NOAA P-3 : information on available data in the FASTEX CENTRAL ARCHIVE


Low and High resolution dropsounding data
In-situ Meteorological Measurements
Composited Images from Aircraft radar
Airborne doppler radars dynamical fields 		NOAA P-3

  • Low and High resolution dropsounding data per hour

    Quality Control:

  • see the quality control processing section for high resolution dropsonding data
  • see the quality control processing section for low resolution dropsonding data
  • see the quality control processing section for retrieved low res. data from high resolution dropsoundings

    • Hi = High resolution dropsounding data
    Low = Low resolution dropsounding data
    Lca = Retrieved low res. data from high resolution dropsoundings

    DateStart
    hour    		End
    hour    		Min
    Lat    		Max
    Lat    		Min
    Lon    		Max
    Lon    		Hi
    nbr    		Low
    nbr    		Lca
    nbr
    97020218:0019:00 61.1 61.3 -22.9 -20.3 3 0 3
    97020220:0021:00 60.3 60.3 -25.3 -25.3 1 0 0
    97020221:0022:00 60.4 60.4 -20.3 -20.3 1 0 1
    97020414:0015:00 51.0 51.0 -13.4 -13.4 1 1 1
    97022311:0012:00 57.0 57.0 -12.0 -12.0 1 1 1
    97022312:0013:00 55.2 56.4 -15.8 -13.4 4 4 4
    97022313:0014:00 53.5 53.5 -19.3 -19.3 1 1 1
    97022314:0015:00 54.5 57.3 -22.5 -21.1 3 3 3
    97022315:0016:00 58.1 60.2 -23.3 -19.5 4 3 4
    97022316:0017:00 58.4 59.0 -27.0 -22.4 5 5 4
    97022317:0018:00 55.0 58.2 -24.9 -20.0 6 6 5
    97022318:0019:00 53.9 53.9 -16.7 -16.7 1 1 1

  • In-situ Meteorological Measurements

    Quality Control:

  • see the quality control processing section for aircraft in-situ meteorological data

    • Ascii files, 1 second resolution 

    AIRCRAFT   FILE_NAME            Start date   End date                           
---------- -------------------- ------------ ------------ 
NOAA-P3    970103H.ascii.gz     970103:15:20 970103:21:56                       
NOAA-P3    970104H.ascii.gz     970104:12:25 970104:18:32                       
NOAA-P3    970110H.ascii.gz     970110:02:08 970110:10:45                       
NOAA-P3    970112H.ascii.gz     970112:12:00 970112:20:50                       
NOAA-P3    970122H.ascii.gps.gz 970122:09:05 970122:13:40                       
NOAA-P3    970122H.ascii.ine.gz 970122:13:40 970122:18:36                       
NOAA-P3    970125H.ascii.gz     970125:20:50 970125:04:55                       
NOAA-P3    970202H.ascii.gz     970202:15:30 970202:00:35                       
NOAA-P3    970204H.ascii.gz     970204:06:00 970204:15:17                       
NOAA-P3    970205H.ascii.gz     970205:20:50 970205:06:42                       
NOAA-P3    970209H.ascii.gz     970209:13:10 970209:22:45                       
NOAA-P3    970215H.ascii.ine.gz 970215:07:25 970215:16:55                       
NOAA-P3    970217H.ascii.ine.gz 970217:03:15 970217:12:38                       
NOAA-P3    970219H.ascii.ine.gz 970219:02:55 970219:11:58                       
NOAA-P3    970223H.ascii.gz     970223:10:45 970223:19:55                       
NOAA-P3    970301H.ascii.gz     970301:09:42 970301:20:15                       
NOAA-P3    970302H.ascii.gz     970302:13:50 970302:18:25
  • Composited Images from Aircraft radar

    Quality Control:

  • see the quality control processing section for Composited Images from Aircraft radar

    • The composited images from the lower fuselage radar are available for each research flight, as gif images. For each flight, all the images are packed in one .tar file: 

    AIRCRAFT   FILE_NAME            Start date   End date
---------- -------------------- ------------ ------------
NOAA-P3    970110H_gif.tar      970110:02:08 970110:10:45
NOAA-P3    970112H_gif.tar      970112:12:00 970112:20:50
NOAA-P3    970122H_gif.tar      970122:09:05 970122:13:40
NOAA-P3    970122H_gif.tar      970122:13:40 970122:18:36
NOAA-P3    970125H_gif.tar      970125:20:50 970126:04:55
NOAA-P3    970202H_gif.tar      970202:15:30 970203:00:35
NOAA-P3    970204H_gif.tar      970204:06:00 970204:15:17
NOAA-P3    970205H_gif.tar      970205:20:50 970206:06:42
NOAA-P3    970209H_gif.tar      970209:13:10 970209:22:45
NOAA-P3    970215H_gif.tar      970215:07:25 970215:16:55
NOAA-P3    970217H_gif.tar      970217:03:15 970217:12:38
NOAA-P3    970219H_gif.tar      970219:02:55 970219:11:58
NOAA-P3    970223H_gif.tar      970223:10:45 970223:19:55

  • Airborne doppler radars dynamical fields

    Quality Control:

  • see the quality control processing section for Airborne doppler radars dynamical fields

    • The 3-D wind fields are obtained from the NOAA-P3 airborne Doppler radar measurements dataset using the MANDOP analysis. At this time, the following files are available, in ASCII format: 

    AIRCRAFT   FILE_NAME                   Start date   End date
---------- -------------------------  ------------ ------------
NOAA-P3    MANDOP_19970205_IOP11.dat  970205:23:00 970206:05:45
NOAA-P3    MANDOP_19970209_IOP12.dat  970209:14:55 970209:19:50
NOAA-P3    MANDOP_19970217_IOP16.dat  970217:05:08 970217:12:23
NOAA-P3    MANDOP_19970219_IOP17.dat  970219:04:10 970219:10:10

  • Airborne doppler radars profiles

    Quality Control:

  • see the quality control processing section for Airborne doppler radars profiles

    • Vertical structure of the wind field is obtained from the NOAA-P3 dual-beam Doppler radar measurements dataset using the DAVAD analysis. At this time, the following files are available, in ASCII format: 

                                            Start End
AIRCRAFT FILE_NAME               date   time  time  Quick look
-------- ---------------------   ------ ----- ----- ----------
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B2.dat   970209 15:30 15:35   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B3.dat   970209 15:45 15:48   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B4.dat   970209 15:58 16:01   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B5.dat   970209 16:10 16:12   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B6.dat   970209 16:25 16:28   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B7.dat   970209 16:33 16:37   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B8.dat   970209 16:45 16:49   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B9.dat   970209 17:00 17:03   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B10.dat  970209 17:10 17:13   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B11.dat  970209 17:20 17:23   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP12_B12.dat  970209 17:32 17:34   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B1.dat   970217 04:31 04:34   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B2.dat   970217 06:52 06:55   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B3.dat   970217 07:05 07:08   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B4.dat   970217 08:26 08:29   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B5.dat   970217 08:54 08:57   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B6.dat   970217 09:15 09:18   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B7.dat   970217 09:32 09:34   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B8.dat   970217 09:45 09:48   X
NOAA-P3  p3_davad_IOP16_B9.dat   970217 10:45 10:49   X
    • Updated: 24 October 2000
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