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TCI: NOAA P-3 Dropsonde Data

Summary

This data set contains the dropsonde data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) P-3 for flights into the tropical systems of interest to the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field project. The storms included are Erika from the 2015 Atlantic region, Patricia from the 2015 Eastern Pacific region, and Matthew from the 2016 Atlantic region. These data are in ASCII formats.

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/K3GG-S6EK-D0G
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2017-12-05)
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Related projects	TCI: Tropical Cyclone Intensity Experiment
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Upper Air
Platforms	Aircraft, NOAA P-3 Dropwindsondes
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY TROPICAL CYCLONES U/V WIND COMPONENTS VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 11 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	AVAPS_dropsonde_format.pdf [189 KiB] FCM-P12-2017.pdf [3 MiB] FRD_dropsonde_format.pdf [179 KiB] HSA_dropsonde_format.pdf [251 KiB] README_NOAA_P3_Dropsonde.pdf [284 KiB] TEMPDROP_dropsonde_format.pdf [200 KiB]
Related links	info: TCI Data Policy homepage: TCI Home Page info: TCI Missions

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2015-08-25 13:45:00
End datetime	2016-10-08 13:15:00

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 37.85, Minimum (South) Latitude: 11.32
Minimum (West) Longitude: -109.29, Maximum (East) Longitude: -63.04

Primary point of contact information

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

Additional contact information

author: Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA

Citation

Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA. 2017. TCI: NOAA P-3 Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/K3GG-S6EK-D0G. Accessed 12 Oct 2024.

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