northplatte {thunder}

Exemplary sounding dataset - sample from LBF North Platte (WMO ID: 72562) - 03 July 1999, 00:00 UTC

Description

The object contains pre-downloaded sounding dataset from University of Wyoming sounding database. Dataset can be downloaded with the following syntax: northplatte = get_sounding(wmo_id = 72562, yy = 1999, mm = 7, dd = 3, hh = 00)

Usage

data("northplatte")

Format

A data frame with 71 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(northplatte)
head(northplatte)