Data · dataset · 2026
STAR Upper Air Soundings
Listed in National Center for Atmospheric Research
This dataset contains upper air meteorological rawinsonde soundings from the operational Environment Canada observing stations in the STAR domain.
Description
The data contains the Iqaluit, Pangnirtung, and other stations in the STAR domain with soundings taken twice per day at (00 and 12 UTC). Meteorological parameters measured include: pressure, height, speed, direction, temperature, dew point temperature, and other parameters.
Iqaluit was the only location on southern Baffin Island where regular 12-hourly upper-air observations were made. During storms and other significant weather events, the standard upper-air releases were supplemented with additional radiosondes at 3- or 6-hourly intervals. From the period of 10 October–30 November 2007, there were 51 special radiosonde releases.
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A portable radiosonde unit was deployed in the community of Pangnirtung to conduct simultaneous releases with those in Iqaluit during selected severe weather events. A total of 18 radiosondes were released in Pangnirtung between the dates of 2 and 18 November 2007.
Links
Get the data
- Resource Homepage doi.org/10.26023/yd68-12na-e20k ↗
download · DOI / persistent id · from data ucar edu
Where it is published
- data.ucar.edu /dataset/star-upper-air-soundings ↗
National Center for Atmospheric Research dataset page
landing page · from data ucar edu
Catalogue records · 1
- CKAN API data.ucar.edu/api/3/action/package_show?id=5582df67-68d8-4016-a53b-6f917893f… ↗
metadata API · from data ucar edu
Topics
- From keywords
- Earth & Environmental Science · Ocean & Atmospheric Science
Provenance · 1 source records, 7 field assertions
| Source | Key | Last seen | Raw |
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| National Center for Atmospheric Research | 5582df67-68d8-4016-a53b-6f917893f96b | 12 d ago | JSON v1 |
| Field | Assertion | Extractor | Evidence |
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| concepts[field].local:field:earth-environmental | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| concepts[field].local:field:ocean-atmospheric | mapping · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| created_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| description | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /notes |
| publication_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | |
| title | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 | /title |
| updated_date | source · data ucar edu | connector:data_ucar_edu@1.0.0 |