@article{fdi:010081052, title = {{S}hip- and island-based atmospheric soundings from the 2020 {EUREC}(4){A} field campaign [{D}ata paper]}, author = {{S}tephan, {C}. {C}. and {S}chnitt, {S}. and {S}chulz, {H}. and {B}ellenger, {H}. and de {S}zoeke, {S}. {P}. and {A}cquistapace, {C}. and {B}aier, {K}. and {D}auhut, {T}. and {L}axenaire, {R}. and {M}orfa-{A}valos, {Y}. and {P}erson, {R}enaud and {M}elendez, {E}. {Q}. and {B}agheri, {G}. and {B}ock, {T}. and {D}aley, {A}. and {G}uttler, {J}. and {H}elfer, {K}. {C}. and {L}os, {S}. {A}. and {N}euberger, {A}. and {R}ottenbacher, {J}. and {R}aeke, {A}. and {R}ingel, {M}. and {R}itschel, {M}. and {S}adoulet, {P}. and {S}chirmacher, {I}. and {S}tolla, {M}. {K}. and {W}right, {E}. and {C}harpentier, {B}. and {D}oerenbecher, {A}. and {W}ilson, {R}. and {J}ansen, {F}. and {K}inne, {S}. and {R}everdin, {G}. and {S}peich, {S}. and {B}ony, {S}. and {S}tevens, {B}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{T}o advance the understanding of the interplay among clouds, convection, and circulation, and its role in climate change, the {E}lucidating the role of clouds-circulation coupling in climate campaign ({EUREC}(4){A}) and {A}tlantic {T}radewind {O}cean-{A}tmosphere {M}esoscale {I}nteraction {C}ampaign ({ATOMIC}) collected measurements in the western tropical {A}tlantic during {J}anuary and {F}ebruary 2020. {U}pper-air radiosondes were launched regularly (usually 4-hourly) from a network consisting of the {B}arbados {C}loud {O}bservatory ({BCO}) and four ships within 6-16 degrees {N}, 51-60 degrees {W}. {F}rom 8 {J}anuary to 19 {F}ebruary, a total of 811 radiosondes measured wind, temperature, and relative humidity. {I}n addition to the ascent, the descent was recorded for 82% of the soundings. {T}he soundings sampled changes in atmospheric pressure, winds, lifting condensation level, boundary layer depth, and vertical distribution of moisture associated with different ocean surface conditions, synoptic variability, and mesoscale convective organization. {R}aw ({L}evel 0), quality-controlled 1 s ({L}evel 1), and vertically gridded ({L}evel 2) data in {N}et{CDF} format ({S}tephan et al., 2020) are available to the public at {AERIS} (https://doi.org/10.25326/137). {T}he methods of data collection and post-processing for the radiosonde data set are described here.}, keywords = {{ATLANTIQUE} {OUEST} ; {ZONE} {TROPICALE}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{E}arth {S}ystem {S}cience {D}ata}, volume = {13}, numero = {2}, pages = {491--514}, ISSN = {1866-3508}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.5194/essd-13-491-2021}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010081052}, }