Table 1 Overview of all successful sonde releases during ACTIVATE. Note that the flight numbering for the King Air aircraft is not contiguous and ignores flights by the HU-25 Falcon, which did not release dropsondes. A * following the number of dropsonde launches indicates research flights containing soundings with at least one issue discussed in the following paragraphs.

From: Dropsonde observations during the Aerosol Cloud meTeorology Interactions oVer the western ATlantic Experiment

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