USAF C-130 HDOB GTS Messages [NCAR/EOL]

1. General Description


This data set includes 1450 HDOB messages from the two USAF C-130 aircraft that 
flew during the ITOP field program.  The C-130 aircraft were based out of Guam 
and flew around tropical systems in the western Pacific Ocean during August-October 
2010.  The data are in the GTS HDOB format.  NCAR/EOL have conducted no quality 
control on these data files.

2. File Naming Convention

hdob_MMDDHHmm_message.txt

where hdob = signfies this is an USAF C-130 hdob message
      MM = two digit month
      DD = two digit day
      HH = two digit hour
      mm = two digit minute
Note that the times in the file names are when the file was received at NCAR/EOL.

3. Format Description

A complete description of the tempdrop format is available in Appendix G of the 
2009 National Hurricane Observation Plan - http://www.ofcm.gov/nhop/09/pdf/17-app_g-09.pdf
This file is also included as part of your data order.

4. Further Information

Further information about the ITOP research flights is available in the ITOP
Field Catalog Mission Table:

http://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/itop_2010/missions/missions.html

Additional information about the ITOP project is available at the ITOP home
page:

http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/itop/