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ER-2 High Altitude Dropsonde

Measures the vertical profile of atmospheric temperature, pressure, relative humidity, and wind speed and direction as the sonde falls from altitude to ocean surface.

Instrument Type
Dropsonde
Measurements
Temperature
Aircraft
ER-2 - AFRC
Point(s) of Contact
Terry Hock
(PI),
Gary Wick
(PI),
Jeffrey B. Halverson
(POC; PI)
Groups
AVAPS
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