TCAD 1999 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 1999 Convective
Turbulence Data Collection Program (TCAD) Project.  Data are included for the
flights 725, 726, 727, 728, 729, 730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, and 737 
that occurred from 6/5/1999 through 6/22/1999.


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 yr1999/fxxx and yr1999/tables.


4.0 Other Documentation

For additional information please see:

TCAD 1999 website: 
   http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28/projects/tcad_1999
T-28 general information website: http://www.eol.ucar.edu/projects/t28