INCOMPASS: Radiosonde measurements from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) airstrip, Kanpur, India

This dataset contains temperature, humidity, wind and GPS location information recorded from 137 radiosondes launched during July 2016 as part of the NERC/MoES Interaction of Convective Organization and Monsoon Precipitation, Atmosphere, Surface and Sea (INCOMPASS) field campaign. All radiosondes were launched from the airstrip of Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, northern India, from the location 26.519N, 80.233E, 126m above sea level. Launches took place between 5th July and 28th July at 00, 06, 12, 18UTC. The Vaisala RS41-SG radiosondes were fitted to Totex TA350 balloons.

The data were collected as part of the INCOMPASS field campaign May-July 2016, funded by Natural Environmental Research Council (NERC) (NE/L01386X/1). The aim of the project was to improve the skill of rainfall prediction in operational weather and climate models by way of better understanding and representation of interactions between the land surface, boundary layer, convection, the large-scale environment and monsoon variability on a range of scales.

本数据集收录了2016年7月期间，作为NERC/MoES对流组织与季风降水、大气、地表和海洋（INCOMPASS）野外考察项目的一部分，由137个无线电探空仪所记录的气温、湿度、风速以及GPS定位信息。所有无线电探空仪均从印度理工学院（IIT）坎普尔分校的机场发射，位于印度北方，乌塔 Pradesh省，具体坐标为北纬26.519度，东经80.233度，海拔126米。发射时间介于7月5日至7月28日，UTC时间00点、06点、12点和18点。搭载Vaisala RS41-SG无线电探空仪的Totex TA350气球用于发射。数据收集是INCOMPASS野外考察项目（2016年5月至7月）的一部分，该项目由自然环境保护委员会（NERC）资助（NE/L01386X/1）。项目旨在通过更深入地理解和表征地表、边界层、对流、大型环境以及不同尺度上的季风变率之间的相互作用，提高在运行中的天气和气候模型中降雨预测的准确性。