SALLJEX Aircraft: P-3 Meteorology Navigation and State Parameters - raw data in netCDF Format (NOAA/AOC)

1.0 General Information

The SALLJEX Aircraft: P-3 Meteorology Navigation and State Parameters dataset in
network common data form (netCDF) is one of several datasets provided by the 
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support
(UCAR/JOSS) in support of the South American Low Level Jet EXperiment (SALLJEX)
project.  The data were collected by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Aircraft Operations Center (NOAA/AOC) P-3 aircraft and converted
to netCDF format by NOAA/AOC.

2.0 Data Contact

Jose Meitin (meitin@ucar.edu)

3.0 Data and Format Information

3.1 Detailed Data Description

This dataset is comprised of binary data files in netCDF format.  These data are
stored one flight per file and labeled by flight number.  The flight number 
consists of the year, month, and day of the flight presented as YYMMDD, followed
by a one-letter designator indicating which P-3 the data came from. For example,
flight number 030111I indicates the data was collected aboard the NOAA43 P-3 on 
Jan 11, 2003.  See table 3.1.1 for a complete list of possible designators.  
Note that only the NOAA43 was flown during SALLJEX, so all data files have names
like YYMMDDI.

Table 3.1.1 - aircraft designators

Aircraft	Designator	Notes
--------------	----------	---------
NOAA42 (N42RF)	H		First P3
NOAA43 (N43RF)	I		Second P3


The netCDF formatted data were extracted by NOAA/AOC from binary AOC slow tapes
created on the aircraft during the project.

3.2 Detailed Format Description

A detailed format description is currently unavailable.

3.3 Data Remarks

4.0 Quality Control

This dataset is provided as-is.

No quality control has been performed on this data by the University 
Corporation for Atmospheric Research/Joint Office for Science Support 
(UCAR/JOSS)

5.0 References

None.