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Description

In support of CAMEX-3, numerous radiosonde and rawinsondes were launched from Andros Island, which consisted of instruments manufactured by VIS and Vaisala. Some sondes were GPS or LORAN located so that winds aloft could be determined without ground based tracking systems. Data from the sondes were used to validate several ground based instruments observing the lower troposphere.

Product Summary

Platforms
BALLOONS
Instruments
RADIOSONDES ,
RAWINSONDES
Projects
CAMEX-3
Spatial Extent

N: 25.139 S: 24.34 E: -77.403 W: -78.584

Location
CARIBBEAN
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1998-08-04 to 1998-09-20
Data Partner
Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center, Marshall Space Flight Center, NASA (NASA/MSFC/GHRC)
Concept ID
C1979103240-GHRC_DAAC
Data State
COMPLETE
Number of Files/Granules
258
Processing Level
1B
Published
Updated
Science Keywords
Air Temperature ,
Upper Air Temperature ,
Upper Level Winds ,
Humidity ,
Atmospheric Pressure Measurements

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

Copy Citation

Schmidlin, F. (2025). CAMEX-3 ANDROS ISLAND RAWINSONDE AND RADIOSONDES [Dataset]. NASA Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center. https://doi.org/10.5067/CAMEX-3/RADIOSONDE/DATA101 Date Accessed: 2026-08-26

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