Overview

Mobile CLASS was deployed in support of FLAT90, primarily to estimate the boundary-layer height. There also was one dropsonde test (from the King Air?) during FLAT that we have data from. See the ASTER Report for more information.

Here is a summary of the soundings:

                  Data Recovery Rates for Site MOBILE, CAR

                        # Pts    Prs       Tmp        RH         U         V   
                               Qp < 1.0  Qt < 1.0  Qr < 3.0  Qu < 1.0  Qv < 1.0
CAR 1990,10,22,14:12:06   42    57.1%    100.0%    100.0%     97.6%    100.0% 
CAR 1990,10,22,15:18:29  169    75.7%     94.7%     97.0%     96.4%     92.9% 
CAR 1990,10,22,16:27:14  113    54.9%    100.0%    100.0%     99.1%     96.5% 
CAR 1990,10,22,18:00:20  182    87.9%     99.5%     99.5%     98.4%     97.3% 
CAR 1990,10,22,19:05:05  128    89.1%     98.4%    100.0%     97.7%     94.5% 
CAR 1990,10,22,19:46:40  110    60.0%    100.0%    100.0%     95.5%     93.6% 
CAR 1990,10,22,21:57:43  114    33.3%     98.2%     98.2%     99.1%     93.9% 
CAR 1990,10,22,22:36:08  137    97.1%     98.5%     98.5%     92.7%     91.2% 
CAR 1990,10,22,23:17:08  142    99.3%    100.0%    100.0%     76.8%     80.3% 
CAR 1990,10,25,00:04:03  105    99.0%    100.0%    100.0%     91.4%     90.5% 
CAR 1990,10,25,00:55:28  158    96.2%     98.7%    100.0%     90.5%     84.2% 
CAR 1990,10,25,01:49:42   98   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     75.5%     69.4% 
CAR 1990,10,25,03:59:59  164    97.0%     98.8%    100.0%     78.7%     74.4% 
CAR 1990,10,25,04:51:13  130   100.0%    100.0%     97.7%     68.5%     42.3% 
CAR 1990,10,25,05:40:13  237   100.0%     97.0%     96.6%     76.8%     81.0% 
CAR 1990,10,25,08:00:03  101    98.0%    100.0%     99.0%     53.5%     76.2% 
CAR 1990,10,25,08:43:07  168    98.8%     98.8%     98.8%     64.9%     73.8% 
CAR 1990,10,25,09:37:16  214   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     49.5%     79.9% 
CAR 1990,10,25,12:03:21  142    95.8%    100.0%    100.0%     95.8%     91.5% 
CAR 1990,10,25,12:49:52   90   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     91.1%     85.6% 
CAR 1990,10,25,13:22:53   70   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     85.7%     85.7% 
CAR 1990,10,28,15:02:42  124    97.6%     98.4%     98.4%     85.5%     81.5% 
CAR 1990,10,28,15:43:43  156    97.4%     97.4%     97.4%     91.7%     85.9% 
CAR 1990,10,28,16:32:35  185    97.3%     98.9%     97.8%     84.3%     83.8% 
CAR 1990,10,28,18:57:38  255    98.0%     98.0%     98.0%     92.2%     89.8% 
CAR 1990,10,28,19:51:14  131   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     87.8%     86.3% 
CAR 1990,10,28,20:28:44  104    99.0%    100.0%    100.0%     77.9%     74.0% 
CAR 1990,10,28,22:59:23  134    98.5%     97.0%    100.0%     92.5%     90.3% 
CAR 1990,10,28,23:43:43  163   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     95.7%     92.0% 
CAR 1990,10,29,00:31:58  162   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     77.2%     85.2% 
CAR 1990,10,31,23:06:25  122   100.0%    100.0%    100.0%    100.0%     97.5% 
CAR 1990,10,31,23:45:39  168    97.0%     97.6%     98.2%     85.7%     83.3% 
CAR 1990,11,01,00:35:44  227    96.5%     97.8%     98.2%     97.8%     96.9% 
CAR 1990,11,08,01:01:31  101    93.1%     93.1%     96.0%     69.3%     56.4% 
CAR 1990,11,08,01:48:02  172    96.5%     96.5%     96.5%     89.5%     50.0% 
CAR 1990,11,08,02:40:33  351    96.6%     96.6%     95.7%     87.2%     90.0% 
CAR 1990,11,08,04:57:29  131    99.2%     98.5%     96.2%     26.0%     39.7% 
CAR 1990,11,08,05:43:20  115    99.1%     99.1%     93.0%     80.0%     75.7% 
CAR 1990,11,08,06:30:02  397    94.7%     97.7%     87.7%     85.1%     91.4% 
CAR 1990,11,08,08:55:02  122    95.9%     96.7%     95.1%     90.2%     96.7% 
CAR 1990,11,08,09:34:42  159    96.9%     98.1%     97.5%     81.1%     88.7% 
CAR 1990,11,08,10:23:09  431    99.8%     99.8%     96.8%     98.6%     92.1% 
CAR 1990,11,08,13:05:20  135    98.5%    100.0%     98.5%     81.5%     82.2% 
CAR 1990,11,08,13:44:43  126   100.0%    100.0%     99.2%     95.2%     94.4% 
CAR 1990,11,12,15:08:33  104    99.0%    100.0%    100.0%      1.0%      1.0% 
CAR 1990,11,12,15:47:24  169    99.4%     98.8%    100.0%     88.8%     87.6% 
CAR 1990,11,12,16:40:56  427    98.8%     99.8%     99.8%     95.8%     97.2% 
CAR 1990,11,12,18:59:52  179    96.6%    100.0%    100.0%     51.4%     77.7% 
CAR 1990,11,12,19:56:44   98    99.0%    100.0%    100.0%     89.8%     86.7% 
CAR 1990,11,12,20:36:58  300    98.0%    100.0%    100.0%     93.7%     94.7% 
CAR 1990,11,12,22:59:44  138    96.4%    100.0%    100.0%     84.8%     88.4% 
CAR 1990,11,12,23:35:06  154   100.0%     99.4%     98.7%     52.6%     56.5% 
CAR 1990,11,13,00:18:14  158    98.7%     99.4%     97.5%     60.1%     91.8% 

SUMMARY   53 soundings (ave)    95.3%     98.8%     98.1%     82.9%     83.6%

Data Access

The raw mobile CLASS data are available here and the user data are here. To save space, I've ZIPped all of the files together. Note that the second character of the file name is "a" for October and "b" for November, then Day,hour,min. "car" stands for the location near Carpenter, WY.

The one L2D2 (dropsonde) data on 14 November are available here. It appears that the actual drop is only the small portion of the file from 52992-52134.

Plots

Plots of the sounding data are here in PNG format (plus one ZIP file with all files in PostScript). See the naming convention described for the CLASS data.

This page was prepared by Steven Oncley, NCAR Research Technology Facility