Integrated Sounding System (ISSSONDE)

Information updated on September 28, 2006, 6:10 pm GMT

General Data Description

The ISS balloon borne sounding system is the standard NCAR "GAUS" (GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System) sounding system.

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Data Stream Names

isssonde - Integrated Sounding System (ISS): meteorological data vertical profile

netCDF File Header Description (Data Object Design File)
isssonde10s - Integrated Sounding System (ISS): meteorological data vertical profile, 10-s resolution

netCDF File Header Description (Data Object Design File)

Measurement Description

See The UCAR Web Page for the ISS

Temporal Coverage

nsaisssonde10sC1.a1	05/20/1998	05/14/2002
nsaisssonde10sC1.b1	09/24/1998	07/30/1999
nsaisssondeC1.a1	05/21/1998	05/10/2002
twpisssonde10sX1.a1	03/01/1996	09/03/1997
twpisssondeX1.a0	04/21/1993	09/03/1997
twpisssondeX1.a1	08/01/1997	09/03/1997

Area Covered

The ISS sounding systems were located at the Barrow NSA site and the Manus TWP site.

Contacts

ARM Mentor

Jim Mather

ARM Software Developer

Brian Ermold

Acronyms

GAUS GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System 
ISS  Integrated Sounding System
NSA  North Slope of Alaska
TWP  Tropical Western Pacific

Citable References

Parsons, D., W. Dabberdt, H. Cole, T. Hock, C. Martin, A.-L. Barrett, E. Miller, M. Spowart, M. Howard, W. Ecklund, D. Carter, K. Gage, and J. Wilson, 1994. The Integrated Sounding System: Description and Preliminary Observations from TOGA COARE. Bull. Amer. Met. Soc., 75, 553-567.