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RAINEX: NOAA G-IV Dropsonde Data (.esc format)

Summary

This is one of the upper air data sets developed for the Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment (RAINEX). It includes 954 dropsondes from the NOAA G-IV N49RF aircraft. The data are 0.5 second vertical resolution. It includes dropsondes that occurred during Hurricanes Dennis (2005 Jul 6-9), Emily (2005 Jul 16-19), Katrina (2005 Aug 24-28), Ophelia (2005 Sept 8-15), Rita (2005 Sept 19-24), and Wilma (2005 Oct 18-24).

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Additional information

Identifier	DOI: https://doi.org/10.26023/MNPH-QWR3-X20S
Data Quality	final
Versions	1.0 (2008-10-07)
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Related projects	RAINEX: Hurricane Rainband and Intensity Change Experiment
Spatial Type	point
Frequency	no set schedule
Language	English
Categories	Aircraft Sounding Upper Air
Platforms	Dropwindsondes NOAA G-IV
Instruments	AVAPS - Airborne Vertical Atmosphere Profiling Systems Dropsondes
Events	Hurricane Dennis Hurricane Emily Hurricane Katrina Hurricane Ophelia Hurricane Rita Hurricane Wilma
GCMD Science Keywords	ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS BOUNDARY LAYER TEMPERATURE BOUNDARY LAYER WINDS DEW POINT TEMPERATURE GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY TROPICAL CYCLONES VERTICAL PROFILES WATER VAPOR PROFILES WIND DIRECTION WIND DIRECTION PROFILES WIND SPEED WIND VELOCITY/SPEED PROFILES Show 10 more... Expand keywords
Documentation	readme_rainex_noaa_giv_n49_soundings.html [12 KiB]
Related links	info: RAINEX Missions homepage: RAINEX Project Page

Temporal coverage

Begin datetime	2005-07-06 00:00:00
End datetime	2005-10-24 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: EOL Data Support <datahelp@eol.ucar.edu>

Citation

NSF NCAR Earth Observing Laboratory. 2008. RAINEX: NOAA G-IV Dropsonde Data. Version 1.0. null. https://doi.org/10.26023/MNPH-QWR3-X20S. Accessed 22 Jan 2026.

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