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EPOCH: East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes Dropsondes

Summary

This is the data archive site for the EPOCH-2017 Dropsondes. This NASA led project which planned six 24-hour science flights using the Global Hawk unmanned aircraft. Only three of the flights were conducted and those were supported through a partnership with the NOAA UAS Program. The aircraft flew over developing tropical cyclones and collected data using 3 on-board instruments (EXRAD, HAMSR, and AVAPS). 


Data access

Datasets from this project

Additional information

Related links

Temporal coverage

Begin Date 2017-08-01 00:00:00
End Date 2017-08-30 23:59:59

Spatial coverage


Map data from IBCSO, IBCAO, and Global Topography.

Maximum (North) Latitude: 33.00, Minimum (South) Latitude: 18.00
Minimum (West) Longitude: -125.00, Maximum (East) Longitude: -83.00