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ABSTRACT

Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive Toolkit (IGRAT) is a software that allows users to process data from the Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive. The archive provides global radiosonde observations in a text‐based format that requires additional manipulation to make it suitable for analysis. IGRAT provides an easy‐to‐use set of tools to streamline this preprocessing step, allowing users to readily visualise temporal and spatial patterns, plot atmospheric profiles, and export processed data sets in the more standard formats. IGRAT is accessible through a Python library and web interface, and users can adopt it to their preferred workflow. IGRAT significantly reduces preprocessing time before analysis, making it suitable for applications in climate research, meteorology and atmospheric sciences. IGRAT is fully open‐source, allowing the community to make contributions as well as modify IGRAT for personal use.

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Subject
Meteorology;
Data processing;
Data analysis;
Preprocessing;
Libraries;
Atmospheric sciences;
Metadata;
Data visualization;
Datasets;
Toolkits;
Radiosondes;
Documentation;
Archives & records;
Quality control;
Variables;
Statistical analysis
Business indexing term
Identifier / keyword
atmosphere; atmospheric measurements; open source software; radiosonde; tropopause
Title
Integrated Global Radiosonde Archive Toolkit (IGRAT): A Python Library for Radiosonde Data Analysis
Author
Phan, Peter T. 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ibrahim, Hamed D. 2 

1  Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 
2  Department of Civil and Mineral Engineering, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, School of the Environment, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada 
Publication title
Geoscience Data Journal; Bognor Regis
Volume
12
Issue
4
Number of pages
9
Publication year
2025
Publication date
Oct 1, 2025
Section
DATA SERVICES ARTICLE
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Place of publication
Bognor Regis
Country of publication
United States
Publication subject
Geography
e-ISSN
20496060
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Journal Article
Publication history
 
 
Online publication date
2025-09-30
Milestone dates
2025-08-21 (manuscriptRevised); 2025-09-30 (publishedOnlineFinalForm); 2025-06-09 (manuscriptReceived); 2025-09-04 (manuscriptAccepted)
Publication history
 
 
   First posting date
30 Sep 2025
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1002/gdj3.70034
ProQuest document ID
3265998538
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/integrated-global-radiosonde-archive-toolkit/docview/3265998538/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
© 2025. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the "License"). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.
Last updated
2025-10-29
Database
ProQuest One Academic