NOAA N43 P-3 Dropsonde Data (.esc format) https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.202 Summary This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). It includes 406 dropsondes from the NOAA P-3 N43RF aircraft. The data are 0.5 second vertical resolution. It includes dropsondes that occurred during Hurricanes Dennis (2005 Jul 5, 7, 9, and 10), Emily (2005 Jul 18), Gert (2005 Jul 24), Katrina (2005 Aug 25, 27, 28, and 29), Ophelia (2005 Sept 7, 8, 9, and 11) and Rita (2005 Sept 19-23). Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 88.202 * doi:10.26023/1SSM-Z7ZP-GG0Z https://doi.org/10.26023/1SSM-Z7ZP-GG0Z Versions 1.0 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. RAINEX: NOAA N43 P-3 Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/1SSM-Z7ZP-GG0Z 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/ Related projects * RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/RAINEX Additional information * Spatial Type: point * Frequency: no set schedule * Language: English Categories * Aircraft * Sounding * Upper Air Platforms * Aircraft, NOAA P-3 * Dropwindsondes Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes Events * Hurricane Dennis * Hurricane Emily * Hurricane Gert * Hurricane Katrina * Hurricane Ophelia * Hurricane Rita GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED Documentation * readme_rainex_noaa_p3_n43_soundings.html [12 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/419333F58EB/readme_rainex_noaa_p3_n43_soundings.html Related links * homepage: RAINEX Project Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/rainex * info: RAINEX Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/rainex/missions.html Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2005-07-05 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2005-09-23 23:59:59 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.202?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.202?format=isotc211