Scripps Hurricane Rita drifter tracks and analyses https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.213 Summary A link to an analysis of drifter tracks in Hurricane Rita in September 2005. On 21 September 2005, 20 Scripps drifting buoys were deployed by the 53rd WRS squadron ahead of Hurricane Rita in the Gulf of Mexico. All twenty drifters survived the air drop and the passage of the hurricane. There are 12 Minimets and 8 ADOS, reporting air pressure, SST, wind direction and wind speed. The 8 ADOS drifters are equipped with 100m thermistor chains. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 88.213 Citation UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. 1970. Scripps Hurricane Rita drifter tracks and analyses. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.213 Accessed 28 Mar 2024. If you plan to cite this dataset in a publication, please email us at: datahelp@eol.ucar.edu We may be able to provide an updated citation that includes a DOI. 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 * Progress: completed * Language: English Categories * Land Based Platforms * Buoys Instruments * Drifting Buoys Events * Hurricane Rita GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > WATER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE Related links * info: Hurricane Rita Dirfter Track Analysis http://tao-tc.ucsd.edu/tao.drifters.rita.html * 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: 2005-08-15 00:00:00 * End datetime: 2005-09-30 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 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.213?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/88.213?format=isotc211