Rocket sonde temperature and wind measurements from 48 locations are available on CEDA and can be accessed anonymously via:
sparc-ftp.ceda.ac.uk/sparc/rocket
Please use an ftp client such as FileZilla to connect to the ftp server as many browsers, including chrome, no longer support urls using the ftp protocol. Mark Baldwin processed the data and converted them from their orginal format into netCDF. The readme file available on the server contains further information.
List of Rocket Stations
| STATION NAME | Country | Lat | Lon | STATION NUMBER/S (WBAN,WMO) | # | Years With Data |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberporth, | Wales | 03502 | 12 | 1971 | ||
| Antigua | 17N | 61W | 78861,11604 | 1442 | 1963-1977,1979-1990 | |
| Arenosillo, | Spain | 37N | 6W | 08384 | 110 | 1968-1973 |
| Ascencion Island | AFB | 8S | 14W | 61902,50101 | 2580 | 1962-1977,1979-1990 |
| Barking Sand, Hawaii | USA | 22N | 159W | 91162,22509 | 2812 | 1960,1962-1990 |
| Cape Kennedy, Florida | USA | 28N | 80W | 74794,12868 | 4362 | 1960-1977,1979-1990 |
| Eglin AFB, Florida | USA | 30N | 86W | 13858,72221 | 138 | 1960,1962-1966,1968 |
| Eleuthera Island | 25N | 76W | 12713 | 1 | 1965 | |
| Eniwetok | 11N | 162E | 41601,91250 | 35 | 1960,1961,1966,1967 | |
| Fairbanks, Alaska | USA | 65N | 148W | 26403 | 1 | 1964 |
| Ft.Churchill, | Canada | 58N | 93W | 15901,72913,71913 | 2055 | 1960-1962,1964-1979 |
| Ft.Greely, Alaska | USA | 64N | 145W | 26406,70266 | 1222 | 1960-1972 |
| Ft.Sherman | 9N | 80W | 10720,78783,78801 | 1549 | 1966-1979 | |
| Gan, | Maldive Islands | 41S | 73E | 41350 | 32 | 1969,1970 |
| Grand Turk Island | 21N | 71W | 12714 | 223 | 1963-1966 | |
| Green River, Utah | USA | 39N | 110W | 72477,93132 | 80 | 1964,1968-1973 |
| Harp,Seawell, | Barbados | 13N | 59W | 11503,78954 | 81 | 1966-1968 |
| Heiss Island, | USSR | 80N | 58E | 20046 | 407 | 1957-1959,1962-1975 |
| Highwater, | Canada | 45N | 72W | 04794 | 14 | 1967 |
| Holloman AFB, | New Mexico | 33N | 106W | 23002 | 47 | 1959-1961 |
| Kerguelen | 49S | 70E | 61998 | 23 | 1973-1975 | |
| Kindley AFB, | Bermuda | 32N | 64W | 78016,13601 | 27 | 1962,1963,1966,1970 |
| Kwajalein | 8N | 167E | 91366,40604 | 1861 | 1963-1966,1969-1992 | |
| McMurdo Sound, | Antartica | 78S | 167E | 87601 | 28 | 1962-1963 |
| Marchiquita, | Argentina | 37S | 57W | 87689 | 58 | 1969-1973,1976 |
| Molodeznaja | 67S | 46E | 89542 | 223 | 1969-1975 | |
| Natal, | Brazil | 5S | 35W | 82599 | 79 | 1969-1976 |
| Poker Flats,Alaska | USA | 65N | 147W | 70192 | 824 | 1972-1979 |
| Primrose Lake, | Canada | 54N | 110W | 74124,71124,25129 | 1424 | 1964,1967-1987,1989-1991 |
| Pt Barrow, Alaska | USA | 71N | 157W | 27504 | 6 | 1961 |
| Pt Mugu, California | USA | 34N | 119W | 72391,93111 | 3785 | 1960-1990 |
| Ryori, | Japan | 39N | 47513 | 342 | 1970-1972,1979-1988 | |
| San Nicolas Island, CA | USA | 33N | 110W | 72291 | 9 | 1968-1970,1985 |
| San Salvador Island | 24N | 75W | 12716 | 12 | 1963,1964 | |
| Shemya AFB | 52N | 174E | 70414 | 712 | 1975-1986 | |
| Ship Sierra | 00001 | 1 | 1966 | |||
| Tartagal, | Argentina | 23S | 64W | 52601 | 12 | 1966 |
| Thule, | Greenland | 76N | 68W | 04202,17602 | 1203 | 1965-1980 |
| Thumba, | India | 8N | 77W | 30703,43373 | 120 | 1966,1967,1970-1975 |
| Tonopah, Nevada | USA | 38N | 116W | 03132,72485 | 113 | 1960-1968 |
| Uchinoura, | Japan | 31N | 131E | 43330,47849 | 7 | 1967,1968 |
| Volgograd | 48N | 44E | 34560 | 306 | 1965-1975 | |
| Wallops Island, VA | USA | 38N | 75W | 72402,13755 | 3149 | 1960-1989 |
| West Geirinish, | Scotland | 57N | 7W | 15043,03023 | 227 | 1965-1972,1974-1980 |
| White Sands, New Mexico | USA | 32N | 106W | 72269,23039 | 4857 | 1959-1984,1986 |
| Woomera, | Australia | 31S | 136E | 94659 | 79 | 1962-1966,1970-1972 |
| Yuma, Arizona | USA | 33N | 114W | 03125 | 26 | 1966,1967 |
| Zurf WSMR, New Mexico | USA | 34N | 107W | 23156 | 5 | 1967 |