NOAA-DHA: Long-term NOAA Dropsonde Hurricane Archive https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/542.001 Summary Dropsonde data is primarily used in studying and helping predict the path and intensity of hurricanes. The data in this archive are a compilation of 17 years (1996-2012) of high resolution dropsonde data collected by NOAA’s National Hurricane Center and Hurricane Research Division. In the future, subject to the availability of support, this data archive will be expanded to include quality controlled dropsonde data from NCAR’s Earth Observing Laboratory, the United States Air Force, NASA and other agencies. The raw data were reformatted to the same format and have undergone consistent quality-control in order to produce a high-quality, long-term dropsonde climatology that may be used by researchers for various scientific applications. The number of storms and soundings in each year is summarized in the readme documentation. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 542.001 * doi:10.5065/D6XG9PJ0 https://doi.org/10.5065/D6XG9PJ0 Versions 1.0 2.0: This version is to match the documentation included with the dataset, i.e. this is version 2.0 in the document. This dataset was not released on CODIAC prior to now. This version added radius, azimuth and vertical velocity to the original version. Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2017. NOAA-DHA: Long-term NOAA Dropsonde Hurricane Archive. Version 2.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6XG9PJ0 Accessed 29 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/ Additional information * Frequency: no set schedule * Language: English Categories * Upper Air Platforms * Aircraft, NOAA P-3 * Dropwindsondes Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE Documentation * AllSoundings.lonlatalt.NOAA.1996-2012.v2.xlsx [849 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52DED533220FC/AllSoundings.lonlatalt.NOAA.1996-2012.v2.xlsx * readme.NOAA_Hurricane_Dropsonde_Archive-v2.pdf [170 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52DED533220FD/readme.NOAA_Hurricane_Dropsonde_Archive-v2.pdf Related links * info: Wang, J., et al., 2015: A Long-Term, High-Quality, High-Vertical-Resolution GPS Dropsonde Dataset for Hurricane and Other Studies. Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., 96, 961–973 https://doi.org/10.1175/BAMS-D-13-00203.1 Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 1996-08-01 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2012-10-31 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 50.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 5.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -160.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -35.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * publisher: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 * resourceProvider: Kathryn Young https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/328 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/542.001?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/542.001?format=isotc211