N: 12.35 S: 5.139 E: -123.32 W: -133.216
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The SPURS (Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study) project is NASA-funded oceanographic process study and associated field program that aim to elucidate key mechanisms responsible for near-surface salinity variations in the oceans. The project involves two field campaigns and a series of cruises in regions of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans exhibiting salinity extremes. SPURS employs a suite of state-of-the-art in-situ sampling technologies that, combined with remotely sensed salinity fields from the Aquarius/SAC-D, SMAP and SMOS satellites, provide a detailed characterization of salinity structure over a continuum of spatio-temporal scales. The SPURS-2 campaign involved two month-long cruises by the R/V Revelle in August 2016 and October 2017 combined with complementary sampling on a more continuous basis over this period by the schooner Lady Amber. Focused around a central mooring located near 10N,125W, the objective of SPURS-2 was to study the dynamics of the rainfall-dominated surface ocean at the western edge of the eastern Pacific fresh pool subject to high seasonal variability and strong zonal flows associated with the North Equatorial Current and Countercurrent. A Rawinsonde is a helium balloon carrying meteorological instruments and a radar target, enabling the velocity of atmospheric parameters to be measured. During the first Revelle cruise, rawinsondes were launched every 6-hours, providing a total of 85 profiles of temperature, humidity, wind speed and direction through the marine atmospheric boundary layer within the SPURS-2 domain. Similarly, during the second Revelle cruise, rawinsondes were deployed four-times daily within the study area over the 3-week period. SPURS2 rawinsonde data are available as netCDF, CF-compliant data files.
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| Name Sort descending | Description | Units | Data Type | Fill Value | Valid Range | Scale Factor |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| air_press | Air Pressure | millibars | double | N/A | 12.3934488 to 1021 | 1 |
| air_temp | Air Temperature | degrees_C | double | N/A | -85.9452 to 29.0738 | 1 |
| altitude | GPS Altitude above MSL | m | double | N/A | 2.9919616535799 to 29544.157958984 | 1 |
| ewind | Eastward Wind Component | m/s | double | N/A | -35.388454794884 to 16.439092546701 | 1 |
| latitude | Latitude of Radiosonde | degrees_north | double | N/A | 5.0364726724092 to 13.539417177596 | 1 |
| longitude | Longitude of Radiosonde | degrees_east | double | N/A | -133.21619196892 to -123.32278525048 | 1 |
| nwind | Northward Wind Component | m/s | double | N/A | -21.346239637234 to 16.553521463647 | 1 |
| profile_latitude | Profile Latitude of Radiosonde | degrees_north | double | N/A | 5.0710964202881 to 13.445865631104 | 1 |
| profile_longitude | Profile Longitude of Radiosonde | degrees_east | double | N/A | -133.04389953613 to -123.37838745117 | 1 |
| profile_time | Profile Time of Radiosonde | days since 1950-01-01T00:00:00 | double | N/A | N/A | 1 |
| rhumid | Relative Humidity | % | double | N/A | 0.5 to 100 | 1 |
| time | Time of Radiosonde | days since 1950-01-01T00:00:00 | double | N/A | N/A | 1 |
| wind_dir | Wind Direction | degrees | double | N/A | 0.0015434248039128 to 359.99999814313 | 1 |
| wind_spd | Wind Speed | m/s | double | N/A | 0.021702375522575 to 35.671745058594 | 1 |