VORTEX 1995 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 1995 Verification
of the Origins of Rotation in Tornadoes Experiment (VORTEX) Project.  Data are 
included for the flights 655, 656, 658, 660, 661, 666, 667, 668, 670, and 671
that occurred from 5/5/1995 through 6/28/1995.


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 yr1995/fxxx and yr1995/tables.


4.0 Other Documentation

For additional information please see:

VORTEX 1995 website: 
   http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28/projects/vortex_1995
T-28 general information website: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28