GOES Atmospheric Motion Vector Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.001

Summary
This data set contains the Atmospheric Motion Vector (AMV) data for the
duration of the 2015 hurricanes Joaquin (Atlantic basin) and Patricia (Eastern
Pacific basin). Data are included for the Geostationary Operational
Environmental Satellites (GOES) GOES-13 (for both storms) and GOES-15 (for
Patricia only). The data for Joaquin are available from 2315 UTC on 27
September to 2215 UTC 8 October 2015. The data for Patricia are available from
1200 UTC 20 October to 2215 UTC 24 October 2015. These data were provided by
The Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) at the
University of Wisconsin-Madison and are in a columnar ASCII format.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 488.001
 * doi:10.5065/D6F769R7
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F769R7

Versions
  1.0

Citation
 Velden, C. 2016. GOES Atmospheric Motion Vector Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR
 - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F769R7 Accessed 24
 Apr 2024.

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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
 * TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TCI

Additional information
 * Frequency: hourly
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Satellite

Platforms
 * Satellite, GOES-13
 * Satellite, GOES-15

Instruments
 * GOES-13 Imager
 * GOES-15 Imager

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED

Documentation
 * windsEE.readme.txt [3 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52CA113043C85/windsEE.readme.txt

Related links
 * info: TCI Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/tci/tools/missions
 * info: TCI Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/TCI%20Data%20Policy_010616revised.pdf
 * homepage: TCI Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/tci

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2015-09-27 22:15:00 
 * End datetime: 2015-10-24 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 60.00
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 0.00
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -180.00
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -20.00

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Chris Velden <chris.velden@ssec.wisc.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/792

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.001?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.001?format=isotc211