It is based upon a sample of data products 1 prepared from the archive of GOES Dwell Soundings over the continental U.S. and neighboring oceans for the period May 15-22, 1988.
All data is averaged to cells comprising one degree of latitude and longitude.
Observations Data from the product set has been aggregated in several different ways. A date such as 1988140 indicates an average of observations over all times of day on May 18, 1988. A time such as 0830 indicates an average at that time of day over all of the 7 days for which observations were available. The links from the tables below show 9 panels. The normalized histogram for UTH in the indicated region.