N: 48.5747 S: 27.6953 E: -68.0036 W: -98.4233
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The NOAA Soundings IMPACTS dataset was collected from January 1, 2020, through March 1, 2023, during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. The goal of IMPACTS was to provide observations critical to understanding the mechanisms of snowband formation, organization, and evolution, examine how the microphysical characteristics and likely growth mechanisms of snow particles vary across snowbands, and improve snowfall remote sensing interpretation and modeling to significantly advance prediction capabilities. These radiosonde data files include wind direction, dew point temperature, geopotential height, mixing ratio, atmospheric pressure, relative humidity, wind speed, temperature, potential temperature, equivalent potential temperature, and virtual potential temperature measurements at various levels of the troposphere. The data are available in netCDF-4 format.
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| Title | Year Sort ascending | Author | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ambient and intrinsic dependencies of evolving ice-phase particles within a decaying winter storm during IMPACTS | DeLaFrance, Andrew, McMurdie, Lynn A., Rowe, Angela K., Heymsfield, Andrew J. | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Dew Point Temperature, Geopotential Height, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Particle Size Distribution, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Flight Level Winds, Reflectance, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Radar Cross-Section, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Airspeed/Ground Speed, Attitude Characteristics, Sea Level Pressure, Local Winds, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Visibility | |
| Simulated particle evolution within a winter storm: contributions of | DeLaFrance, Andrew, McMurdie, Lynn A., Rowe, Angela K., Heymsfield, Andrew J. | Atmospheric Pressure Measurements, Wind Speed, Wind Direction, Dew Point Temperature, Geopotential Height, Water Vapor Mixing Ratio Profiles, Relative Humidity, Potential Temperature, Cloud Microphysics, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size, Particle Size Distribution, Flight Level Winds, Cloud Dynamics, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Radar Cross-Section, Radar Reflectivity, Doppler Velocity, SPECTRUM WIDTH, Atmospheric Temperature Indices, Sea Level Pressure, Local Winds, Atmospheric Precipitation Indices, Visibility, Visible Radiance, Infrared Radiance |