Profiles

MONETIO supports various vertical profile data sources, including lidars, ozonesondes, and aircraft measurements.

Unified Access

We recommend using the unified monetio.load() function:

import monetio as mio

# Load IAGOS aircraft data
ds = mio.load("iagos", files="iagos_data.nc")

Supported Profile Networks

IAGOS

In-service Aircraft for a Global Observing System.

• Source ID: iagos

ACTRIS/EBAS

European Research Infrastructure for the observation of Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases.

• Source ID: actris

GML Ozonesonde

Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) Ozonesondes.

• Source ID: gml_ozonesonde

EARLINET

European Aerosol Research Lidar Network.

• Source ID: earlinet

MPLNET

Micro-Pulse Lidar Network.

• Source ID: mplnet

TOLNET

Tropospheric Ozone Lidar Network.

• Source ID: tolnet

IGRA2

Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive Version 2.

• Source ID: igra2

GEOMS

Generic Earth Observation Metadata Standard (common format for many NDACC/Pandora instruments).

• Source ID: geoms

ICARTT

International Consortium for Atmospheric Research on Transport and Transformation (common airborne format).

• Source ID: icartt

UMBC Aerosol

UMBC Aerosol lidar data.

• Source ID: umbc_aerosol