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    <origin>Coulter, Richard</origin>
    <origin>Prell, Jenni</origin>
    <origin>Hickmon, Nicki</origin>
    <origin>Ritsche, Michael</origin>
    <title>Balloon-borne sounding system (BBSS): Vaisala-processed winds, press., temp, and RH at Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal; Mobile Facility </title>
    <pubdate>20130813</pubdate>
    <onlink>http://www.archive.arm.gov/discovery/#v/results/s/s::sonde </onlink>
    <onlink>http://dx.doi.org/10.5439/1021460 </onlink>
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   <abstract>The balloon-borne sounding system (SONDE) provides in situ measurements (vertical profiles) of both the thermodynamic state of the atmosphere, and the wind speed and direction. </abstract>
   <supplinf> sonde handbook is available at: http://www.arm.gov/publications/tech_reports/handbooks/sonde_handbook.pdf  </supplinf>
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     <begdate>20090416 </begdate>
     <enddate>20110105 </enddate>
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    <themekey>Atmospheric Radiation Measurement</themekey>
    <themekey>DOE ARM</themekey>
    <themekey>ARM</themekey>
    <themekey>ARM Observed Data </themekey>
    <themekey>Atmospheric Profiling </themekey>
    <themekey>Atmospheric State </themekey>
    <themekey>surface meteorology </themekey>
    <themekey>upper air state </themekey>
    <themekey>Wind direction, at altitude </themekey>
    <themekey>Temperature, dewpoint, at altitude </themekey>
    <themekey>Pressure, atmospheric, at altitude </themekey>
    <themekey>Relative humidity </themekey>
    <themekey>Temperature, dry bulb, at altitude </themekey>
    <themekey>Easterly Wind Component </themekey>
    <themekey>Northerly Wind Component </themekey>
    <themekey>Wind speed </themekey>
    <themekey>Horizontal wind </themekey>
    <themekey>Atmospheric moisture </themekey>
    <themekey>Atmospheric pressure </themekey>
    <themekey>Atmospheric temperature </themekey>
    <themekey>grwsondewnpnM1.b1 </themekey>
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    <themekt>Instrument</themekt>
    <themekey>ARM Balloon-Borne Sounding System </themekey>
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    <placekey>grw.M1: Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal; Mobile Facility ,Graciosa Island, Azores, Portugal </placekey>
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     <cntper>Richard Coulter </cntper>
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    <cntemail>rlcoulter@anl.gov </cntemail>
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     <city>Argonne </city>
     <state>IL </state>
     <postal>60439 </postal>
     <country>USA </country>
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     <cntorg>Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA</cntorg>
     <cntper>ARM Archive User Services</cntper>
    </cntperp>
    <cntvoice>+1-865-241-4851</cntvoice>
    <cntemail>armarchive@ornl.gov</cntemail>
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  <resdesc>Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program Data Sets. 1993-Ongoing. Available at http://www.archive.arm.gov from the ARM Archive, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA</resdesc>
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     <address>P.O. Box 2008, MS 6407</address>
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