README for Radiosonde Data obtained from R/V Sagar Kanya (as of April 4, 2012)


<< Basic Information >>

Sonde Type         : Vaisala RS92-SGPD
Processor          : DigiCORA III / MW31 (software: ver. 3.61)
Ground check       : Vaisala GC25 for T/RH
                     Theodor Friedrichs (type No. 5020)  for pressure
Sounding mode      : Operational mode (auto editing)
Data archive       : ASCII  (*.tsv)
                     Binary (*.dc3db)
Balloon            : TOTEX TA-200
Observation
  area & period    : (EQ, 80.5E)   06Z 25 Sept. - 06Z 03 Oct. 2011
                     (EQ, 83.0E)   06Z 04 Oct.  - 00Z 11 Oct. 2011
                     (5S-5N, 83E)  00Z 12 Oct.  - 00Z 19 Oct. 2011


<< ORV Sagar Kanya >>

L x B x D          : 100.34 m x 16.39 m x 5.60 m
Gross tonnage      : 4,209 tons
Call sign          : VTJR
Cruise period      : Departure  21 Sept. 2011
                     Arrival    25 Oct. 2011
                     (35 days)


<< Remarks >>

1) Radiosonde was launched from 10 to 12 meter above MSL.
2) Surface values were taken from Not from automated weather station.
      Temperature, wind speed and wind direction from surface met kit provided by Dynalab, Pune, India.
      Relative humidity from Kestrel 4500 pocket weather tracker.
      Pressure from Theodor Friedrichs (type No. 5020)
   The instruments were operated from the fore deck at about 12m above MSL.


<< Appendix >>

1) "launch_SK.log" file contains the information of nominal launch time,
   location, exact launch time (UTC), and serial numbers.


<< Contact Point >>

Dr. P. M. Muraleedharan (murali @ nio.org)

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