NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) : NCAR Dropsonde System
The NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) is a key atmospheric instrument that measures vertical profiles of ambient temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and wind direction. Though initially developed to aid in hurricane landfall forcasting, variations of the system have...
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UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
1993
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| Online Access: | https://dx.doi.org/10.5065/d66w9848 https://www.eol.ucar.edu/observing_facilities/avaps-dropsonde-system |
| Summary: | The NCAR Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) is a key atmospheric instrument that measures vertical profiles of ambient temperature, pressure, humidity, wind speed and wind direction. Though initially developed to aid in hurricane landfall forcasting, variations of the system have successfully been used to study hurricane, mountian rotors, severe storms, the Antarctica continental weather, and many other events of scientific interest. |
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