JPOLE/TELEX 2003 Raw Flight Data

1.0 General Description

This data set contains raw flight data for flights that the South Dakota School
of Mines and Technology (SDSMT) T-28 aircraft flew for the Norman, Oklahoma
2003 Polarimetric radar hydrometeor identification and NOx production by 
lightning (JPOLE and TELEX 2003) Project.  Data are included for the flights 
798, 800, 802, 803, 805 and 807 that occurred from 5/16/2003 through 6/10/2003.


2.0 Data Contact

Dr. Andrew Detwiler
Institute of Atmospheric Sciences
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
Rapid City, SD 57701
(605) 394-1995
Andrew dot Detwiler at sdsmt dot edu


3.0 File Naming Convention

fxxxhail.raw - raw hail data
fxxxhvps.raw - raw hvps data
fxxx_2dc.raw - raw 2dc data
fltxxx.raw - raw flight data
fltxxx.rnd - reduced data
fltxxx.src - src data
where xxx is the three digit flight number.
There is also a tables directory with multiple tables containing calibration 
and other data.  The files are contained in one tar-gzipped file for each 
flight with the tables data contained in an additional tar-gzipped file.  
These data files should be untarred in the same directory location.  The 
resulting directories will be yr2003/fxxx and yr2003/tables.


4.0 Other Documentation

For additional information please see:

JPOLE/TELEX 2003 website: 
   http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28/projects/jpole2003
T-28 general information website: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28