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abstract: Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive (IGRA) Version 2 consists of quality-controlled radiosonde observations of temperature, humidity, and wind at stations across all continents. Data are drawn from more than 30 different sources. The earliest year of data is 1905, and the data are updated on a daily basis. Record length, vertical extent and resolution, and availability of variables varies among stations and over time. In addition to the merged and quality-controlled set of soundings, several supplementary products are included: sounding-derived moisture and stability parameters for each suitable sounding; monthly means at mandatory pressure levels; the Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate (RATPAC) in which post-1997 data are based on IGRA 2; and station history information derived from documented changes in instruments and observing practice as well as from instrument codes received along with the sounding data. The change to Version 2.2 includes two additional data streams which permits further updating of the IGRA data records that use the new BUFR format. Version 2.2 began in 2023.
purpose: The data are intended for use for any application or analysis that requires historical radiosonde observations. Known applications of IGRA one include products of homogenized radiosonde data, air pollution modeling, reanalyses, wind energy research, climate assessments, and many others.
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useLimitation: Data have not been adjusted for inhomogeneities due to station relocation, equipment changes, or changes in observing practice. NCEI scientists have applied a comprehensive set of quality control procedures to the data to remove gross errors. However, they did not attempt to remove jumps and other discontinuities caused by changes in instrumentation, observing practice, or station location. Users studying long-term trends may wish to use the NOAA Radiosonde Atmospheric Temperature Products for Assessing Climate (RATPAC) or one of the available non-NOAA IGRA-derived, homogeneity-adjusted radiosonde datasets.
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rationale: The data and station metadata need to be in a standard format in preparation for later processing steps. Integration yields a data set with one observation per location, date, and time. Quality control procedures remove gross data problems. Composite step yields longer data records. The derived moisture instability parameters are useful for studies of the planetary boundary layer as well as for analyses of various measures of atmospheric water vapor content and stability. Monthly means are particularly useful for studies of long-term changes.
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