SMEX02 Balloon-borne Radiosonde Data, Iowa, Version 1

Dataset Identification:

Resource Abstract:
This data set includes radiosonde measurements of upper air temperature and pressure, relative humidity, and wind direction and speed during the balloons' ascent to the upper atmosphere.
Citation
Title SMEX02 Balloon-borne Radiosonde Data, Iowa, Version 1
publication  Date   2004-05-04
Edition 1
edition Date 2004-05-04
cited responsible party - principalInvestigator
individual Name William Eichinger
organisation Name  University of Iowa
Contact information
Address
IIHR HydroscienceUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242 Country usa
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
cited responsible party - publisher
organisation Name  NASA National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center
Contact information
Address
, Boulder, Colorado,  Country USA
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Keywords:
Location keywords:
Continent > North America > United States Of America
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Location Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
Theme keywords (theme):
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Air Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure Measurements
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Dew Point Temperature
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Humidity
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Altitude > Station Height
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Upper Level Winds
EARTH SCIENCE > Oceans > Ocean Winds > Vertical Wind Motion
EARTH SCIENCE > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Science Keywords
revision  Date   2008-02-05
platform Keywords
Balloons/Rockets > BALLOONS
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Platform Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-10
instrument Keywords
RADIOSONDES
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Instrument Keywords
revision  Date   2016-06-01
project Keywords
SMEX02 > Soil Moisture Experiments in 2002
thesaurus name >
Title NASA / GCMD Project Keywords
revision  Date   2008-01-24
Theme keywords (theme):
Experiment
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > experimental process
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Continent
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Geosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
RADIOSONDES
thesaurus name >
Title Equipment > Platform
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Ocean
thesaurus name >
Title Feature > Marine Feature
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Water
Soil
thesaurus name >
Title Material > Environmental Material
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Measurement
Relative Humidity
Wind Direction
Speed
Level With
Temperature
Vertical
Height
Pressure
Moisture
North
Air Temperature
Humidity
thesaurus name >
Title Property > Measure
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
National Snow and Ice Data Center
University of Iowa
thesaurus name >
Title Virtual International Authority File (VIAF) Corporate Names
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Measurement
thesaurus name >
Title Activity > Observation
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
Theme keywords (theme):
Atmosphere
thesaurus name >
Title Realm > Atmosphere
publication  Date   2018-11-21
other Citation Details  Cinergi keyword enhanced.File generated at Wed Nov 21 22:45:20 UTC 2018
purpose:
Scientific Research
Resource language:  eng; usa
Character set encoding of resource:  UTF8
Resource progress code:  completed
Resource Maintenance Information
maintenance or update frequency:  asNeeded
update scope:  dataset
update scope:  series
update scope:  attribute
Constraints on resource usage:
Legal Constraints
Access Constraints  otherRestrictions
use constraint:  otherRestrictions
Other constraints
Access Constraints : none
Other constraints
Use Constraints : none
Resource extent
Extent description
SpatialCoverageType=HORIZONTAL, SpatialGranuleSpatialRepresentation=GEODETIC, TemporalRangeType=Continuous Range, TimeType=UTC
Geographic Extent
Geographic Bounding Box
westBoundLongitude  -93.61
eastBoundLongitude  -93.61
northBoundLatitude  41.0
southBoundLatitude  41.0
Temporal Extent
2002-06-15T00:00:00.000Z 2002-07-09T23:59:59.999Z
point of contact - principalInvestigator
individual Name William Eichinger
organisation Name  University of Iowa
Contact information
Address
IIHR HydroscienceUniversity of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, 52242 Country usa
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - pointOfContact
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
CIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
point of contact - processor
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Description 
point of contact - originator
organisation Name  NASA NSIDC DAAC
Contact information
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org/daac/index.html
Description 
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Reference system information

Reference System Identifier
Identifier string: CARTESIAN
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Scope of quality information
scope level  series
Resource lineage description

Resource distribution information

Distributor
distributor contact - distributor
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Digital Transfer Options
Linkage for online resource
name HTTPS
URL: https://daacdata.apps.nsidc.org/pub/DATASETS/AVDM/data/soil_moisture/SMEX02/meteorological/radiosonde/
link function function
Description Direct download via HTTPS protocol.
Linkage for online resource
name Documentation
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5067/UKOUWG8EP6N3
link function function
Description Documentation explaining the data and how it was processed.
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > FTP 324 KB
Format
Format name ASCII Text
Format version 
specification > HTTPS 324 KB

Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Create Date
definition Create Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2004-05-04
parentEntity 
rule 
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Description of extensions to base metadata standard

ExtendedElementInformation
Elementname Metadata Update Date
definition Update Date
dataType  Date
domainValue 2017-09-15
parentEntity 
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Metadata data stamp:  2017-09-15
Metadata contact - custodian
individual Name NSIDC User Services
organisation Name  National Snow and Ice Data Center
Contact information
Telephone
Voice 1 303 492 6199
Fax 1 303 492 2468
Address
National Snow and Ice Data CenterCIRES, 449 UCBUniversity of Colorado, Boulder, CO, 80309-0449 Country USA
electronic Mail Address nsidc@nsidc.org
Linkage for online resource
name 
URL: http://nsidc.org
Description 
Metadata scope code  series
Metadata hierarchy level name:  SMEX02 Balloon-borne Radiosonde Data, Iowa
Metadata language  eng; usa
Metadata character set encoding:   UTF8
Metadata standard for this record:  ISO 19115-2 Geographic Information 2009 Metadata
standard version:  ISO 19115-2:2009
Metadata record identifier:  SMEX02 Balloon-borne Radiosonde Data, Iowa, Version 1

Metadata record format is ISO19139-2 XML (MI_Metadata)