NRC Convair-580 Aircraft Data, Flight Tracks and Flight Notes https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.001 Summary This dataset includes the National Research Council of Canada's (NRC) Convair-580 research aircraft Data, flight tracks and flight notes for the Storm Studies in the Arctic (STAR) project. This aircraft was used to collect internal storm measurements of cloud microphyusics, thermodynamics, wind and the 4-D dynamic and precipitation structures of storms within a 500 km radius of Iqaluit from November 5-30, 2007. The aircraft enabled STAR to probe storm events as they approached the area, during their passage and departure over the study area. The aircraft also provided the only sensor validation flights for CloudSat overpasses in the Arctic. The aircraft was equipped with meteorological instruments that measured temperature, humidity, 3-Dimensional wind fields, cloud and microphysics (liquid water probes, icing probes, dropsondes), Ka band upward/downward looking radar and a dual wavelength (W and X-band) polarimetric up/down/sideways Doppler radar. The NRC aircraft flew approximately 48 hours during the project. This time was divided over 14 missions, with variable objectives. The first flight was into the remnants of Hurricane Noel, which was the most severe hurricane of 2007 in terms of casualties (> 150) (NOAA, 2007). While in contrast, the final flight had a very local focus, sampling the cloud system directly over Iqaluit for remote sensing validation purposes. Additional flights took the research aircraft into Foxe Basin, Hudson Strait, Ungava Bay, Davis Strait, Cumberland Sound Peninsula and locally in Frobisher Bay. During these missions, a total of 55 dropsondes were deployed. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 251.001 * doi:10.26023/J9FS-FV70-GP03 https://doi.org/10.26023/J9FS-FV70-GP03 Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2020. NRC Convair-580 Aircraft Data, Flight Tracks and Flight Notes. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/J9FS-FV70-GP03 Accessed 28 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). Acknowledgement In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements, please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as: Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/ Related projects * STAR: Storm Studies in the Arctic https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/STAR Additional information * Frequency: continuous * Language: English Platforms * Dropwindsondes * NRC Convair 580 Instruments * 2DC - Two-Dimensional Optical Array Cloud Probe * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * CVI - Counterflow Virtual Impactor * Cloud Particle Imager - CPI * Cloud, Aerosol, Precipitation Spectrometer - CAPS * Doppler Radar * Dropsondes * Forward Scattering Spectrometer Probe - FSSP * GPS Receivers * Gust Probes * Hygrometers * Impactors * Inertial Navigation System - INS * Infrared Thermometers - IRT * PMS - Particle Measuring System * PMS King Probe * Polarimetric Radar * Pyrgeometers * RICE - Rosemount Icing Detector * Radar GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > PARTICLE SIZE DISTRIBUTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL EXTINCTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SOLAR RADIATION * EARTH SCIENCE > LAND SURFACE > SURFACE THERMAL PROPERTIES > SKIN TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > AEROSOLS > AEROSOL PARTICLE PROPERTIES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > DOPPLER VELOCITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > RADAR > RADAR REFLECTIVITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD DROPLET DISTRIBUTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > STATIC PRESSURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > HYDROMETEORS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD MICROPHYSICS > CLOUD DROPLET CONCENTRATION/SIZE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > SURFACE TEMPERATURE > SKIN TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > LONGWAVE RADIATION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > SHORTWAVE RADIATION * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS > GEOLOCATION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES Documentation * Metadata_Aircraft-1DAnalysis.pdf [71 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF47/Metadata_Aircraft-1DAnalysis.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft-2DAnalysis.pdf [73 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF48/Metadata_Aircraft-2DAnalysis.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft-Dropsonde.pdf [70 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511F3BA/Metadata_Aircraft-Dropsonde.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft.pdf [72 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511F3B9/Metadata_Aircraft.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft_1D_2D.pdf [69 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF46/Metadata_Aircraft_1D_2D.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft_FlightTrack.pdf [70 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511F3BB/Metadata_Aircraft_FlightTrack.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft_Ka-band-reflectivity.pdf [69 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF49/Metadata_Aircraft_Ka-band-reflectivity.pdf * Metadata_aircraft_VDvp.pdf [71 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF4A/Metadata_aircraft_VDvp.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft_W-band.pdf [71 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF4F/Metadata_Aircraft_W-band.pdf * Metadata_Aircraft_X-band.pdf [70 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511FF52/Metadata_Aircraft_X-band.pdf * quick_summary_aircraftflights.pdf [71 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C4511F3BC/quick_summary_aircraftflights.pdf * STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf [12 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/5479C454FB649/STAR_Data_Report_Final2011.pdf Related links * homepage: STAR Project Homepage https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/star Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2007-11-05 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2017-11-30 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 69.0307 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 53.1938 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -66.2738 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -61.5963 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/251.001?format=isotc211