Comment on essd-2025-638

<strong class="journal-contentHeaderColor">Abstract.</strong> The RAPSODI (<strong>R</strong>adiosonde <strong>A</strong>tmospheric <strong>P</strong>rofiles from <strong>S</strong>hip and island platforms during <strong>O</strong>RCESTRA, collected to <strong>D</strong>ecipher the <strong>I</strong>TCZ) radiosonde dataset was collected during the ORCESTRA field campaign. It is designed to investigate the mechanisms linking mesoscale tropical convection to tropical waves and to air&ndash;sea heat and moisture exchanges that regulate convection and tropical cyclone formation. The campaign began at the Instituto Nacional de Meteorologia e Geofisica (INMG) on Sal on the Cape Verde Islands, continued with ship-based observations aboard the R/V Meteor across the Atlantic, and concluded at the Barbados Cloud Observatory (BCO) in the eastern Caribbean. During the campaign, a total of 624 radiosondes were launched, capturing high-resolution profiles of temperature, humidity, pressure, and winds. This radiosonde dataset, encompassing raw, quality-controlled, and vertically gridded data, is detailed in this paper and offers a valuable resource for investigating the atmospheric structure and processes shaping tropical convection and the intertropical convergence zone (ITCZ). The complete dataset is openly available at <a href="https://browser.orcestra-campaign.org/#/ds/ipfs://bafybeid7cnw62zmzfgxcvc6q6fa267a7ivk2wcchbmkoyk4kdi5z2yj2w4" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ipfs://bafybeid7cnw62zmzfgxcvc6q6fa267a7ivk2wcchbmkoyk4kdi5z2yj2w4</a>.