Identification

Title

Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Data

Alternative title(s)

488.005

Abstract

This data set contains the ocean surface wind speed and rain rate data as well as excess brightness temperature data in tropical storms and hurricanes from the Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) instrument that flew on board the NASA WB-57 aircraft during the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) project. The data are in Network Common Data Form (NetCDF). Browse imagery are also included.

Resource type

dataset

Resource locator

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/dataset/488.005

protocol: https

name: Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Data homepage

description: Dataset homepage

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/codiac/fgr_form/id=488.005

protocol: https

name: Hurricane Imaging Radiometer (HIRAD) Data Data Order Form

description: Dataset order request form. Data files are made available via FTP.

function: order

Unique resource identifier

code

488.005

codeSpace

Dataset language

Spatial reference system

code identifying the spatial reference system

Classification of spatial data and services

Topic category

climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere

Keywords

Keyword set

keyword value

dataset

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2014-10-16

Keyword set

keyword value

Aircraft, NASA WB-57

Keyword set

keyword value

Aircraft

Surface

Keyword set

keyword value

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > PRECIPITATION > PRECIPITATION RATE

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN TEMPERATURE > SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > OCEANS > OCEAN WINDS > SURFACE WINDS

EARTH SCIENCE > SPECTRAL/ENGINEERING > MICROWAVE > BRIGHTNESS TEMPERATURE

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > WEATHER EVENTS > TROPICAL CYCLONES

EARTH SCIENCE > ATMOSPHERE > ATMOSPHERIC WINDS > SURFACE WINDS > WIND SPEED

originating controlled vocabulary

title

reference date

date type

revision

effective date

2018-02-27

Geographic location

West bounding longitude

-109.29229

East bounding longitude

-63.04043

North bounding latitude

37.85166

South bounding latitude

11.31673

Temporal reference

Temporal extent

Begin position

2015-08-30T00:00:00Z

End position

2016-10-23T23:59:59Z

Dataset reference date

date type

publication

effective date

2016-10-18T17:09:27Z

Frequency of update

Quality and validity

Lineage

Conformity

Data format

name of format

version of format

Constraints related to access and use

Constraint set

Use constraints

none

Limitations on public access

none

Responsible organisations

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Responsible party

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata on metadata

Metadata point of contact

contact position

EOL Data Support

organisation name

UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory

full postal address

PO Box 3000

Boulder

80307-3000

email address

datahelp@eol.ucar.edu

web address

https://data.eol.ucar.edu/

name: homepage

responsible party role

pointOfContact

Metadata date

2024-12-26T23:49:43Z

Metadata language