STEPS 2000 Raw Flight Data 1.0 General Description This data set contains raw flight data for flights that the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) T-28 aircraft flew for the 2000 Severe Thunderstorm Electrification and Precipitation Study (STEPS) Project. Data are included for the flights 747, 748, 750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756, 757, 758, 759, and 761 that occurred from 5/24/2000 through 6/29/2000. 2.0 Data Contact Dr. Andrew Detwiler Institute of Atmospheric Sciences South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD 57701 (605) 394-1995 Andrew dot Detwiler at sdsmt dot edu 3.0 File Naming Convention fxxxhail.raw - raw hail data fxxxhvps.raw - raw hvps data fxxx_2dc.raw - raw 2dc data fltxxx.raw - raw flight data fltxxx.rnd - reduced data fltxxx.src - src data where xxx is the three digit flight number. There is also a tables directory with multiple tables containing calibration and other data. The files are contained in one tar-gzipped file for each flight with the tables data contained in an additional tar-gzipped file. These data files should be untarred in the same directory location. The resulting directories will be yr2000/fxxx and yr2000/tables. 4.0 Other Documentation For additional information please see: STEPS 2000 website: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28/projects/steps_2000 T-28 general information website: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28