The US C-130

General Information
Specialized data base
Datasets in the FASTEX Central Archive
Information on available data
Flights
Data selection page

General Information

  • Description
  • Name : WC130 H modified C-130 Hercules
  • Owner : US Air Force
  • Operator : USAF Reserve, 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron
  • Tail Number : 968 and 967
  • In-air call sign : TEAL 37 and TEAL 19
  • Location:
  • Home site : Keelser Air Force Base, Mississippi, US
  • Base during FASTEX: St John's, New Foundland (Canada)
  • FASTEX Instruments
  • OMEGA Dropwindsondes
  • Flight level data
  • Aircraft characteristics and instrumentation


    • Specialized data base :

  • The Hurricane Hunters for high resolution dropsonde data
    (thermodynamic and wind data collected every 10 and 2 seconds (low levels)) and in-situ aircraft measurements.


    • Data sets in the FASTEX Central Archive:

  • Low resolution dropsonde data
  • High resolution dropsonde data
  • 10s and 30s aircraft in-situ meteorological data
  • Retrieved TEMP from hi. res dropsonde data


    • Information on available data in the FASTEX Central Archive

  • Low and High resolution dropsounding data per hour
  • In-situ Meteorological Measurements


    • Miscellaneous information

  • US C130 FASTEX missions:

    30 Jan 14:35-18:05Z St Johns-Halifax. 2 drops released: 47.2N 57W 16Z, 46.7N 61.5W 17Z. 3.5 hrs. Mission terminated early due to aircraft problems.
    2 Feb 97/1134Z CYYT- 50N 25W- 55N 25W- 60N 30W- CYYT. 19 sondes. 15 flt level obs. 10.8 hrs.
    4 Feb 97/1120-2109Z CYYT-41N 56W-41N 40W-43N 48W-46N 43W-CYYT. 13 sondes. 19 flt lvl obs. 9.8 hrs.
    5 Feb 97/0755-1820Z CYYT-36N 48W-40N 30W-CYYT. 18 sondes. 18 flt level obs. 10.4 hrs.
    6 Feb 97/0225Z-1220Z 15 sondes. CYYT-42N 50W-46N 43W-43.3N 41W-43.5N 38.5W-47N 35W-49N 44W- CYQX. 9.9 hrs.
    8 Feb 97/0010Z-1115Z 11 sondes. CYYT-55.5N 48W-55N 50.3W-54.7N 51.8W-54.5N 52.7W-54N 55W- 56N 61W-60N 82W-55N 80W-CYYT 11.1 hrs.
    9 Feb 97/0936Z-1700Z 7 sondes. CYYT-46N 35W- 53.7N 44.3W- CYYT 7.5 hrs. Mission terminated early due to ATC restrictions.

  • US C130 Labrador Sea experiment missions:

    26 Jan 97/2108z - 27 Jan 97/0555z 13 sondes. CYYT- 55.5N 55.5W- 58.5N 52.5W- 57.5N 50W- 54.9N 53W-CYYT. Two box patterns accomplished.
    8 Feb 97/1030Z 7 sondes released, plus low-level flight sampling and 1 second data. CYYT- 55.5N 47W- 54.1N54.5W- Decent to low level- 54.8N 48.5W- climb-CYYT.
    • Updated : 2 Sept 1999
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