NOAA P-3 SFMR Data

Summary

This data set contains the Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer (SFMR) data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) P-3 aircraft flights into the tropical systems of interest to the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field project. The primary parameters included are the surface wind speed and rain rate. The storms included are Erika from the 2015 Atlantic region, Patricia from the 2015 East Pacific region, and Matthew from the 2016 Atlantic region. These data are in Net Common Data form (NetCDF format) and were collected from the NOAA Hurricane Research Division (HRD) archives.

Data access

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Additional information

Homepage	https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.015
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Related projects	TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment
Frequency	1 second
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	Aircraft, NOAA P-3
Instruments	Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer
GCMD Science Keywords	BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS PRECIPITATION RATE SALINITY SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE TROPICAL CYCLONES UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	README_NOAA_P3_SFMR.pdf [466 KiB]

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2015-08-25 13:45:00
End datetime	2016-10-08 06:24:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.85, Minimum (South) Latitude: 11.32
Minimum (West) Longitude: -109.29, Maximum (East) Longitude: -63.04

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <eol-datahelp@ucar.edu>

Citation

Example citation following ESIP guidelines:

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. NOAA P-3 SFMR Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.015. Accessed 17 Sep 2019.

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