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T-PARC: DOTSTAR ASTRA Flight Level Data

Summary

This data set includes the one minute resolution flight level data from the seven flights undertaken by the DOTSTAR (Dropwindsonde Observations for Typhoon Surveillance near the Taiwan Region) ASTRA aircraft during the T-PARC field season. The flights took place on 20 August and 10, 11, 16, 22, 27 and 28 September 2008 in the region around Taiwan. The data were provided by the National Taiwan University. The data are in comma-delimited ASCII and contain the following parameters: altitude, true and ground air speed, static air temperature, latitude, longitude, wind direction, wind speed, heading and time.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/MNMR-KKFW-KY13
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2009-12-18)
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Related projects	T-PARC: THORPEX Pacific Asian Regional Campaign (T-PARC)
Spatial Type	raster
Frequency	1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	DOTSTAR Astra
GCMD Science Keywords	FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	Readme_DOTSTAR_flight_level.html [2 KiB]
Related links	homepage: DOTSTAR info: T-PARC Missions info: T-PARC Project Data Policy homepage: T-PARC Project Homepage

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2008-08-20 08:51:00
End datetime	2008-09-28 13:03:02

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 27.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 14.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: 116.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: 130.00

Primary point of contact information

EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Additional contact information

originator: Chun-Chieh Wu <cwu@typhoon.as.ntu.edu.tw>
author: Chun-Chieh Wu <cwu@typhoon.as.ntu.edu.tw>

Citation

Wu, C. 2009. T-PARC: DOTSTAR ASTRA Flight Level Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/MNMR-KKFW-KY13. Accessed 17 Jan 2025.

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