Examplary sounding dataset - sample from Vienna (WMO ID: 11035) - 23 August 2011, 1200 UTC

The object contains pre-downloaded sounding dataset from University of Wyoming sounding database. Dataset can be downloaded with the following syntax: demo_dataset = get_sounding(wmo_id = 11035, yy = 2011, mm = 8, dd = 23, hh = 12)

data("sounding_vienna")

Format

A data frame with 88 rows and 6 variables as described in `get_sounding()`

pressure: pressure [hPa]
altitude: altitude [m]
temp: temperature [degree Celsius]
dpt: dew point temperature [degree Celsius]
wd: wind direction [azimuth as degrees]
ws: wind speed [knots]

Source

http://weather.uwyo.edu/upperair/sounding.html

Examples

data(sounding_vienna)
head(sounding_vienna)
#>   pressure altitude temp  dpt  wd ws
#> 2      991      200 32.8 23.8 110  8
#> 3      979      309 31.5 23.1 135 10
#> 4      925      818 25.6 19.6 155 10
#> 5      909      971 24.1 18.9 165 10
#> 6      896     1098 22.8 18.4 181 11
#> 7      870     1356 25.2  6.2 215 14