Title: Discoverer ISS RASS Temperature Profiles

Contact:

    Steve Williams
    UCAR/JOSS
    P.O. Box 3000
    Boulder, CO  80307
    USA
    Phone: 303-497-8164
    FAX:   303-497-8158
    E-Mail Address: sfw@ucar.edu


Data Set Description:

    915 MHz Radio Acoustic Sounding System (RASS) Temperature
    profiles of the NCAR/Integrated Sounding System (ISS) upper
    air data collected aboard the R/V Discoverer during the
    ACE-1 transect (leg 1) and intensive operations (leg 2), via the
    NCAR/Atmospheric Technology Division (ATD), then converted
    to GIF image format.

    These images consist of temperature profiles to approx 1500 m
    height (AGL) at 60 m vertical resolution, taken every 30-min.
    The data used in these plots are PRELIMINARY and could change
    significantly following final processing by ATD.

NOTE - These plots were created in near real time in the field are for browse
purposes only!

    Data Type: Sounding
    Observational Frequency: 30 minute

Format:
   GIF images

   The images are screen snapshots and show inoperable control buttons
   and/or logo icons from the data display software used to
   create the GIFs.


File Name Conventions:
   MMDDHHmm.gif where MM is the month, DD is the day,
   HH is the hour, and mm is the minute.
   An example for 26 November 1995 at 00:11 is 11260011.gif.

References: None.