Rocket sonde temperature and wind measurements from 48 locations are available on the ftp server at /sparc/rocket/. Mark Baldwin processed the data and converted them from their orginal format into netcdf. The README file 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 |