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RAINEX: Air Force Recon 10 second Flight Level Data

Summary

This dataset contains 10 second Air Force Recon flight level data collected during hurricanes Dennis, Emily, Gert, Katrina, Ophelia, Rita, and Wilma. Data is available for the following days: 2005 July 6-10 for Dennis, 2005 July 13-19 for Emily, 2005 July 24 for Gert, 2005 August 23-29 for Katrina, 2005 September 8 and 10-17 for Ophelia, 2005 September 18-24 for Rita, and 2005 October 16-21 and 23-25 for Wilma.

Data access

ORDER data to made available for download

Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/50Y0-J5XJ-A10R
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2007-08-30)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	< 1 minute
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft
Platforms	USAF C-130
Events	Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Emily Hurricane Gert Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Ophelia Hurricane Rita Hurricane Wilma
GCMD Science Keywords	FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS SEA LEVEL PRESSURE SEA LEVEL RISE STATIC PRESSURE TOTAL TEMPERATURE UPPER AIR TEMPERATURE VERTICAL WIND VELOCITY/SPEED WIND DIRECTION WIND SPEED Expand keywords
Documentation	HRDdataPolicy.txt [2 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-07-06 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-10-25 23:59:59

Spatial coverage

Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 40.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 10.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -100.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -50.00

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. 2007. RAINEX: Air Force Recon 10 second Flight Level Data. Version 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/50Y0-J5XJ-A10R. Accessed 18 Mar 2025.

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