USAF C-130 1Hz Flight Level Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.006 Summary This data set contains the 1 second resolution flight level data from the United States Air Force (USAF) C-130 aircraft flights into the tropical systems of interest to the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field project. The storms included are Erika and Joaquin from the 2015 Atlantic region, Marty and Patricia from the 2015 East Pacific region, and Matthew from the 2016 Atlantic region. These data are in a columnar ASCII format and were collected from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA) Hurricane Research Division (HRD) archives. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 488.006 * doi:10.26023/4DT3-661J-070X https://doi.org/10.26023/4DT3-661J-070X Versions 1.0 Citation Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA. 2017. TCI: USAF C-130 1Hz Flight Level Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/4DT3-661J-070X Accessed 29 Mar 2024. Additional citation styles can be generated by entering the DOI at CrossCite (https://citation.crosscite.org/). 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 * Frequency: < 1 minute * Language: English Categories * Aircraft Platforms * USAF C-130 Instruments * GPS Receivers * Stepped Frequency Microwave Radiometer - SFMR GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND DYNAMICS > VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS > TOTAL PRESSURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > SEA LEVEL PRESSURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION Documentation * README_USAF_1Hz_Flight_Level.pdf [322 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/531B6236276D8/README_USAF_1Hz_Flight_Level.pdf Related links * 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 * homepage: TCI Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/tci Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-08-25 13:45:00 * End datetime: 2016-10-08 06:24:00 Spatial coverage * Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.85 * Minimum (South) Latitude: 11.32 * Minimum (West) Longitude: -109.29 * Maximum (East) Longitude: -63.04 Primary contact information * pointOfContact: EOL Data Support https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/1 Additional contact information * author: Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA https://data.eol.ucar.edu/contact/show/486 Alternate metadata formats * DataCite: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.006?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.006?format=isotc211