gov.noaa.ncdc:C00581 National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Unknown tabular digital data Asheville, NC National Climatic Data Center http://www.ncdc.noaa.gov http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/index.html http://www.aoc.noaa.gov/aircraft_lockheed.htm http://www.atd.ucar.edu/atd/instruments/raf/ads/ http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6420A http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6420A http DSI-6420 Documentation See NCDC Dataset Documentation for DSI-6420A to DSI-6420L NOAA AOC WP-3D Research Flight Data is digital data set DSI-6420, archived at the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). This data set is meteorological data gathered by Lockheed WP-3D Orion aircraft, operated by the NOAA Aircraft Operations Center (AOC) at MacDill AFB, Florida. Data is provided by the Science and Engineering Division of AOC to the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). The WP-3D aircraft perform many projects throughout the year. Examples of these projects would be hurricane research, atmospheric chemistry,thunderstorm investigations, and winter weather missions. Each of these projects consists of a series of individual flights. For instance, during hurricane projects, the P-3 may fly numerous flights through different tropical cyclones. For each archived project, there are multiple directories consisting of individual flights. The data in these flight directories contain the actual raw meteorological parameters obtained from sensors located in different positions on the aircraft. The data is initially written to a digital data tape on the aircraft and then later converted to a file for faster processing and archiving. Each flight folder also contains a scanned image of the actual flight manifest, the navigation log, and the mission observation logs. The flight-level data file contains measurements acquired in one second intervals. The following is a generalized list of these measured parameters: Time, GPS position data, inertial data, radar altimeter measurements, liquid water, total temperature, dewpoint temperature, attack pressure, slip pressure, differential attack and slip pressures, and static and dynamic pressure. Depending on the needs of each individual project, other sources of data will be added or subtracted from this list. As of publication this record consists of 5 projects: 1) NOAA-42 Aircraft-N42RF during the 2003 Hurricane season, the Tamdar project, and a wind calibration flight. 2) NOAA-43 Aircraft-N43RF-2003 Sar Pod, Hurricane, and Extratropical Season as well as the SFMR test flight missions. 3) NOAA-49 Aircraft-N49RF 2004 Winter Storms Experiment. 4) NOAA-43 Name Experiment 2004. 5) NOAA-49 Aircraft N49RF Hurricane Season 2004. To make a wide range of climatic data available to researchers and the public. Merceret, F.J. Davis, H.W. 1981 data set C00581 AEROSOL MONITOR ALTIMETERS ANEMOMETERS BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS C-SCAT > C-Band Scatterometer DROPSONDES GPS SONDE HUMIDITY SENSORS HYGROMETERS PMS 2D-C PROBE > Particle Measuring Systems 2D-C Probe PMS 2D-P PROBE > Particle Measuring Systems 2D-P Probe PMS > Particle Measuring System PYRANOMETERS PYRGEOMETERS RADAR ALTIMETERS SCATTEROMETERS TEMPERATURE SENSORS THERMOMETERS WIND VANES AIRCRAFT National Climatic Data Center, NESDIS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce Merceret, F.J., and Davis, H.W., 1981: The Determination of Navigational and Meteorological Variables Measured by NOAA/RFC WP3D Aircraft. http://www4.ncdc.noaa.gov/ol/documentlibrary/datasets.html#TD6420A 19890709 Present Ground Condition In work As Needed -180.0 180.0 90.0 -90.0 ISO 19115 Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere 004 elevation 006 environment 007 imageryBaseMapsEarthCover 010 oceans 014 DIF Discipline Keyword Thesaurus Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Meteorology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Climatology Earth Sciences > Atmosphere > Weather Earth Sciences > Oceans > Oceanography GCMD Sciences Keyword Valids EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ALTITUDE > GEOPOTENTIAL HEIGHT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > DIFFERENTIAL PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > STATIC PRESSURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > AIR TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > DEW POINT EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD LIQUID WATER/ICE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY/CARBON AND HYDROCARBON COMPOUNDS > CARBON DIOXIDE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY/OXYGEN COMPOUNDS > OZONE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > HURRICANES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > STORMS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE > PRESSURE THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION > OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE > TEMPERATURE PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > HUMIDITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WATER VAPOR > WATER VAPOR PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > FLIGHT LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > UPPER LEVEL WINDS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > VERTICAL WIND MOTION EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > WIND PROFILES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > CLOUDS > CLOUD OPTICAL DEPTH/THICKNESS EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > ANTENNA TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE WAVELENGTHS > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > AIRSPEED/GROUND SPEED EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > PLATFORM CHARACTERISTICS > ATTITUDE CHARACTERISTICS EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > SENSOR CHARACTERISTICS > TOTAL TEMPERATURE EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > SALINITY/DENSITY EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > TURBULENCE EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > CYCLONES EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC PHENOMENA > TYPHOONS GCMD Location Valids GLOBAL GCMD Location Valids TROPOSPHERE STRATOSPHERE SEA SURFACE AIRCRAFT AEROSOL MONITOR AIRCRAFT BATHYTHERMOGRAPHS AIRCRAFT SCATTEROMETERS AIRCRAFT C-Band Scatterometer C-SCAT AIRCRAFT RADAR ALTIMETERS AIRCRAFT PYRANOMETERS AIRCRAFT PYRGEOMETERS AIRCRAFT THERMOMETERS AIRCRAFT TEMPERATURE SENSORS AIRCRAFT ALTIMETERS AIRCRAFT HYGROMETERS AIRCRAFT HUMIDITY SENSORS AIRCRAFT GPS SONDE AIRCRAFT DROPSONDES AIRCRAFT Particle Measuring System PMS AIRCRAFT Particle Measuring Systems 2D-C Probe PMS 2D-C PROBE AIRCRAFT Particle Measuring Systems 2D-P Probe PMS 2D-P PROBE AIRCRAFT ANEMOMETERS AIRCRAFT WIND VANES 5 None None Not provided Unknown Completeness information not available. 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