NOAA P-3 Dropsonde Data

This data set contains the dropsonde data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) P-3 for flights into the tropical systems of interest to the Tropical Cyclone Intensity (TCI) field project. The storms included are Erika from the 2015 Atlantic region, Patricia from the 2015 Eastern Pacific region, and Matthew from the 2016 Atlantic region. These data are in ASCII formats.

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Temporal Range

  • Begin:  2015-08-25T13:45:00Z
    End:  2016-10-08T13:15:00Z

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Resource Type dataset
Temporal Range Begin 2015-08-25T13:45:00Z
Temporal Range End 2016-10-08T13:15:00Z
Temporal Resolution N/A
Bounding Box North Lat 37.85000
Bounding Box South Lat 11.32000
Bounding Box West Long -109.29000
Bounding Box East Long -63.04000
Spatial Representation N/A
Spatial Resolution N/A
Related Links

Documentation #1 : AVAPS_dropsonde_format.pdf

Documentation #2 : FCM-P12-2017.pdf

Documentation #3 : FRD_dropsonde_format.pdf

Documentation #4 : HSA_dropsonde_format.pdf

Documentation #5 : README_NOAA_P3_Dropsonde.pdf

Documentation #6 : TEMPDROP_dropsonde_format.pdf
Additional Information N/A
Resource Format TAR: Unix Tape ARchive (TAR) Format File (application/x-tar)
Standardized Resource Format Archive
Asset Size 23 MB
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Software Implementation Language N/A

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Resource Support Organization UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Distributor UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Metadata Contact Name EOL Data Support
Metadata Contact Email datahelp@eol.ucar.edu
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Author Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA
Publisher UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory
Publication Date 2017-12-05T18:39:14
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) https://doi.org/10.26023/K3GG-S6EK-D0G
Alternate Identifier 488.017
Resource Version 1.0
Topic Category climatologyMeteorologyAtmosphere
Progress completed
Metadata Date 2024-12-26T23:47:03Z
Metadata Record Identifier edu.ucar.eol::488.017
Metadata Language eng; USA
Suggested Citation Hurricane Research Division (HRD), NOAA. (2017). NOAA P-3 Dropsonde Data. 1.0. UCAR/NCAR - Earth Observing Laboratory. https://doi.org/10.26023/K3GG-S6EK-D0G. Accessed 23 May 2025.

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