Nov 25, 2014

The radiosonde data is in a comma separated text format generated by the Vaisala software 
for creating ARM format netcdfs

If you have any questions or request, please contact 

Erik Olson
erik.olson@ssec.wics.edu
Space Science and Engineering Center
University of WI - Madison

The header of the text files contains:

serial number of the sonde
text code for location of the launch
sonde type
sounding date
balloon release time (UTC)
latitude
longitude
burst altitude (MSL)
release altitude (MSL)
ground validation data
        pressure n hPa  (from AERI pressure sensor)
        temperature in C  (from BAO tower 10m data)
        relative humidity percentage  (from BAO tower 10m data)
        wind direction in degrees  (from BAO tower 10m data)
        wind speed in m/s  (from BAO tower 10m data)

Column data:

elapsed time (s)
pressure (hPa)
temperature (C)
relative humidity (%)
mixing ratio (g/kg)
dew point (C)
east-west wind component (m/s)
north-south wind component (m/s)
ascent rate (m/s)
altitude (MSL) (m)
sonde latitude (degrees)
sonde longitude (degrees)
sonde velocity direction (degrees)
sonde horizontal speed (m/s)