Integrated Sounding System Sondes
Information updated on Thu Sep 28 18:10:57 2006
General Data Description
The ISS balloon borne sounding system is the standard NCAR "GAUS" (GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System) sounding system.Data Stream Names
nsaisssonde10sC1.a1nsaisssonde10sC1.b1
nsaisssondeC1.a1
twpisssonde10sX1.a1
twpisssondeX1.a0
twpisssondeX1.a1
Measurement Description
See The UCAR Web Page for the ISSTemporal 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.Data Stream Inputs
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ARM Mentor
Jim MatherARM Software Developer
Brian ErmoldData Source
Institution
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Reprocessing Date
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GAUS GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System ISS Integrated Sounding System NSA North Slope of Alaska TWP Tropical Western PacificCitable 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.
