ONR Tropical Cyclone Intensity 2015 NASA WB-57 HDSS Dropsonde Data
Summary
This data set contains the high vertical resolution (0.5 second PTH and 0.25 second GPS and winds) profiles from the eXpendable Digital Dropsondes (XDD) from the High Definition Sounding System (HDSS) that was on the NASA WB-57 aircraft for the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) 2015 field campaign sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR). The data set includes a total of 786 quality controlled dropsondes from 11 flights in four tropical cyclones in the eastern Pacific (Marty and Patricia) and Atlantic (Erika and Joaquin) basins. The data are in the columnar ASCII EOL Sounding Format and in tar files by flight.
Data access
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| Frequency | criteria |
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Temporal coverage
| Begin datetime | 2015-08-30 15:22:58 |
| End datetime | 2015-10-23 21:54:19 |
Spatial coverage
Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.
Maximum (North) Latitude:
37.85166,
Minimum (South) Latitude:
11.31673
Minimum (West) Longitude:
-109.29229,
Maximum (East) Longitude:
-63.04043
Primary point of contact information
EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
Additional contact information
- author: Michael M. Bell <mmbell@colostate.edu>
- author: James D. Doyle <james.doyle@nrlmry.navy.mil>
- author: Mark Beaubein <mcb@yesinc.com>
- author: Todd Allen
- author: Bonnie R. Brown <brbrown@hawaii.edu>
- author: Jason Dunion <jason.dunion@noaa.gov>
- author: Patrick Duran <pduran@albany.edu>
- author: Joel Feldmeier <joel.feldmeier@navy.mil>
- author: Lee C. Harrison <lee@asrc.cestm.albany.edu>
- author: Eric Hendricks <eahendri1@nps.edu>
- author: Will Jeffries
- author: William Komaromi <will.komaromi.ctr@nrlmry.navy.mil>
- author: Jonathan Martinez <jmart23@hawaii.edu>
- author: John Molinari <jmolinari@albany.edu>
- author: Jonathan Moskaitis <Jon.Moskaitis@nrlmry.navy.mil>
- author: Daniel P. Stern <dstern@ucar.edu>
- author: David Vollaro <dvollaro@albany.edu> Show 14 more...
Citation
Bell, M., et al. 2016. ONR Tropical Cyclone Intensity 2015 NASA WB-57 HDSS Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6KW5D8M. Accessed 13 Oct 2024.
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