Dataset
SG-WEx: British Antarctic Survey Vaisala RS92 radiosonde data from King Edward Point (2015)
Abstract
The British Antarctic Survey (BAS) operated a Vaisala RS92 radiosonde unit at King Edward Point, South Georgia Islands to support meteor radar data also recorded at the site during the South Georgia Wave Experiment (SG-WEx) project. The sonde ascents took place during two campaigns: January 2015 and June/July 2015 to measure gravity waves. The data are standard radiosonde measurements of temperature, humidity, wind speeds, direction and pressure along the ascent at 10s intervals. These balloon ascents typically continue until the balloon fails in the stratosphere. The highest ascent recorded in these data was around 32km. Some ascents also provide data for parts of the descending part of the flight until the instrumentation failed.
The King Edward Point Magnetic Observatory (KEP, 54.2820 S, 36.4930 W) is located on the South Georgia island in the South Atlantic.
Details
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Use of these data is covered by the following licence: http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/. When using these data you must cite them correctly using the citation given on the CEDA Data Catalogue record. |
| Data lineage: |
Data from the instrument are collected by the British Antarctic Survey and supplied to the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA) for long-term archiving. |
| Data Quality: |
No quality control information has been provided for these data by the data provider, nor has any been undertaken by the data centre.
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| File Format: |
The data are available in both BADC-CSV formatted files and original Vaisala EDT formatted binary files.
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Related Documents
Process overview
Instrument/Platform pairings
| British Antarctic Survey: Vaisala RS92 Radiosonde | Deployed on: King Edward Point Magnetic Observatory (KEP) |
| Output Description | None |
- standard_name: altitude
- long_name: altitude
- long_name: dewpoint
- standard_name: relative_humidity
- long_name: humidity
- standard_name: air_pressure
- long_name: pressure
- standard_name: air_temperature
- long_name: temperature
- long_name: wind direction
- long_name: wind speed
Co-ordinate Variables
- long_name: time
- standard_name: time
Temporal Range
2015-01-07T22:56:00
2015-07-06T11:00:00
Geographic Extent
-54.2820° |
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-36.4930° |
-36.4930° |
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-54.2820° |