8 datasets

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2026 · Astronomical catalogue

The Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dataset consists of vertical atmospheric profile measurements collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dropsondes released from the NASA DC-8 aircraft. The observations took place during the the Tropical Composition, Cloud, and Climate Coupling (TC4) field campaign. TC4 occurred during the boreal summer of 20

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2026 · Image data

The Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dataset consists of vertical atmospheric profile measurements collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dropsondes released from the NASA G-III Gulfstream aircraft. The observations took place during the Westcoast and Heartland Hyperspectral Microwave Sensor Intensive Experiment (WHyMSIE) field campaign. WHyMS

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2025 · Image data

ARCSIX_Dropsondes_LaRC-G3_Data is the dropsonde data collected onboard the LaRC G-III aircraft during the Arctic Radiation-Cloud-Aerosol-Surface Interaction EXperiment (ARCSIX) campaign. Data from the Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling System (AVAPS) is featured in this collection. Data collection for this product is complete. The ARCSIX campaign is a NASA field investigation aimed at quantify

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Astronomical catalogue

The Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) IMPACTS dataset consists of vertical atmospheric profile measurements collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dropsondes released from the NASA P-3 aircraft during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2017 · Astronomical catalogue

The GPM Ground Validation Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) OLYMPEX dataset contains dropsonde vertical profiles of atmospheric pressure, air temperature, dew point temperature, relative humidity, wind direction and magnitude, and sensor location obtained during the Olympic Mountains Experiment (OLYMPEX). The AVAPS dropsondes were released during specific NASA DC-8 aircraft fl

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2017 · Astronomical catalogue

The Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Global Hawk Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) Dropsonde System dataset was collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS), built by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR), which served as the dropsonde system for the Global Hawk aircraft during the HS3 campaign. Goals for HS3 included: assessin

NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal1999 · Array ·

The CAMEX-3 DC-8 Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dataset consists of measurements from AVAPS, which uses dropsonde and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to measure the atmospheric state parameters (temperature, humidity, wind speed/direction, pressure) and location in 3-dimensional space during the dropsonde's descent once each half second. These measurements were co

NASA Earthdata CMRImage data

The Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dataset consists of vertical atmospheric profile measurements collected by the Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) dropsondes released from the NASA G-III Gulfstream aircraft.