTEX

Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment

1992

Azores and Madeira islands

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· 0 Data Products

TOTE-VOTE

Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment – Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment

1995—1996

Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, Alaska, Iceland, Arctic, Arctic Ocean

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· 10 Data Products

SUCCESS

SUbsonic aircraft: Contrail & Clouds Effects Special Study

1996

Central and Western United States

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· 1 Data Product

CARAFE

NASA Carbon Atmospheric Flux Experiment

2016—2017

Eastern United States Coast, Mid-Atlantic Region

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· 1 Data Product

STEP

Stratospheric-Tropospheric Exchange Project

1984—1987

Moffett Field, California; Darwin, Australia

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· 0 Data Products

SMEX

Soil Moisture Experiment

2002—2005

Iowa, Oklahoma, Georgia, Alabama, Arizona, Sonora, Mexico

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· 0 Data Products

STAQS

Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

2023

Los Angeles, New York City, Chicago, United States, North America

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· 10 Data Products

WAM

WB-57 Aerosol Mission

1998

Ellington Field, Houston, Texas

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· 0 Data Products

Aerosonde

Aerosonde Small Uncrewed Aerial System

2 Campaigns · 3 Instruments

TCSP

Tropical Cloud Systems and Processes

2005

Costa Rica, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, eastern North Pacific

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· 14 Data Products

Data Products

Filter data products from this instrument by specific campaigns, platforms, or formats.

Campaigns

Platforms

Formats

FIRE_AX_VALDIV_SONDE

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Tropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational eXperiment (TARFOX) - Vaisala Radiosonde data from Wallops ground station10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/TARFOX/0003

CampaignsTropospheric Aerosol Radiative Forcing Observational Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

GRIP BARBADOS/CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GRIP/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsGenesis and Rapid Intensification Processes

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

NAMMA PRAIA CAPE VERDE RADIOSONDE V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/NAMMA/RADIOSONDE/DATA201

CampaignsNASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

LISTOS Flax Pond Ground Site Data10.5067/Suborbital/LISTOS/Ground_FlaxPond_Data_1

CampaignsLong Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) RADIOSONDE GCPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/GCPEX/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsGPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

GPM Ground Validation Upper Air Radiosonde LPVEx V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/LPVEX/RADIOSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsLight Precipitation Evaluation Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Campaign Field Sites

GPM Ground Validation Upper Air Radiosonde OLYMPEX V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/OLYMPEX/RADIOSONDES/DATA101

CampaignsOlympic Mountains Experiment, Radar Definition Experiment (RADEX) for ACE Mission

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, Douglas DC-8

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Santa Maria Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0051

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsASCII

GPM Ground Validation UNCA Upper Air Radiosonde IPHEx V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/GPMGV/IPHEX/RADIOSONDE/DATA201

CampaignsIntegrated Precipitation and Hydrology Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, Skukuza, Dry Seasons 1999-200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/728

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

SAFARI 2000 Upper Air Meteorological Profiles, South Africa, Dry Season 200010.3334/ORNLDAAC/729

CampaignsSouthern African Regional Science Initiative

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Atmospheric Profiles: Brutsaert (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/15

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Temperature Profiles: Radiosonde (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/124

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Atmos. Profile: Std. Press. Level (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/14

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Radiosonde Data: NOAA (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/73

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Wind Profile Data: Radiosonde (FIFE)10.3334/ORNLDAAC/139

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Land Surface Climatology Project (ISLSCP) Field Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) INMG Funchal Sounding Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0052

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsASCII

BOREAS AFM-05 Level-1 Upper Air Network Data, R110.3334/ORNLDAAC/238

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

S-MODE L2 Shipboard Meteorological Data from Rawinsondes Version 110.5067/SMODE-SONDE

CampaignsSub-Mesoscale Ocean Dynamics Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsnetCDF-4

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Marine Stratocumulus Colorado State University (CSU) Tethered Balloon Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0125

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsBinary

FIRE_AX_MALBAL_SONDE

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) SOFIA Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0058

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsNative

BOREAS AFM-05 Level-2 Upper Air Network Standard Pressure Level Data10.3334/ORNLDAAC/239

CampaignsBoreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

First ISCCP Regional Experiment - Arctic Cloud Experiment Utrecht University Tethered Balloon10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0007

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Oceanus Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0041

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsASCII

NAAMES Sonde Meteorological InSitu Data, Version 110.5067/ASDC/NAAMES_Met_SondeInSitu_Data_1

CampaignsNorth Atlantic Aerosols and Marine Ecosystems Study

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

CLAMS Chesapeake Lighthouse Vaisala RS-80 Radiosonde10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/CLAMS/0001

CampaignsChesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

TCSP TICOSONDE-AURA 2005 V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TCSP/RADIOSONDE/DATA201

CampaignsTropical Cloud Systems and Processes

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

TCSP AEROSONDE V1http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/TCSP/AEROSONDE/DATA101

CampaignsTropical Cloud Systems and Processes

PlatformsAerosonde Small Uncrewed Aerial System

MACPEX Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/MACPEX_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsMid-latitude Airborne Cirrus Properties Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

SEAC4RS Radiosonde/Ozonesonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/SEAC4RS_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsStudies of Emissions and Atmospheric Composition, Clouds and Climate Coupling by Regional Surveys

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere Balloon Data Products10.5067/ASDC/DCOTSS-Balloon-Data_1

CampaignsDynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Porto Santo Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0042

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) SOFIA Le Suroit Tethered Balloon Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0064

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsASCII

First ISCCP Regional Experiment (FIRE) Atlantic Stratocumulus Transition Experiment (ASTEX) Le Suroit Radiosonde Data10.5067/ASDC_DAAC/FIRE/0065

CampaignsFirst International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) Regional Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsNative

Stratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition (SPADE) Data Set CD-ROM

CampaignsStratospheric Photochemistry, Aerosols and Dynamics Expedition

PlatformsCampaign Balloons, NASA Earth Resources-2 Aircraft

FormatsASCII

STRAT Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/STRAT_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsStratospheric Tracers of Atmospheric Transport

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Formatsraob

Tropical Ozone Transport Experiment - Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment (TOTE-VOTE) Sonde Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/TOTE-VOTE_Sondes_Data_1

CampaignsTropical Ozone Transport Experiment – Vortex Ozone Transport Experiment

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

FormatsRAOB

STAQS Balloonsondes and Ozonesondes Data10.5067/ASDC/SUBORBITAL/STAQS/DATA001/Sondes_1

CampaignsSynergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science

PlatformsCampaign Balloons

Formatsict

RadiosondeRadiosonde

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Radiosonde
Radiosonde