Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Data
https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.005

Summary
This data set contains the ocean surface wind speed and rain rate data as well
as excess brightness temperature data in tropical storms and hurricanes from
the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) instrument that flew on board the
NASA WB-57 aircraft during the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) project. The
data are in Network Common Data Form (NetCDF). Browse imagery are also
included.

Identifiers
 * Local archive identifier: 488.005
 * doi:10.5065/D6CF9NGC
   https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CF9NGC

Versions
  2.1

Citation
 Cecil, D., et al. 2016. Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Data. Version
 2.1. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.5065/D6CF9NGC
 Accessed 24 Apr 2024.

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Acknowledgement
In addition to the citation reference and any other acknowledgements,
please acknowledge NCAR/EOL in your publications with text such as:

  Data provided by NCAR/EOL under the sponsorship of
  the National Science Foundation.
  https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

Related projects
 * TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/project/TCI

Additional information
 * Spatial Type: point
 * Frequency: criteria
 * Language: English

Categories
 * Aircraft
 * Surface

Platforms
 * Aircraft, NASA WB-57

Instruments
 * Hurricane Imaging Radiometer - HIRAD

GCMD Science Keywords
 * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE
 * EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS
 * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES

Documentation
 * HIRAD_data_TCI2015_v2.1.pdf [439 KiB]
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/52D37631E862A/HIRAD_data_TCI2015_v2.1.pdf

Related links
 * homepage: TCI Home Page
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/tci
 * info: TCI Missions
   https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/tci/tools/missions
 * info: TCI Data Policy
   https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/TCI%20Data%20Policy_010616revised.pdf

Temporal coverage
 * Begin datetime: 2015-08-30 00:00:00 
 * End datetime: 2016-10-23 23:59:59 

Spatial coverage
 * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.85166
 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 11.31673
 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -109.29229
 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -63.04043

Primary contact information
 * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1

Additional contact information
 * author: Daniel J. Cecil <daniel.j.cecil@nasa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2197
 * author: Sayak K. Biswas <sayak.biswas@nasa.gov>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2198
 * author: W. Linwood Jones <ljones@ucf.edu>
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2194
 * author: Faisal Alquaied
   https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/2196

Alternate metadata formats
 * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.005?format=datacite
 * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.005?format=isotc211