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XDS: ISSSONDE
ISSSONDE: Integrated Sounding System
General Data Description
The ISS balloon borne sounding system is the standard NCAR “GAUS” (GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System) sounding system.
Measurement Description
See the UCAR website for the ISS
Temporal Coverage
nsaisssonde10sC1.a1 05/20/1998 05/14/2002 nsaisssonde10sC1.b1 09/24/1998 07/30/1999 nsaisssondeC1.a1 05/21/1998 05/10/2002 twpisssonde10sX1.a1 03/01/1996 09/03/1997 twpisssondeX1.a0 04/21/1993 09/03/1997 twpisssondeX1.a1 08/01/1997 09/03/1997
Area Covered
The ISS sound systems were located at the Barrow NSA site and the Manus TWP site.
Acronyms
GAUS GPS Advanced Upper-Air Sounding System ISS Integrated Sounding System NSA North Slope of Alaska TWP Tropical Western Pacific
Citable References
Parsons, D, W Dabberdt, H Cole, T Hock, C Martin, A-L Barrett, E Miller, M Spowart, M Howard, W Ecklund, D Carters, K Gage, and J Wilson. 1994. “The Integrated Sounding System: Description and Preliminary Observations from TOGA COARE.” Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society 75(4): 553-567, doi: 10.1175/1520-0477(1994)075<0553:tissda>2.0.co;2
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