From 1984-08-06 to 1984-08-23 a total of 119 radiosondes were launched from RV Valdivia at intervalls of about 6 hours. Measured parameters are temperature, pressure and humidity. Wind direction and speed are determined by OMEGA navigation system. The dataset consists of one archive file (.tar) which contains 119 data files, one for each sounding. The file format is 'ascii-text', the representation of the measured parameters is described in the 'readme'-file inside the .tar-archive and in the 'additional_info' entry (KONTROL1984_valdivia_rs_info).
Longitude 6.4
to 7.6
Latitude 54.2
to 55.2
Altitude: 0 m relativ to sea level
Temporal Coverage
1984-08-06
to 1984-08-23
(calendrical)
Use constraints
For scientific use only
Data Catalog
World Data Center for Climate
Access constraints
registered users
Size
1.72 MiB (1802240 Byte)
Format
tar-File(s)
Status
completely archived
Creation Date
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Cite as
[ Derived from parent entry - See data hierarchy tab ]
Hoeber, Heinrich; Kruspe, Gottfried; Brümmer, Burghard; Wetzel, Christian (2012). KONTROL 1984 - First Experiment on Convection and Turbulence over the North Sea: radiosoundings at the research vessel Valdivia. World Data Center for Climate (WDCC) at DKRZ. https://doi.org/10.1594/WDCC/UNI_HH_MI_KONTROL1984
The data has been quality checked. Obviously wrong measurements have been sorted out. For details on sensor type, sensor accuracy, launching procedure...
Description
The data has been quality checked. Obviously wrong measurements have been sorted out. For details on sensor type, sensor accuracy, launching procedure, ground check etc. see 'additional_info' entry (KONTROL1984_valdivia_rs_info).
Completeness report
See 'consistency_report'
Description
See 'consistency_report'
Consistency report
Few dates may be missing due to equipment failure or severe weather. Some sounding may contain data gaps due to transmission errors.
Description
Few dates may be missing due to equipment failure or severe weather. Some sounding may contain data gaps due to transmission errors.
Variable
Code
Aggregation
Unit
air_pressure
not filled
Hectopascal
air_temperature
not filled
not filled
dew_point_temperature
not filled
not filled
height
not filled
metre
relative_humidity
not filled
not filled
specific_humidity
not filled
gramm kilogramme**-1
wind_from_direction
not filled
degree
wind_speed
not filled
metre second**-1
Contact type
Person
ORCID
Institute
Principal Investigator
Prof. Dr. Burghard Brümmer
-
University of Hamburg (MI)
Originator
Dr. Gerd Müller
-
University of Hamburg (MI)
Metadata
Christian Wetzel
-
University of Hamburg (MI)
Parent
KONTROL 1984 - First Experiment on Convection and Turbulence over the North Sea