Videosonde Data

R/V Mirai MR06-05 (MISMO) Cruise

 

1. List of videosondes launched during MR06-05 cruise (MISMO).

 

Sonde #

Date

Time (LST)

Location

Remarks

lon.

lat.

1

Oct. 26, 2006

1513

80.73

-1.71

stratiform cloud, bright band, small ice particles, large dendrites near the cloud top, cloud top: 7km

3

Nov. 6, 2006

1808

80.51

-0.04

stratiform cloud, weak rain, launched into the center of small weak echo, small ice particles, no aggregate

4

Nov. 12, 2006

1806

80.46

-0.04

stratiform cloud just after convective cloud passing, bright band, small raindrops, many ice crystals, snowflakes, cloud top: 12km

8

Nov. 12, 2006

2106

80.49

-0.04

stratiform cloud, moderate rain, bright band, small raindrops, ice crystals, graupel, snowflakes, cloud top: 8km

7

Nov. 20, 2006

0302

80.50

-0.07

stratiform cloud after dissipated convective cloud, small raindrops, many ice crystals, cloud top: 8km

12

Nov. 20, 2006

0515

80.48

-0.01

stratiform cloud in the larger cloud system, many ice crystals above the freezing level, cloud top: 15km

15

Nov. 21, 2006

0251

80.55

-0.02

dissipating stratiform cloud, weak rain, small ice crystals, no snowflake, cloud top: 8km

 

 

2. Precipitation Particle Images (Sample Videosonde #12 launched on November 20, 2006)

 

 

 

3. Precipitation Particle Distribution Diagram (Sample)

 

 

 

4. Text Data (Sample)

 

 Click here to see sample file

 

 

5. Data Archive

 

The original data will be archived at and available from Yamaguchi University (contact Kenji Suzuki: kenjis@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp).