The Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) is an airborne system that uses dropsondes and Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers to collect in situ atmospheric profiles. It provides temperature, pressure, and humidity data every 0.5 seconds and wind data every 0.25 seconds. AVAPS has a vertical resolution of approximately 10 meters and can launch dropsondes every 20 seconds. It was developed by NCAR for the NASA Global Hawk, but it can also be deployed on other aircraft such as the DC-8 and P-3.
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- Earth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Water Vapor > Water Vapor Indicators > HumidityEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Pressure > Atmospheric Pressure MeasurementsEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric PressureEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Velocity/speed ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature > Upper Air Temperature > Vertical ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Winds > Wind Profiles > Wind Direction ProfilesEarth Science > Atmosphere > Atmospheric Temperature
- Full Column Profile
- 0.25 s, 0.5 s
- 10 m
- N/A
- Currently unavailable
Gary Wick, Terry Hock, Jeffrey B. Halverson
Gary Wick
Vaisala, NCAR
NOAA
- Global Hydrology Resource Center DAAC (GHRC)
data center outside NASA
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