XDS: ISSSONDE

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isssonde: Integrated Sounding System

General Data Description

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

Measurement Description

See the UCAR website 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 sound systems were located at the Barrow NSA site and the Manus TWP site.

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 Carters, K Gage, and J Wilson. 1994. “The Integrated Sounding System: Description and Preliminary Observations from TOGA COARE.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 75(4): 553-567, doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(1994)075<0553:tissda>2.0.co;2