Dear Roy,

1. Would a typical atmospheric physicist searching for sound velocity
   in air data be happy to receive hits from data sets containing air
   density, but not sound velocity per se?

I don't think so. As I recall the speed of sound in a gas is approximately proportional to the square root of the absolute temperature, but a physicist would know this, and if the sound speed were unavailable would look for temperature and compute it.

2. Would a typical atmospheric physicist searching for air density data be happy to receive hits from data sets containing air temperature but not air density per se?

I don't think so. The density can be computed if the temperature and pressure are known, but again a physicist would know this and could look for temperature and pressure if density were not found.

Best regards,
Karl

As my experience in the atmospheric physics domain is extremely limited any opinions from those who work with these types of data would be very much appreciated.
Cheers, Roy.
Please note that I now work part-time from Tuesday to Thursday. E-mail response on other days is possible but not guaranteed!

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