NOAA G-IV Dropsonde Data https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.018 Summary This data set contains the dropsonde data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) G-IV for 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 and Matthew from the 2016 Atlantic region. These data are in ASCII formats. Identifiers * Local archive identifier: 488.018 * doi:10.26023/Y4F1-1PKZ-5F0K https://doi.org/10.26023/Y4F1-1PKZ-5F0K Versions 1.0 Citation Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA. 2017. TCI: NOAA G-IV Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/Y4F1-1PKZ-5F0K 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: no set schedule * Language: English Categories * Aircraft * Upper Air Platforms * Aircraft, NOAA G-IV * Dropwindsondes Instruments * AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems * Dropsondes GCMD Science Keywords * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND SPEED * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > VERTICAL PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR INDICATORS > HUMIDITY > RELATIVE HUMIDITY * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES > WIND DIRECTION PROFILES * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE > DEW POINT TEMPERATURE * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > WIND DIRECTION * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS > U/V WIND COMPONENTS * EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES Documentation * AVAPS_dropsonde_format.pdf [189 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53271136468F1/AVAPS_dropsonde_format.pdf * FCM-P12-2017.pdf [3 MiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53271136468F2/FCM-P12-2017.pdf * FRD_dropsonde_format.pdf [179 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53271136468F3/FRD_dropsonde_format.pdf * HSA_dropsonde_format.pdf [251 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53271136468F4/HSA_dropsonde_format.pdf * README_NOAA_GIV_Dropsonde.pdf [283 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53271136468F0/README_NOAA_GIV_Dropsonde.pdf * TEMPDROP_dropsonde_format.pdf [200 KiB] https://data.eol.ucar.edu/file/download/53271136468F5/TEMPDROP_dropsonde_format.pdf Related links * info: TCI Missions https://catalog.eol.ucar.edu/tci/tools/missions * homepage: TCI Home Page https://www.eol.ucar.edu/field_projects/tci * info: TCI Data Policy https://www.eol.ucar.edu/sites/default/files/files_live/private/TCI%20Data%20Policy_010616revised.pdf Temporal coverage * Begin datetime: 2015-08-25 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/488.018?format=datacite * ISO/TC 211: https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.018?format=isotc211