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Important Notice about dropsonde data:


A dry bias in the RD94 and mini dropsonde (NRD94) humidity measurements has been discovered, which existed ftom 2010 to 2015. This document describes the background of the dry bias, how to identify impacted files, how to correct existing data, and how to implement a correction in AVAPS. ASPEN version 3.3-236 is used to correct this dry bias both in reprocessing of existing data as well as in real time data acquisition within AVAPS.

Below are listings of transmitted sonde data from reconnaissance aircraft missions into Sandy along with PDFs of synoptic plots of the dropsonde data. Also are pages showing the key and examples of the FRD, HSA, AVAPS and TEMPDROP formats.

FRD,CAT formats
HSA format
TEMPDROP format
AVAPS format
DOPPLER links to doppler/dropsonde graphs

October 23, 2012

USAF 301 (0218A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 302 (0318A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

October 24, 2012

USAF 308 (0418A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 302 (0518A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

October 25, 2012

USAF 308 (0618A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 42  (0718A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

October 26, 2012

NOAA 42  (0918A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 309 (1018A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 49  (1118A) FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 42  (1218A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

October 27, 2012

NOAA 42  (1418A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 302 (1518A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 49  (1618A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 42  (1718A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 305 (1818A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

October 28, 2012

NOAA 42  (1918A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 302 (2018A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 49 (WA18A) FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
NOAA 42  (2118A) Drop log | FRD | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 308 (2218A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

October 29, 2012

USAF 302 (2318A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS
USAF 308 (2418A) CSV | HSA | TEMPDROP | SKEW-T | AVAPS

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